Man carries 55-year-old wife on cart to hospital, UP Deputy CM orders probe after video goes viral

Ballia: A viral video of a man carrying his wife on a cart to a hospital in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh has caught the attention of state Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who on Tuesday has ordered a probe into the matter.

Officials informed that the incident took place in Andaur village of Ballia district.

In the video that has been doing the rounds on social media, Sakul Prajapati, a resident of the village in Chilkhar block was seen carrying his ailing 55-year-old wife Jogni to the hospital on a cart.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Neeraj Pandey said the deputy chief minister has ordered the director general of medical and health to probe the matter.

On 28 March, 2022, Prajapati took his wife to a health centre - three kilometres away from his house - on the cart as he was unable to find a ride. The doctors there gave some medicines and referred his wife to the district hospital, he said.

He then left his wife on the cart at Piyaria village and returned home to take clothes and money and then took her to the hospital on a mini-truck, he said.

According to the police, Prajapati's wife died during treatment in the hospital. He claimed the death took place around 11 pm and the hospital refused to provide an ambulance to take the body home, saying the service was not available at night. He then hired a private ambulance paying Rs 1,100. (PTI)