Accident victim, family yearn for assistance
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 12 2017: Reeling under intense hardship after meeting a road accident around four years back, Pukhrambam Punshiba who is bedridden and his family members have been yearning for assistance from the Government and generous people.

Ph Punshiba, 38, who hails from Pukhrambam Mayai Leikai under Nambol Constituency in Bishnupur district is staying in a dilapidated room with all the sides covered by GI sheet.

Punshiba, a mason by profession and his 33-year-old wife Echan with their two daughters and a son were living a normal life with high hopes but their dreams were shattered after he met an accident in November 2012 .

Accident victim, family yearn for assistance

Recounting the ordeal to this daily, Punshiba's wife Echan said her husband was returning home on his motorcycle after finishing work at Sangai Festival site in 2012 when he was hit by a speeding vehicle, leaving him badly injured.

She said some passerby who found him unconcious at the spot contacted the contractor who was entrusted with the contract work of Sangai Festival of 2012 edition.

The contractor who was informed about the accident by the passerby through Punshiba's mobile phone admitted the injured to Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS).

Later he was referred to a private hospital for further treatment.

He suffered injuries on his head and fractured his right shoulder in the accident.

Echan lamented that agricultural land belonging to the family had to be sold to continue treatment of her husband and the contractor has not fully cleared the wage deserved by her husband.

Punshiba could have become much bettter now had he undergone physiotherapy which is too expensive for the poor family.

"As a housewife with three kids I don't have too much choice in such a situation," she rued.

Echan who is looking after her family by doing any available work in the locality said she is finding it hard in educating their children.

She said the family has not received any kind of assistance from the Government till date though IPS officer Thounaojam Basanta had provided financial assistance to them.

Tiken Chanam, one of the locals said it will be better to admit Punshiba in Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) as the hospital provides free treatment to poor families.

He made a fervent appeal to all to extend help to the family so that they can get out of the mental trauma.