Lockdown impact claims one
Source: The Sangai Express
Jiribam, May 07 2020:
In one heart-rending incident, the impact of COVID-19 claimed the lives of a middle-aged woman from Dolakhal Meitei Khun, Ward no 2 under Borobekra Police Station on May 4 .
As Kh Lakhikanto Singh (40), husband of the deceased woman Kh Ratna Devi (38) worked in a private company based in Pune, he could not send the money required for his wife treatment due to the continuing lockdown.
His family at Jiribam also could'not find or afford the cost of treatment for Kh Ratna.
The deceased woman has left behind 4 children (2 sons and 2 daughters) .
P Jiten Singh, chairman of Borobekra Development Organisation appealed to the State Government to arrange return journey for Kh Lakhikanto Singh for him to attend his wife shradha.