HC orders govt, hospital to treat girl for free
29 Aug 2014 5:30 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the government and Lok Nayak Hospital to continue the treatment of 13-year-old Afreen Ansari free of cost, who is suffering from turner syndrome with short stature.
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects development in females.
The High Court order came after a writ petition was filed seeking directions to the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospital, the Centre, the state government, and union ministry of health and family welfare to provide her continuous and uninterrupted treatment free of cost.
The petitioner was examined by the doctors in the Lok Nayak Hospital. The doctors informed her father Sagir Ansari that she required a growth hormone therapy in which she was to be given some injection over a period of three to four years costing around Rs 15,000 per month.
Sagir Ansari who is a tailor in Trilokpuri and hardly earns around Rs7,500 per month had no means to purchase the prescribed injections. Ansari, however, got a sum of Rs 50, 000 from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund and the treatment was started from May 2014 which would last by the end of August 2014.
But from September 2014, her treatment was stopped for want of money. As the hospital denied further treatment, Ansari moved High Court.
Advocate Ashok Agarwal appearing for the petitioner submitted that if her treatment is not continued, she may develop further diseases such as heart diseases, kidney deformities and menstrual and reproductive irregularities.
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects development in females.
The High Court order came after a writ petition was filed seeking directions to the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospital, the Centre, the state government, and union ministry of health and family welfare to provide her continuous and uninterrupted treatment free of cost.
The petitioner was examined by the doctors in the Lok Nayak Hospital. The doctors informed her father Sagir Ansari that she required a growth hormone therapy in which she was to be given some injection over a period of three to four years costing around Rs 15,000 per month.
Sagir Ansari who is a tailor in Trilokpuri and hardly earns around Rs7,500 per month had no means to purchase the prescribed injections. Ansari, however, got a sum of Rs 50, 000 from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund and the treatment was started from May 2014 which would last by the end of August 2014.
But from September 2014, her treatment was stopped for want of money. As the hospital denied further treatment, Ansari moved High Court.
Advocate Ashok Agarwal appearing for the petitioner submitted that if her treatment is not continued, she may develop further diseases such as heart diseases, kidney deformities and menstrual and reproductive irregularities.
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