UP: Wife discharged from hospital after selling son; Priyanka Gandhi slams UP govt

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has alleged that the incident of a man being allegedly forced to "sell" his son to pay the hospital bill in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh is heartbreaking has shocked the entire nation. She questioned whether humans will now have to "buy and sell" other people to survive in the country.

Officials had said that a man named Harish Patel had admitted his wife to a private hospital for delivery but the mother and child were not allowed to leave the hospital as they were unable to pay the hospital fees.

He had told that to get his wife and newborn discharged, Patel on Friday agreed to sell his son for just a few thousand rupees under a fake child adoption agreement.

This incident sparked outrage among the people and on receiving information about the incident, the police arrested five people on Saturday, including a couple who took the child with them.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote on the social media platform 'X', "The incident of a person selling his child due to poverty in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh is heartbreaking. Harish Patel admitted his pregnant wife Laxmina to a hospital. She gave birth to a daughter. The hospital asked for four thousand rupees for treatment. Harish did not have the money. The hospital refused to discharge the mother and child."

She said, "Forced to bring his wife and newborn baby home, Harish Patel sold one of his sons for Rs 20,000. The person who bought the child got the stamp made in the tehsil and the police also took a bribe of Rs 5,000 from him. The government machinery was also a partner in this act that shames humanity."

She said, "Harish's family already has loans from many 'micro finance' companies which he is unable to repay. Many poor families like Harish have been trapped in the clutches of these companies and are being charged 30 to 40 percent interest.

She said, "Where are the government schemes? Where is the health department? For whom is the government running? Will humans have to buy and sell humans to survive in our country now?"

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