In daughter’s fight with death, she emerged as saviour

Avneet Kaur

Advertisement

Jalandhar, May 12

Ruchi Gupta, whose daughter Khushi fell from her school’s fourth floor under mysterious circumstances and received multiple injuries and fractures, still shivers when she recalls January 10, the day when she was waiting for her daughter to return from school but the very next moment had to rush to the hospital to see her almost dying.

“Being a mother, it was not easy for me to see my daughter that day. She was lying on a stretcher unconscious and was bleeding and dying in pain while the doctors refused to admit her saying she is 95 per cent dead. I don’t know what sins I committed that I had to suffer all this but I was internally firm of the belief that my daughter will be alright and I will bring her back,” Ruchi says.

“I am a very religious person. I am among those who never give up and believe in God. I have given the same teaching to my children. That is the reason that today, Khushi has recovered. Though I was broken completely but I never let Khushi see me crying or disheartened. Both her legs and hands were plastered and there were bandages on her head. For around 11 days, she remained unconscious,” Ruchi adds.

But problems just did not end there for Ruchi. “Since all this happened, there was immense pressure on me to remain quiet. Even knowing that my daughter can never commit suicide, I was being told again and again to withdraw my case and was forced to believe that she will never recover. But today, I stand proud. My daughter is able to walk, she stands without any support and is back to living a normal life,” Ruchi says.

She said Khushi remained in the hospital for around 56 days and appeared for her board exams on a stretcher. Ruchi still remembers the days when Khushi was in the ICU. “I used to narrate ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ to her again and again. I had been to every temple and performed every religious ritual just to see my Khushi smiling again,” she says.

Talking about the most difficult days she faced during that time, Ruchi says, “Having no support from anyone and seeing those roaming freely outside because of whom my daughter is suffering, I feel really sad. My daughter often asks me, why don’t the police take any action but I have no answers to her question.”

Khushi gives the entire credit for her recovery to her mom. “I cannot forget the efforts she put in for my speedy recovery. I think it is time to pay back and now all I will focus is on my dreams and will make my parents proud.”