War hero's son dies of alleged negligence at Kanpur hospital

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Kanpur: Ali Hasan, 61, elder son of 1965 India-Pakistan War hero Veer Abdul Hameed, died after contracting severe ailment at city's Lala Lajpat Rai hospital on Friday.
The family members of Hasan alleged he died due to negligence by the LLR hospital staff. As per the family members, Hasan was unwell since the past two days.
"After my father complained of a severe cough followed by breathlessness and dip in his oxygen level on April 21, we admitted him to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital. Initially hospital authorities arranged for oxygen, but after four hours of treatment, they removed the facility saying that now he is doing well and there is no need of oxygen anymore," alleged his elder son Salim Hasan while talking to reporters.
Salim, however, said that it was again when his father's condition started deteriorating, he and his other members of the family wandered in the hospital asking doctors to give him oxygen, but in vain.
"We went around approaching doctors telling them that Hasan is elder son of Abdul Hamid, hero of the 1965 India-Pakistan War, but all our pleas fell on deaf ears, and in the absence of better treatment and oxygen, he breathed his last at around 3 am," Salim alleged further and added, "After admitting none at the hospital even bothered to test him for Covid."
Ali Hasan, elder son of the hero of 1965 India-Pakistan War at the battlefield of Asal Uttar by Company Quarter Master Havaldar Abdul Hamid, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra (posthumously), used to live with his family in Syed nagar area of the city. He used to work at the Ordnance Equipment factory in the City and retired recently.
"We have come to know about the issue, we will look and inquire into the matter soon," said principal GSVM RB Kamal.