Yesterday I was going with my wife to some place on my two-wheeler. While I was about to reach my destination, I saw two people lying on the road, presumably just after an accident a few minutes back. I immediately parked my scooter and ran to the middle of the road. One was a young man and another was a boy in his teens. Both were breathing, had been injured on the head but were unconscious. People were all watching, but nobody was doing anything. I immediately urged people to give me a hand to lift them one-by-one and then moved them from the middle to the side of the road. Then I called the emergency number (108) and called for an ambulance. I got to know that someone had already called that number and they were sending the ambulance. I was not sure when the ambulance would arrive, so I was waving the passers by to help us carry the victims to the nearest hospital. There was a huge crowd of people but everybody was just watching but nobody did anything. None of the people whom I was waving to stopped their cars. They just moved away. Some did stop but refused to carry the victims. Time was running out, I did not know what to do. But luckily the ambulance came and we shifted both the victims into the ambulance. The ambulance guy told someone to go with them. I said I will go. So I just asked them to wait and went to tell my wife to take the two wheeler to home and I would go to the hospital. In the meantime the ambulance went without waiting for me. I was told that a family member of the victims arrived and he went along. They were from the nearby village. I called up the emergency number and found out the name of the hospital. I may visit the hospital.
Important things of note here : -
1) Nobody did anything, and people were just staring at the victims lying in the
middle of the road, bleeding and shivering in pain
2) Nobody helped to give a ride to carry the injured to the nearby hospital
This can happen to anybody. What are we going to do then ? Are we losing the basic sensitivity and sensibility that makes us human beings ? Where are we racing to ? Who all come under the purview of our family for whom we might stop the car ?
These are questions to ponder upon because someday it might be our turn...
Important things of note here : -
1) Nobody did anything, and people were just staring at the victims lying in the
middle of the road, bleeding and shivering in pain
2) Nobody helped to give a ride to carry the injured to the nearby hospital
This can happen to anybody. What are we going to do then ? Are we losing the basic sensitivity and sensibility that makes us human beings ? Where are we racing to ? Who all come under the purview of our family for whom we might stop the car ?
These are questions to ponder upon because someday it might be our turn...
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