Easwar Das hails from Amtala village in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh. His daughter Sureka (7). He had been suffering from high fever for the last few days. They were taken to a nearby health center. The doctor said that the girl died without any treatment due to low oxygen level.
Relatives then called an ambulance to take the body home. They said another body was coming soon and told them to wait. Easwar Das, who had been waiting for a long time, was walking 10 km on the road to his village carrying his daughter on his shoulders. Following the release of the video on the Internet, the state’s health minister, Singh Theo, reportedly ordered an investigation into the incident. “The authorities should have made sure that such incidents do not happen,” he said.