ROOPA Anand's family has now returned to a more normal life, but some things will never be the same for them.
ROOPA Anand's family has now returned to a more normal life, but some things will never be the same for them.
For one, the family's maid had stopped working for them after news of her death broke.
Roopa's brother-in-law Mahesh feels she might have stopped coming because of pressure from the other employers.
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A schoolteacher related to Roopa said, "Parents at our school were a bit worried when they heard the news."
Mahesh recalls his experience immediately after Roopa died on August 12. When he went to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Chest Diseases to get the throat swab reports done immediately after Roopa's death, he was sent back with the reply that reports are given quickly only in emergency cases.
He also recalled how after the death, the authorities declared that they would get the entire family checked.
When nobody turned up, the family called the health department on August 16, only to be told that it was a Sunday and no doctors were available. A doctor was finally sent, but only after Mahesh had threatened to complain to the higher authorities.
A few days ago, officials from the BBMP visited them briefly, asking if everything was all right.
Still angry
The family still maintains an acute sense of anger towards the staff of St Philomena's Hospital, where Roopa, kindergarten teacher and mother of two children, was treated before she died. They wanted to shift Roopa out but, "The hospital authorities did not allow us to shift," Mahesh said.
The hospital kept telling the family that she may be suffering from typhoid or pneumonia.
Anbu, a family friend, summed it up for them when he said, "The authorities do know what is happening, but show utter apathy."
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