BJP MP Requests Help From Prime Minister’s Relief Fund!
JALANDHAR – The case of seven-month-old Samridhi Verma, who is suffering from extra hepatic biliary artesia (EBA)—one of the rarest child diseases in the world—has reached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Taking cognisance of The Tribune report published on September 1, Rajya Sabha member from Hoshiarpur Avinash Rai Khanna has referred her case to the PMO to get monetary help from the PM National Relief Fund for her liver transplant.
“The girl is in a very critical state and needs urgent liver transplant. As none of the government hospitals in Punjab, including the PGIMER, Chandigarh, has the liver transplant facility and the father of the child cannot bear the huge expenditure (Rs 10-15 lakh) to get her treated at a private hospital, I have referred her case to the PMO. The aim is to get monetary help from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund. I am hopeful the PM will give a fresh lease of life to the girl dying every minute,” said the BJP MP.
Samridhi Verma is suffering from EBA since her birth. Although her father Harsh Verma, a labourer, is an Employees State Insurance Scheme (ESI) beneficiary, the department has refused to help him as he is yet to complete the mandatory nine-month contribution period under the scheme. He has contributed towards the scheme for six months. He will have to wait for another three months (till November 30) to get specialised treatment for her daughter.
