Dr Sen’s heart condition: Letter to Chief Justice of India
Medicos demand immediate release
4 April 2009
Honorine Ward, MD
Associate Professor
Div of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
To : The Honourable Chief Justice of India,
We are extremely concerned about the health of Dr. Binayak Sen who has been imprisoned in Raipur since May 2007. Recently we learned that his health had worsened and that the doctor appointed by the court to examine him recommended that he be transferred to Vellore for an angiography and perhaps, if needed, an angioplasty or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft without further delay.
We believe that the court had ordered that Dr. Binayak receive treatment as per the doctor’s recommendations but there are still hurdles being created by the local administration. We urge you to use your good offices to see that this order is implemented immediately, as any delay may pose a risk to Dr. Binayak Sen’s life.
We also urge that Dr. Binayak be granted the bail that has been denied to him for almost two years now. Dr. Binayak has a blemishless record of public service both as a medical doctor amongst the poor and as a human rights crusader, and it is our humble opinion that a great injustice has already been done to him. We urge you to review his case.
Enclosure: Copy of Letter from Dr. Malhotra who examined Dr. Binayak Sen, March2009.
Sincerely,
- Dr. Anagha Amte
Maharogi Seva Samiti
Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra- Dr. Bharati Amte
Maharogi Seva Samiti
Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra- Dr. Diganth Amte
Maharogi Seva Samiti
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Maharogi Seva Samiti
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Copy of Letter from Dr. Malhotra who examined Dr. Binayak Sen
Copy of Letter from Dr. Malhotra who examined Dr. Binayak Sen
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leave him!!!!!
All of us who have been amazed by the impunity of the system in keeping Binayak in jail for 2 years are hopeful. Hopeful that the supreme court at least will ensure timely and effective medical attention to him first and that he will be released on bail. If not, what can one say, our faith in the judiciary will really take a beating.
Dr. Binayak Sen’s continued incarceration is stark and shameful evidence of the failure of a democratic state. It is a blot on this country, and the blot grows bigger with every passing day.
Carrying forward Dr. Binayak Sen’s mission for a better world : one in which no child goes hungry, no mother cries over the torture of her children and no one is denied medical attention for want of money – This is a challenging mission that should awaken us all in our life time.