Hasmukh Parmar, whose wife died in VS Hospital on Wednesday, jumps into Sabarmati and dies
Unable to withstand the tragedies that life had scripted for him, Hasmukh Parmar decided to conclude his story in his own way. He wrote his own end by jumping into the Sabarmati on Thursday but not before letting the world know what it was that had driven him to death.
Parmar’s misfortunes began when his pregnant wife, Narmadaben, suffered fits and was operated on by doctors of the VS Hospital. His wife delivered a still born baby but, after the surgery, went into a coma from which she never came out.
After remaining in coma for a month, Narmadaben died on Wednesday amid allegations that the VS Hospital authorities had threatened to turn off her life-support system if the medical dues were not paid.
On Wednesday, Parmar found himself in police custody after his relatives attacked a VS Hospital doctor. A day later, the doctors of the city’s municipal hospitals went on strike to protest the attack.
Finding himself cornered on all sides, Parmar jumped off the Gandhi bridge at around 4.50 on Thursday evening.
Before he decided to end his life, he called up several media persons and the RTI activist who was helping him in his fight for justice. A DNA photographer, whom Parmar had called before taking the fatal plunge, tried to talk him out of his suicidal mood but Parmar disconnected the call.
By the time journalists and the RTI activist rushed to the spot, Parmar was already dead. Bharatsinh Jhala, an RTI activist who saw Parmar jump off the bridge, said, "As I came near the bridge, I saw Hasmukh jump. I jumped out off my speeding auto-rickshaw but it was too late."
Jhala said that it was the strike by the doctors that had pushed him to suicide. "This is murder and not suicide," said Jhala. In a suicide note addressed to chief minister Narendra Modi, Parmar accused the VS Hospital doctors of negligence. "They killed my wife," he wrote in the note about the doctors' alleged role in the death of his wife.
The fire brigade, which was informed about the attempted suicide, reached the spot but was only able to fish out Parmar's body. When his father, Prahlad Parmar, saw his son's body being fished out, he broke down sobbing. He kept on expressing a wish to die, even as others stood guard over him. Mayor Asit Vora refused to comment on the incident saying it was a sensitive matter.
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