Even after sending him air tickets to fly down to Kerala on Friday, Dr Kafeel was asked to hold his visit due to the visit of experts from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences to the affected areas.
After facing a criticism from the Opposition parties, the Kerala government took a U-turn on inviting Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan, an accused in death of over 33 children at the BRD Medical College in Gotakhpur, to the state for serving Nipah virus victims.
Even after sending him air tickets to fly down to Kerala on Friday, Dr Kafeel was asked to hold his visit due to the visit of experts from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences to the affected areas.
Earlier, the Kerala government had quickly responded to Dr Khan's offer to serve Nipah virus victims at the government hospital in Kozhikode. But the BJP and the Congress had slammed the government for inviting a doctor who has been implicated in the deaths of several children and was out on bail.
Dr Khan said that he was deeply saddened by the development. "I am really really upset today. I have been informed by the state government of Kerala to hold my travel plan for 2-3 days. So I am cancelling my reservations," said he in a statement.
"It seems that being a socialist is a difficult choice considering the current affairs in our country. It all seems a bit alien to me – why can't I serve my country men? reacted Dr Khan.
Dr Khan had written to the Director General of Medical Education Dr KK Gupta on Thursday seeing his permission to visit Kerala to serve Nipah virus victims. After suspension on August 22, he was attached to the DGME office.
The Principal, BRD Medical College Dr Ganesh Kumar had said on Thursday that Dr Khan cannot offer his medical services in any hospital without prior permission from the DGME.
Dr Khan said he faced real emotional time since he had to convince his family members to expose himself to Nipah virus. "But my mother finally agreed and said that I got you after nine months and again you are leaving me? I give you permission to go as you are going there to save somebody's life only... I have to think as a mother," he said.
Dr Khan claimed that his elder brother was also going along with him in spite of knowing the risk. "But in spite of such constraints I will not change my motto and will keep pitching in with help wherever required," he said.
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