Sixty year old Poonam was referred to Prabh Aasra by GMCH 32 Hospital. She had naked scap with lots of magots. According to doctors she had a severe accident and after that she didn’t take care of her wounds, which deteriorated her condition and someone left her at hospital. From the hospital she ran away thrice and was not in mentally healthy condition. She used to get aggressive off & on. On 07-09-2018 she was again admitted in hospital and this time she was bound to bed for her treatment. She also had frsh burnt skin above her chest and lower back area. She was not able to retrieve her address & was said to be unknown according to the records of the hospital. Hospital authorities claimed that she didn’t have any relatives to take care of her. So, she needed to be sent somewhere home for care. At the time of her admission on 11th sept 2018. She had a wound of 6X5 cm with Maggots still in her head and eyes. Regular treatment, care and dressing improved her condition very fast and within a few months she was normal but mentally still she was under the effect of illness. She is under psychiatric treatment. As when she was able to tell us her address we contacted her family and after the recognition of her family on 12/19/2019 she was handed over to her whereabouts.
Helpless Lady: Sheltered at Prabh Aasra
ID NO 1870, Date of Admission at Prabh Aasra – 15-02-2020,
Smt Kuldip kaur.(name needs to be change as per the privacy)
Someone noticed. Depressed lady living in Kurali. She had no one to take care of. She was brought for admission in Prabh Aasra by police authorities and villages of vill Chutamali. According to them they had seen this lady working before but for the last few months this lady was unable to walk or use her right hand. She had been happily married but had no children. Her Husband died and she had no home of her own. She belonged to village Goslan near Kurali but the panchayat didn’t support her and did not even help her for her treatment. In Prabh Aasra her treatment was started but because of curfew & lockdown due to Covid-19 her treatment was delayed as no hospital was permitted to admit & treat. On 12/09/20 after opening of 4th stage she was referred to private Hospital Kaushal Hospital kharar for her hip joint treatment. She is still under her treatment and now showing improvement signs.
AN OLD MOTHER NEEDED: CARE AND TREATMENT
Sixty years old Poonam was referred to Prabh Aasra Kurali by GMCH 32 Hospital Chandigarh. She had naked scalp with lots of maggots in her scalp & eye. According to the doctors she had a severe accident & after that she didn’t take care of her wound, which deteriorated her condition & someone left her in the hospital.
From hospital she ran away thrice & was not in mentally healthy condition. She used to get aggressive off & on. On dated 07.09.18 she was again admitted in hospital & this time she was bound to bed for her treatment. She also had fresh burnt skin above her chest & lower back area. She was not able to retrieve her address & was said to be unknown according to the records of the hospital. Hospital authorities claimed that she didn’t have any relatives to take care of her. so she needed to be sent to Prabh Aasra for further follow up of her treatment as she didn’t need any hospitalization. At the time of admission on 11th Sept 2018 she had a wound of 6x5cm with maggots still in her head & eye. Regular treatment, care & dressing improved her condition very fast & within a few months she was like normal but mentally still she was under the effect of illness. She is handed over to Husband on 19.12.2019
MENTALLY UNSTABLE LADY: MET WITH A MISHAPPENING
An Unclaimed lady with a burnt face found in a village named Niholka, near Kurali.
(Due to privacy reasons name and address is changed.)She was traced by a local volunteer Social Worker & informed to Police as she did not belong to Punjab. DDR was lodged & being Unknown she was sent to Prabh Aasra for admission by the local police of Kurali. Here she was admitted on 25.11.2019 & she went under care & treatment. PGI treatment was also followed up for her opened eyes & stuffy opened mouth.
They suggested plastic surgery for her in the near future. She was not able to recall her address because of depression & was also under treatment for conversions (epilepsy). About one and a half, she was able to regain her memory & told us about the village she belonged to. We traced her village through Google. It was Chaubepur of Udaipur District in Uttar Pradesh & also contacted local police of that district. Through Police Pradhan of that village informed the brother of Rano with our contact on 18th Jan 2020. Her brother talked with us & Rano. He reached Prabh Aasra on 21th Jan 2020 to take her sister back home. When we asked her brother the whole story of Rano we came to know about the accident.
According to her brother Sh. Amit Kumar S/o Sh. Sobaran R/o Gram Chaubepur, Teh. & Distt. Sitapur, P.S. Khainrabad, UP stated that he was married in the year 2011. One day in 2013 her wife went to her parents & fought with her mother. Or reaching back home she committed suicide in our house. On this, her parents complained to us & I was arrested with my mom, dad and eight months old son. My sister was left as she was already an epileptic patient & was not mentally fit. My mother along with the baby was kept in jail for 64 days, my father remained behind bars for 8 months, whereas I was retained in jail for 18 months. He further stated after the release of my mother, my sister was staying with her. One day the mother of the girl had gone out of the house in connection with the same job, her daughter Rano started to cook & she met with an accident while cooking because her face fell in the pot she was cooking with. She was under treatment when she left home. Amit claimed that he was still in jail at that time.
CHILDREN: TORTURED THEIR OWN OLD PARENTS
Original names are changed with imaginary names for privacy reasons.
Dildar Singh who was a judge by profession was suffering from a mental disorder along with his family. He was survived by his wife Bhupinder Kaur, daughter Harpreet Kaur and son Manjeet Singh in the house no. 845 phase 3B1 Mohali. Seeing the pitiable condition of the family, the residents of the area informed the government officials about it.
This was also highlighted in the media as a result of which the district administration took action and the family was admitted to the Civil Hospital Mohali. For their proper care, the Director GMCH Sector-32 Chandigarh, in his letter recommended that the family be sheltered in Prabh Aasra for care and rehabilitation.
In May 2013, a family friend of theirs, Kunal Bhardwaj, son of Triloki Nath, a resident of Patiala, came to Prabh Aasra and expressed his desire to take the family home to take care of them and take full responsibility for them. Dildar Singh’s family also wished to go with their family friend. The proposal made by Kunal Bhardwaj was discussed on the telephone with the District Authority and Director GMCH Sector 32, Chandigarh. To stay safe, Prabh Aasra Society asked Kunal to file an affidavit stating that he would take care of the family.
He confirmed this in an affidavit “That I am taking responsibility for Dildar Singh , his wife Bhoomi Kaur and son Manjeet Singh, daughter Harpreet Kaur.” “That I will take proper care of the main family and be responsible for the protection of their self and property.”
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unclaimed man: no place to live
Amar Singh, aged 65 years, is referred for admission to Prabh Aasra society by G.M.C.H, Sector-32 Chandigarh.
no home: in old age difficulties
Maqbool Masih Negi, who was about 83 years old, was admitted by some social activist members of Shivalik City Kharar on 17-04-2021 at Prabh Aasra Society with the help of the administration. In the evening. On enquiring about him we come to know that Masih was a PhD scholar in Bible and has spent most of his time working as a Christian missionary.
Left into cradle: A Blind Infant
17the May 2017 One of the taxi drivers brought an unknown blind baby at the gate to drop her in the cradle. The security guard told him to come inside & have a talk with management. He said I can’t talk with them but I can tell where I found this baby from. He said he was on the way back home from a long route drive & was feeling sleepy, so he parked his car beside a MC Park in Mohali & went to sleep in his car. In the morning at about 6am he heard the bitter voice of a child. When he went close to the voice he saw a small baby was laid abandoned in the thorny bushes in the park & dogs were roaming beside her.