In Minneapolis, USA, 4 Infosys employees in car went into St, Croix river. They dialed 911 and within 5 mins they were all there in full attire to save them. They managed to save 2 :Infoscions.
This happened on 13-April-2008. In USA, they value life wheter you are a outsider or a American.
I dont know when it will change in India
May God bless India
Rgds Amit
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 11:57 )
Rajiv Chatterjee
A similar, but even more shameful, incident occured in Howrah, the city adjacent to Kolkata. Kadam Prasad Panth, a very senior citizen, was left to die a slow death while passer-bys looked on. Nobody even made an attempt to help Panth. To make matters worse, two police-stations kept arguing with each other; each trying to place the "burden" of helping the old man on the other. As for the people, they didn't even offer a glass of water to the man. By the time news reached the Howrah SP (who, it must be said acted promptly) it was all over for Kadam Prasad Panth.
The Delhi tragedy coupled with the one in Kolkata goes to show how indifferent and apthetic we have become. More importantly, it highlights the 'modern' man's self-centered attitude. We forget that such incidents could happen to any one of us. Will we still remain apathetic?
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 11:18 )
sangeetha
Shame India!!! what more can i say!! :( feeling really bad... man's precious life is just paid for the selfishness of public
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 10:36 )
Hargur Jaggi
I hail from a small town in Punjab and helping accident victims is an in-built thing in our systems. I have had experience outside AIIMS where an accident victim was lying in pool of blood and no one stopped for help other than one Sikh gentleman. It is a fact that the blood running in the veins of Metrozens is WHITE blood. I request the Media to take up this cause and make such tragic deaths a history.
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 10:34 )
lekha
a message to all indians...the next time u see a man dying on the road, just imagine yourself in his place and you will know the pain. WE should be ashamed to call ourselves humans...
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 10:11 )
Raghuraman
As rightly pointed, we need to have a law that helps the good samaritan in doing his job. Most people are afraid of going through the procedures at the police station and hospitals. And at sometimes, people trying to help are booked as accused. These definitely are deterrents.
But at the end of the day, there's no excuse for what happened. My condolences to Shams family.
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 09:37 )
ash
Very sad. Comp[assion seems to be lost in Delhi. The governemet should wake up. Such deaths are unnecessary and reflect very poorly on the nation. SUper power stauts, moon launch and such things do not matter, if we loose human values. Police have to change their attitudes.
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 06:25 )
khalihan
City's lack of responsiveness is the real cause. Please do not blame it on the people. Attending to medical/accidental emergencies should be the job of trained para-medics. City management should make effort in getting their emergency response system right, citizens must voice for it.
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 05:53 )
Dr. Tarique
There is simply no justification for this to happen in a civilized society. Having lived in Delhi for close to 15 years till couple of years back, and having worked in healthcare all this while in Delhi and now in United States, I think i am uniquely placed to comment on this. The most important reason why most people avoid helping people in need like this is to avoid harrasment by police, which no matter how much the police top brass may want to deny, but its real for the common man. Still, seeing a person die like this is utterly shameful and makes me hang my head in shame. The malaise goes beyond simply trying to avoid the police harrasment, to utter lack of civility and people's indifference. We forget that it could be me or you our our near and dear ones next time. What else can explain people's reaction which the good samaritan faced trying to help the victim; that he was causing traffic jam!!
Instead of blaming everybody else, i think we should use this incident to introspect and make sure it doesnt happen again. I think media, specially visual media like CNN-IBN can play a big role in taking this issue forward in a big way, like so many issues they have taken a stand on recently. I am sure this issue deserves more media time than discussing the virtues why 'A' slapped 'B' and how much money the person lost in the process!
A society is judged by how it cares for its sick, and certainly this incident is a very poor reflection of our society. Being a proud Indian, its painful to see this unfortunate reality.
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 04:12 )
Lakshmi
I am so ashamed to be an Indian. Keep all our proud history, rich culture aside. LEts take a look at our level of compassion, kindness, respect for others, and i find its alarmingly low. This is the height of all that.
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