India: A man pleads for help outside hospital as ailing mother lies on floor in Uttar Pradesh

In a tragic incident, a woman died in the state of Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district in India as her son kept pleading for help outside a community health centre. A video of the incident is going viral on social media and users are outraged as the authorities refused to take immediate action.

A twitter user @InvestMENA tweeted: "As we get to see these heart-wrenching scenes in Uttar Pradesh, but during elections, it has a different narrative to tell. These people are ready to lose everything for a Hindutva rule, including of starvation."

The video shows a lifeless woman lying on the floor while her panicked son runs pillar to post, banging doors, crying for help. The man keeps pleading for help and breaks into tears after receiving no response.

Video of the incident:

Another twitter user @RituCha94255649 tweeps: "This is very much heartbreaking. This is the world we live in, where everything gets highlighted after the things happen... humanity has died."

And a tweep @Kalyani98106669 posted: "What is going on in the country!! People are suffering in different ways everywhere, we should think on the deeds. And the government should look over at the harsh situations.”

According to a local news source, the hospital authorities claim the man did not bring his mother to the right entrance due to which the staff was unable to help them immediately and also the emergency doors were open at the back entrance.

Social media users were furious, and they blamed the government for not having proper medical facilities during COVID-19 pandemic. Many users commented that as this seems to be a common occurrence, authorities in rural places are not focusing on primary medical emergencies. While some other users commented that India has made significant advances in health but still there are huge disparities and access to healthcare in rural areas remains a huge challenge.