This being election time, allegations and counter-allegations are the norm but what happens when a complaint against the current state of affairs is made by a common man or someone who is apolitical?
Nag Ashwin, director of Mahanati was shattered when his friend Rakesh Erukulla who worked as cameraman for Yevade Subrahmanyam passed away from injuries sustained in a road accident.
Apparently, Rakesh was rushed to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad and it being a Sunday, there were no doctors to attend on him for three hours.
Nag Ashwin posted the whole thing on Twitter and questioned KTR.
“my friend died in gandhi hospital on sunday. he was alive for 3 hours after they brought him from the accident. as it was sunday there was no proper care, the parents had to push the stretcher around themselves. at any other hospital 3 hours would have saved him.
my sister worked at gandhi and she says she can imagine.. on a sunday night...why didn't they shift him somewhere else...i don't know...they were in panic..but really..in the capital of a state, why can't we count on a government hospital to rush to save a life. sunday or any day.
what can we do @KTRTRS sir to make sure that the word 'government hospital' need not be synonymous with carelessness and death. my friend was easily one of the best cameramen we have in the state. i don't know whom else to ask sir. nobody should die needlessly,” posted Nag Ashwin on Twitter.
Since KTR is busy with campaigning, he hasn’t responded as yet to Nag Ashwin’s post who put up another tweet today saying, “before trs there was congress and before that tdp..same situation. not everything is about politics or elections!!its about how we are ok with govt hospital deaths. i asked ktr garu because he has the power to make change and is the only politician i know who reacts and responds.”
As far as Nag Ashiwn is concerned, it is the genuine anguish of a person who has lost a dear friend, but the public will see it as a damning indictment of the government which time and again resorts to emotional blackmail in the name of Telangana and claims to have ushered in unbelievable development.