Former Sri Lanka cricketer Mahela Jayawardena has slammed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his administration over the death of a 02-day-old infant due to the fuel crisis.
Dr. Shanaka Roshan Pathirana from the Diyatalawa Hospital revealed that a 02-day-old infant has died due to the failure to be hospitalized on time as a result of the current fuel shortage in Sri Lanka.
He said the infant had suddenly reduced breastfeeding at home which had caused a drop in sugar levels in the bloodstream and breathing difficulties thereafter.
As the father of the child did not have sufficient petrol for his three-wheeler to take the child to the hospital, he had spent nearly an hour searching for fuel.
The doctor said the father had managed to find fuel and as the child was brought into the hospital the sugar levels in the bloodstream had further dropped to 22 mg/dl.
He said the infant was gasping to breathe while being admitted to the hospital and had died at the Emergency Treatment Unit (ETU) at the Diyatalawa Hospital.
Dr. Pathirana said the infant could have been saved if the father had been able to find sufficient fuel to admit the child to the hospital on time.
Commenting on the death, Mahela Jayawardena said as a father himself, he can understand the suffering of the parents at this moment.
He further said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his administration must immediately resign as they are responsible for the infant’s death.
“As a father, I can only imagine what they must be going through If @GotabayaR read this and have any guilt should resign immediately as he was directly responsible for this situation and everyone else who was part of this administration,” he Tweeted. (NewsWire)
