Texan Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 We keep cribbing about politicians, the system et al, but surely we ourselves have become so insensitive that we don't even have time to save a life? Some countries have laws that enforce that it is the duty of a citizen to help another citizen in danger. For details, you can read this article on "duty to rescue" Is it time to implement laws that enforce citizens to not abandon people in danger and make them accountable to take action to help? In addition, there also need to be Good Samaritan Laws to protect someone who helps from legal prosecution. Heartless Pune Leaves Accident Victim to Die on Footpath When 59-year-old Nandkishor Radheshyam Sharma left his home for a glimpse of the Sant Dnyaneshwar palkhi procession passing through the city, he did not know where his devotion was leading him, or that the city would punish him for it with death. Sharma, who worked as office superintendent at the MES department in Southern Command, was near NMV School on Bajirao Road, hoping to see the warkaris pass by, when a speeding car knocked him down from the rear, around 8 pm on Saturday. While the rash driver fled away, Sharma blacked out. After some 15 minutes passed by, he came to and found himself spread out on the footpath, unable to move. (The passers-by had done him the courtesy of moving his insentient body from the road to the footpath, only to get him out of the way and carry on with their lives.) Sharma fought the pain to grope for his cell phone, and dialled home. At the other end, his shocked wife, unable to completely gather what had happened to him, rushed to Bajirao Road from their Katraj residence, along with her husband's 71-year-old uncle. He was rushed to Ruby Hospital. But there had been a critical medical delay. The next morning, after battling for life through the night, he gave up his struggle, and the doctors pronounced him dead. His uncle, 71-year-old Inderchand Sharma who had rushed him to the hospital, said, "Just one call to the emergency ambulance services (108) might have saved Nandkishor's life. We don't have any grievances against any of them (onlookers), but a little help could have made all the difference." No time to save a life? Officials from Vishrambaug police station said some of the passers-by had picked up Sharma after he was hit, placed him on a footpath nearby and hurried away from the spot. Inderchand said, "After reaching the spot, we asked a few onlookers to help us put him in an auto. The police officials on bandobast duty cooperated with us, and removed all the barricades so that our auto could pass through." "At Ruby Hospital, Nandkishor was shifted to the cardiac care unit for treatment. He vomited a couple of times and his blood pressure dropped. He already suffered from kidney and sugar problems, and succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning." Vishwas Pandhare, deputy commissioner of police, traffic, condemned the bystanders' indifference. "It is extremely sad and shameful that none of the onlookers helped the victim. In such cases, people should rush to the victim's aid without thinking about the police case. The treatment provided during the golden hour can save a person's life." Police officials said that a case has been registered against the unknown driver under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304(a) (causing death by negligence) of the IPC, and section 177 (general provision for punishment of offences) of the Motor Vehicles Act. REQUEST: Please do not turn this thread into a discussion about how some other cities are better and that it would not happen there. It is a fact that these incidents happen in all Indian cities and citizens show the same apathy.
Texan Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 Source of article: http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/heartless-pune-leaves-accident-victim-to-die-on-footpath-546864?pfrom=home-otherstories
gattaca Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Lets be honest here most people in India are selfish they want to earn their rozi rotti. People dont even care if a person is bleeding on the road. you cant enforce such rules. It humanity we lack. Western countries are much better with this stuff. I had a flat tire couple of days ago lot of people stopped and offered help(even Indians) in India I am sure you wont find that many people doing that.
Texan Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 Lets be honest here most people in India are selfish they want to earn their rozi rotti. People dont even care if a person is bleeding on the road. you cant enforce such rules. It humanity we lack. Western countries are much better with this stuff. I had a flat tire couple of days ago lot of people stopped and offered help(even Indians) in India I am sure you wont find that many people doing that. Ironically, if you have a flat tire, more people are likely to come to your aid than if there is someone seriously injured or ill for the fear of police cases and medical expenses. All the more reason to have Good Samaritan Laws.
CSK Fan Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Evolution too is at work. The more over-crowded a place is, the more scarce the resources, the less likely are people to connect with each other. Happy, content, sparse people care for and look out for each other. People caught in the rat race, rushing about, always busy, with millions of faces whizzing by, will be automatically conditioned to not connect with them
panther Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 This is what happens when souls become hard, or hearts when we chase materialism and leave the real cause for what we were created, truly globalization has made people into godless souls. If this was to happen in a village I am sure the villagers would go out of their way to help.
Crookbond Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Lets be honest here most people in India are selfish they want to earn their rozi rotti. People dont even care if a person is bleeding on the road. you cant enforce such rules. It humanity we lack. Western countries are much better with this stuff. I had a flat tire couple of days ago lot of people stopped and offered help(even Indians) in India I am sure you wont find that many people doing that. Holding one's own back is not selfish, it is pragmatic. There have been multiple incidents in the past were helpers have ended up in legal imbroglios. It is easy to say "Hey, you should help. Humanity!" (I think one should as well) but if people do not (out of fear of police hassles and court visits) I would understand where they are coming from.
CSK Fan Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 This is what happens when souls become hard' date=' or hearts when we chase materialism and leave the real cause for what we were created, truly globalization has made people into godless souls. If this was to happen in a village I am sure the villagers would go out of their way to help.[/quote'] In most of the civilized countries in the world, people do stop to help. Why haven't souls got hardened in the heart of materialism, in US and Europe? It is in third world countries or over populated ones where such instances happen more and more.
gattaca Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Holding one's own back is not selfish' date=' it is pragmatic. There have been multiple incidents in the past were helpers have ended up in legal imbroglios. It is easy to say "Hey, you should help. Humanity!" (I think one should as well) but if people do not (out of fear of police hassles and court visits) I would understand where they are coming from.[/quote'] In western countries too People attend courts for accidents as witness. This happened to a friend of mine. May be the process in India is not that good. But Issue with this is people will generalize and start applying for everything. Oh it is police case I don't want to get tangled in this now.
Crookbond Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 In western countries too People attend courts for accidents as witness. This happened to a friend of mine. May be the process in India is not that good. But Issue with this is people will generalize and start applying for everything. Oh it is police case I don't want to get tangled in this now. We have enough hit-and-run witnesses in India too; lets not forget that. We are talking about helping a passenger who has had an accident. You need to look at it from a "cost to pay" perspective. A legal imbroglio can destroy your whole living existence in India.
Detonator Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 ^ may be people think someone esle will help. however, even in our third world india, people always help each other in smaller cities and towns in all states.
panther Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 In most of the civilized countries in the world' date=' people do stop to help. Why haven't souls got hardened in the heart of materialism, in US and Europe? It is in third world countries or over populated ones where such instances happen more and more.[/quote'] EiS5_oGHzKI
Texan Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 Holding one's own back is not selfish' date=' it is pragmatic. There have been multiple incidents in the past were helpers have ended up in legal imbroglios. It is easy to say "Hey, you should help. Humanity!" (I think one should as well) but if people do not (out of fear of police hassles and court visits) I would understand where they are coming from.[/quote'] All the more reason to have laws that protect good Samaritans.
Texan Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 In most of the civilized countries in the world' date=' people do stop to help. Why haven't souls got hardened in the heart of materialism, in US and Europe? It is in third world countries or over populated ones where such instances happen more and more.[/quote'] On the first point, you're absolutely right. On the second, it is not the "over-populated" nature of our country that causes this attitude. It is primarily due to a huge lack of trust in our law enforcement agencies. The perception of a common man is that the police will create unnecessary hurdles for you and you may even be held liable for medical expenses incurred if the victim cannot bear them and has no immediate family. There is also a fear that the person helping out will be involved in a long legal tussle and have to provide testimony many times over the next several years.
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