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| Jammu based social activist writes to PM over infant deaths, lack of Centre-State coordination | | | 
EARly Times Report
Jammu, Sept 13: A Jammu based social activist Sukesh Khajuria on Sunday wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the deaths of infants after consuming spurious drugs and also alleged lack of coordination between centre and state agencies.
In the letter, Mr Khajuria alleged that several children had died while many others were afflicted with severe deformities after consuming spurious drugs death of several children and sever in several parts of northern India after they consumed spurious drugs since December, 2019.
As a senior social activist of J&K, he said that he have been highlighting these unfortunate deaths and deformities among infants in J&K, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and have even taken up the issue of adequate compensation to the families of the victims and for those who are have been deformed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and concerned State/ UT Governments.
In view of inadequate response from these agencies and a larger mafia operating in different states, he alleged that, "I want to highlight issues of the lack of coordination between the Central and state governments on regulatory measures to check and punish such unscrupulous elements who are manufacturing and selling spurious drugs in connivance with corrupt drug authorities and the issue of adequate compensation to the victims families."
Sukesh c. khajuria pointed towards the violation of Article 21 of the Constitution in the case. The Supreme Court, in Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity& others v State of West Bengal &Anr, while widening the scope of Art. 21 and the government’s responsibility to provide medical aid to every person in the country held that in a welfare state, the primary duty of the government is to secure the welfare of the people. Providing adequate medical facilities to the people is an obligation of the government in a welfare state. Article 21 imposes an obligation on the state to safeguard the right to life of every person. He said that preservation of human life is thus of paramount importance and government hospitals run by the state are duty bound to extend world class medical assistance for preserving human life. Failure on the part of a government hospital to provide good and timely medical treatment to a person in need of such treatment, results in violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21, he added. Sukesh Khajuria contended that this scenario, therefore, calls for suitable compensation to be paid to all those who suffered and are still suffering by having consumed spurious drugs for the breach of their rights guaranteed under Art. 21of the Constitution of India.
As a conscientious citizen, he requested that the Prime Minister issue necessary directions to target such activities through stringent measures in coordination with state governments.
"Moreover, there should be some system in place for treatment, rehabilitation and compensation of such innocent victims who are from the poor strata of society since they are unable to get treatment from expensive private doctors nor can they afford expensive medicines," he said.
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