Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Parents driven suicide with son for his cancers

Kochi (Kerala), SVM News, September 25, 2007: Couple was found dead along with their son on September 25, Tuesday morning at Lakeshore hospital in Cochin in Kerala, India for unable to cope with the trauma of son's cancers.

Das (50) and Latha (42) of Kondoli House at Thrithalur in Thrissur District and their son Jeslin (14) were in the hospital since last month for the treatment of Jeslin who had undergone brain surgery because of a tumour. Just few days back he was diognosed with leukaemia too.

Das, father of Jeslin was an employee of a private bus. Jeslin is the only son and the youngest among three other girls. When the boy was detected brain tumor, Das made all of his efforts to treat his son by lending money from several people. But he had a hope that after his son's recovery he can go and work and get deliverance from debts. But he became weary by hearing Jeslin diognosed with leukaemia.

Dr. V.P. Gangadharan, who treated Jeslin said to the Salem Voice Ministries (SVM) News Service that the father of the boy appeared to be totally devastated since he was detected with the tumour in the brain.

"It was only last week that the boy came under my treatment. A few days back, his blood count dropped suddenly and it was found he was also a leukaemia patient," Dr. Gangadharan said.

Doctor had spoken to the distraught couple on Monday evening. But at the same night couple and child driven suicide. Indications show that they had taken poison.

Jeslin was studying in standard IX at Karamukku S.N.G.S.School.

Jiji, Siji and Liji are the sisters of Jeslin. They are married with Pradeep, Sumesh and Bineesh.

Health insurance is slowly coming up in India, but not common. In fact, the poor people have no knowledge about it. Or to say they cannot afford the premium of certain insurance companies. Therefore poor people suffering too much debts and worries because of the different types of treatments.

Source: http://salemvoice.org/svmnews250.html

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