“They said our daughter died while helping others and her death won’t lead to any suffering for us. But it is not just an emotional turmoil we are in but also a financial false promise that we were given. Everything just feels so out of control as if we are being punished for letting our daughter work as a nurse and give her own life in the process of saving others,” said Narayan P, father of a nurse Sunaina P. 

“We couldn’t even see our daughter before she died. For 2 and a half months, she has been away and working. And I feel angry with myself for letting my daughter risk her life. How could I have been so foolish? What kind of a father does this to his own daughter? I must be the worst parent in the world!

AND NOW I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS GUILT FOREVER!!! 

When I asked her what would happen if she got infected, she smiled and said the authorities would look after us financially and in any case of eventuality, the insurance money will help sustain us. 

As if  the trauma  of losing her wasn’t enough, now I am being made to run around for her insurance money...I feel ashamed asking the authorities again and again for my daughter’S INSURANCE.

Continuously for a whole month after my daughter’s death, I have been visiting the hospital every day for insurance paperwork. But the authorities just shoo me away saying it’ll be done by tomorrow. 

I don’t know how to react to the current situation anymore. I have so much angst in me and I can’t even express it to anyone. My wife is crying every day for we’ve lost our daughter and now I can't even claim the insurance because the procedures are just getting delayed. 

I AM BEING MADE TO FEEL LIKE A BEGGAR AND A SHAMEFUL FATHER TO BE ASKING FOR MY DAUGHTER’S DEATH MONEY.

I don’t have the energy to face this mental harassment of asking the authorities for what is due to me and my daughter. 

I WISH I HAD STOPPED HER FROM JOINING  THIS JOB. 

SHE MUST BE IN PAIN TO SEE ME IN SO MUCH PAIN MYSELF. 

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