Death of five in accident: Pall of gloom descends on Ajjinadka family
Ullala, July 09: All the 10 members of the family were returning towards their home from Palakkad in Kerala after completing the house warming ceremony. They were about to reach their home in a few minutes. But a lorry came on their way and took the lives of five members of the family. Five members of the family died when the lorry collided their vehicle at Uppala on Monday night.
A year ago, two son-in-laws of Bifathima died in a road accident. Before forgetting that pain, another accident killed five of the family pushing it into greater shock.
In the accident that happened at 6.30 am on Monday, Bifathima (67), her daughter Nasima (38), another daughter Souda’s husband Mustaq (41), grand-daughter Asma (30), and her husband Imtiyaz (35) of Ajjinadka on KC Road lost their lives. Souda, her son Favai (13) and Nasima’s daughter Fathima (1) sustained serious injuries and battling for life in a private hospital in the city. Two other sons Farish and Shahid also seriously injured in the incident.
Have been to house-warming ceremony
Total seven elders and 11 children of the family have been to Palakkad in Kerala on Saturday night to participate in a house warming ceremony of Bifathima’s last daughter Rukhiya. After completing the programme, they left Palakkad in a jeep on Sunday at 7 pm and were about to reach their house on Monday 7 am.
Monu Beary’s wife Bifathima and her family were residing at Samanige near Assaigoli for the last many years. Later, they were shifted to Ajjinadka near KC Road. She has total 8 children including three sons.
Among 11 children, 9 were school going children. As the children have school on Monday, they left Palakkad on Sunday night.
Took friend’s jeep
Deceased Imtiyaz and Mustaq were working as auto drivers in Ullala and in a school van. Both of them were driving the jeep as the distance between Talapadi and Palakkad is 338 km. It is said that at the time of accident, Imtiyaz was driving the vehicle. Mustaq was seated in the front. Mustaq took his friend’s jeep and went to Palakkad.
After the postmortem at Mangalpadi CHC hospital, all the bodies were brought to Bifathima’s house at Ajjinadka. The entire house and surrounding was grief-stricken. Later, the bodies were laid to rest at Kallapu Pattla Masjid.
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Doctors who died on duty during COVID-19 entitled to insurance under PMGKY: SC
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New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court held on Thursday that the families of the doctors who died while doing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to an insurance coverage of Rs 50 lakh under the "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana".
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan set aside a Bombay High Court judgment that had held that private doctors were not entitled to the coverage under the government's insurance scheme.
"There is a requisition of the services of doctors and this is evident from the conjoint reading of the provisions of the Act, the Maharashtra Prevention and Containment of COVID-19 Regulations 2020, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Order dated March 31, 2020, the PMGKY-Package Scheme, the explanatory communication to the PMGKY policy and the FAQs released," the bench said.
It said the invocation of laws and regulations was intended to leave no stone unturned in requisitioning the doctors and the insurance scheme was equally intended to assure doctors and health professionals in the frontline that the country is with them.
The court said individual claims for insurance made under the PMGKY-Package will be considered and decided in accordance with the law and on the basis of evidence.
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"The onus to prove that a deceased lost his life while performing a COVID-19-related duty is on the claimant and the same needs to be established on the basis of credible evidence," it added.
The top court was hearing a plea moved by Pradeep Arora and others against a March 9, 2021, order of the Bombay High Court that held that private hospital staffers were not entitled to receive benefits under the insurance scheme unless their services were requisitioned by the state or the central government.
A plea was filed in the high court by Kiran Bhaskar Surgade, who lost her husband -- who ran a private clinic in Maharashtra's Thane -- to COVID-19 in 2020.
The insurance company rejected her claim under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) on the ground that her husband's clinic was not recognised as a COVID-19 hospital.
The PMGKP was announced in March 2020 and its coverage has since been extended.
It was launched to provide a safety net to health workers to ensure that in case of any adversity due to COVID-19, their families are taken care of.
An insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh is provided to the health workers under the PMGKP, which has become a safety net for the dependents of the Covid warriors who lost their lives to the infection.
