Indian minister Sushma Swaraj promises medical visa for Pakistani baby's treatment
The infants parents took on social media requesting for an urgent medical visa for their son, which was later granted by the Indian Embassy in Pakistan. Photo: Twitter
(Web Desk) – Pakistani infant named Rohaan has been issued a medical visa for the treatment of his heart by The Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
Twitteratis ran a plea campaign asking Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to issue a visa for the baby boy to be treated in India. Swaraj tweeted assuring the family a medical visa for India.
We will give medical visa for his treatment in India. @IndiainPakistan @djmehwish @MeTheFixer pic.twitter.com/w4zpGZEgNc
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 29, 2017
Rohaan’s parents created a Facebook page in hope for receiving donations for the operation procedure. Rohaan was born with a rare heart congenital defect which requires urgent surgery. The family was helped by good Samaritans online who forwarded and tweeted pleading Indian embassy in Pakistan to grant them a medical visa.
Dear Rohaan, your visa has been issued and dispatched to Lahore today itself. All the very best. @SushmaSwaraj @djmehwish @MeTheFixer
— India in Pakistan (@IndiainPakistan) August 29, 2017
“When I hug my child, he smiles. He knows he is safe with me. I want to save him, I really do. Help in visa #HelpBabyRohaan @SushmaSwaraj,” Rohaan’s mother Mehwish Mukhtar had tweeted.
When I hug my child, he smiles. He know he is safe with me. I want to save him, I really do. Help in visa #HelpBabyRohaan @SushmaSwaraj
— Mehwish Mukhtar (DJ) (@djmehwish) August 28, 2017
Previously, Swaraj issued a medical visa in July to another baby with the same name Rohaan Sadiq a four-month-old for his medical treatment in India.
Rohaan Sadiq received his treatment in Jaypee Hospital in Noida on July 14 of this year. The four-month-old baby’s father thanked Swaraj over Twitter saying, “The heart of my child beats today for Madam Sushma Swaraj. I would like to request her to open doors for those Pakistanis who have been waiting for medical visas. It is my humble request.”
Delhi: EAM Sushma Swaraj met Rohaan,the 4-month-old toddler from Pakistan who underwent heart surgery in a Noida hospital. pic.twitter.com/x4XIa6Zlge
— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2017
Rohaan Sadiq couldn’t make it despite the successful heart surgery and died due to dehydration.
Despite the amid strains between the two countries a number of Pakistanis have been requesting for a medical visa through Twitter, Indian Minister Swaraj on August 15 wrote on twitter, “On the auspicious occasion of India s Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us.”
On the auspicious occasion of India s Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us. @IndiainPakistan
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 15, 2017
She also issued a visa to another Pakistani Faiza Tanveer in August who also requested on Twitter for a medical visa in India for her treatment of cancer.
Thanks for your greetings on India s Independence day. We are giving you the visa for your treatment in India. https://t.co/jThT2KayoZ
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 13, 2017