Dana had no vehicle to use to go back and take his wife’s body home after she died of tuberculosis at a government hospital, which was 60 kilometers from their village. He pleaded for other vehicle owners but they refused take him. Having no other choice, he wrapped his wife’s body in a cloth and began to walk back home. His daughter walked by him as she held their belongings and wept. They gradually made their way by resting on the roadside from time to time.
Fortunately, Dana and his daughter happened to walk past by local reporters and offered them transportation assistance. A television crew reportedly arranged an ambulance for his remaining journey. “I told the hospital authorities that I am a poor man and cannot afford a vehicle. I kept requesting them but they said they could not help,” Dana said.
Moreover, Bahrain’s prime minister even contacted their embassy in India to offer financial help to Dana and his family. However, Kalahandi’s District Collector Brunda D alleged that Dana left in the middle of the night without informing the hospital. She said, “If he had asked for help, we would have provided it.”
In one of the poorest districts in India, a man walked about ten kilometers with his deceased wife on his shoulder while his daughter wept alongside him. This tear-jerking scene captured attention on social media last year and up to now, it still breaks our hearts to know what Dana Mahji and his family went through.
Dana had no vehicle to use to go back and take his wife’s body home after she died of tuberculosis at a government hospital, which was 60 kilometers from their village. He pleaded for other vehicle owners but they refused take him. Having no other choice, he wrapped his wife’s body in a cloth and began to walk back home. His daughter walked by him as she held their belongings and wept. They gradually made their way by resting on the roadside from time to time.
Fortunately, Dana and his daughter happened to walk past by local reporters and offered them transportation assistance. A television crew reportedly arranged an ambulance for his remaining journey. She also added that the “Mahaparayana” has been launched since February 2016, which offers free transport service from the institution back to home.
Baijayant Jay Panda, Member of Parliament of the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), then posted on a social site that the scheme is being expanded.
Dana had no vehicle to use to go back and take his wife’s body home after she died of tuberculosis at a government hospital, which was 60 kilometers from their village. He pleaded for other vehicle owners but they refused take him. Having no other choice, he wrapped his wife’s body in a cloth and began to walk back home. His daughter walked by him as she held their belongings and wept. They gradually made their way by resting on the roadside from time to time.
Fortunately, Dana and his daughter happened to walk past by local reporters and offered them transportation assistance. A television crew reportedly arranged an ambulance for his remaining journey. She also added that the “Mahaparayana” has been launched since February 2016, which offers free transport service from the institution back to home.
Baijayant Jay Panda, Member of Parliament of the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), then posted on a social site that the scheme is being expanded.
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