‘Sebaashray’: Will ensure costly treatment for child from Khanakul, says Abhishek
Kolkata: Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday assured that he would ensure costly treatment for the child from Khanakul in Hooghly who had visited ‘Sebaashray’ health camp and required cochlear implant.
“We are in contact with the concerned family and also with the company who manufactures devices for cochlear implants. If they (cochlear implant organisation) can’t provide it, we will see what can be done as per our capacity. We will help them and stand by the family like we have been doing,” Banerjee said while speaking at a ‘Sebaashray’ camp in Falta.
He further stated: “The 3-year-old child who came from Khanakul, Arambagh, can’t walk properly because of issues in spinal cord. The child’s parents went to a private hospital in Kolkata, but they received a hefty amount as the estimated cost for this treatment. We have arranged for a physiotherapy session for the child. It is the third day since the child is receiving a physiotherapy session and the same will continue for the next 8-10 days. I had a talk with the doctors and medical professionals today. As per our capacity, we will try our best to stand by the people.”
Regarding ‘Sebaashray’ camps, Banerjee said: “I have said that I will be visiting the camps in each Assembly constituency. The camps will begin in Bishnupur on January 22, followed by Metiabruz, Satgachia, Budge Budge and Maheshtala. Once these camps come to an end, we will have a mega camp from March.”
He further stated: “The health camps are being held from 9 am to 5 pm and there were days when we saw up to 1,000-1,200 registrations being done in a single camp. On January 11, we had around 80,000 registrations. In just 10 days in Diamond Harbour Assembly, around 2.5 lakh people have availed our medical services at the ‘Sebaashray’ health camps.
Today is the fourth day in Falta and yesterday, we had over 13,000 registrations here. This means that on a daily basis, around 300-350 people are turning up at each of the camps.”
