Jorhat: The family of a critically ill patient from Sivasagar district in Upper Assam has decided to sue Luan Airways for refusing to carry him from Dibrugarh to Delhi on the ground that he did not possess a swine flu clearance certificate.
The family of the patient, Surendra Boruah, who is suffering from septicaemia, had deposited the required Rs 9 lakh with the airline.
After collecting the amount by mortgaging land and borrowing money, the family had given it to Guwahati-based Pushpak Travels, the booking agent for Luan Airways, to make the travel arrangements.
But after the air ambulance landed in Dibrugarh yesterday, the patient was not allowed to board it.
Surendra's eldest brother, Pradip, who is an employee of ONGC at Sivasagar, said on April 7 a doctor in Sivasagar had prescribed some medicines to his brother for a small lump in his neck.
"But as the medicines did not work, my brother went to Jorhat, where one of our brothers, Tarun, is an employee at the LIC divisional office," Pradip said.
19/04/15 Smita bhattacharyya/Telegraph
The family of the patient, Surendra Boruah, who is suffering from septicaemia, had deposited the required Rs 9 lakh with the airline.
After collecting the amount by mortgaging land and borrowing money, the family had given it to Guwahati-based Pushpak Travels, the booking agent for Luan Airways, to make the travel arrangements.
But after the air ambulance landed in Dibrugarh yesterday, the patient was not allowed to board it.
Surendra's eldest brother, Pradip, who is an employee of ONGC at Sivasagar, said on April 7 a doctor in Sivasagar had prescribed some medicines to his brother for a small lump in his neck.
"But as the medicines did not work, my brother went to Jorhat, where one of our brothers, Tarun, is an employee at the LIC divisional office," Pradip said.
19/04/15 Smita bhattacharyya/Telegraph
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