Two Ministers watch as cop bleeds to death

01-09-2010, 06:17 AM

A policeman, R. Vetrivel, in Tamil Nadu lies on the road begging for help. The 44-year-old's legs have been chopped off by gangsters.

A government convoy passes by this part of Tirunelvelli. It includes two ministers - for Sports and Health - in the Tamil Nadu government. The convoy stops. Neither of the ministers step out of their cars. With them are bureaucrats - a Collector and a Health Secretary.

The Collector, M Jayaraman, finally gets out of his car after dithering for eight minutes. But nobody offers to take the wounded inspector to hospital. Finally, the Collector phones for an ambulance. It doesn't arrive.

Twenty minutes later, the cop is placed in one of the cars (the ministers still don't offer theirs). The policeman dies en route to the hospital.

After the ambulance drives away, the Health Minister finally gets out of his car. When contacted later for a comment, he angrily asks the NDTV correspondent to leave him alone.

Tamil Nadu's Health Minister is M. R. K. Panneerselvam. The Minister for Environment and Sports is Thiru T. P. M. Mohideen Khan.

The senior bureaucrat, VK Sunburaj, who was in the convoy, says there's nothing wrong with what transpired. "We did our best possible in that situation. It takes twenty minutes for ambulance to come...Police did a good job," he said to NDTV in a phone interview.

The video is shot by a free lance cameraperson who was covering the ministers' visit. It contains disturbing images and is not suitable for children. - www.ndtv.com

Shaan16 · 01-10-2010, 07:28 AM

"Twenty minutes later, the cop is placed in one of the cars (the ministers still don't offer theirs). The policeman dies en route to the hospital."
Does it really matter that he was not sent in the minister's car? What is required is some kind of fast vehicle to send him to hospital. Cars are not as fast or fit to transport a man in lying down position as police vehicles. It is better to send in ambulance as ambulance has first aid facilities but since the ambulance took more than 10 minutes to arrive he was sent in police vehicle and then transferred to the ambulance when it arrived on the way. Can't you see the smoke from a bomb lying near the policeman? Are minister's Rajnikanth to brave the bomb and go near him?

Your comment is the height of absurdity.

01-10-2010, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Shaan16

"Twenty minutes later, the cop is placed in one of the cars (the ministers still don't offer theirs). The policeman dies en route to the hospital."
Does it really matter that he was not sent in the minister's car? What is required is some kind of fast vehicle to send him to hospital. Cars are not as fast or fit to transport a man in lying down position as police vehicles. It is better to send in ambulance as ambulance has first aid facilities but since the ambulance took more than 10 minutes to arrive he was sent in police vehicle and then transferred to the ambulance when it arrived on the way. Can't you see the smoke from a bomb lying near the policeman? Are minister's Rajnikanth to brave the bomb and go near him?

Your comment is the height of absurdity.

1. IF you paid attention, the article is a NDTV news item.
Not my " height of absurdity "comment.

2. The police man is bleeding. The only way to save his life
is to rush him to hospital quickly as possible while at the same
time giving some first aid to stop the bleeding.
This can be done in any vehicle including a car.
There is no need to wait for an ambulance.
In cases like this few minutes can make a difference between life and death.

01-11-2010, 03:54 PM

I watched the video on the news channel. It was horrible and quite saddening to see the poor policeman begging and crying, "Please help me". Everyone present there were just watching the pitiful sight. No one bothered to help the poor man.

Two Ministers watch as cop bleeds to death

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