KOLKATA: The Kolkata police has come to the rescue of a 75-year-old woman and her 46-year-old son - both residents from Mumbai - after the latter suffered multiple neurotic attacks while trying to return home after visiting relatives at Burdwan on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Police said the mother-son duo - Saroj Malik and Amit Malik, a person suffering from neuro-related complications - was to board a train to Mumbai on Wednesday from Howrah Station and had reached the city early morning for this purpose. They decided to visit Victoria Memorial and the Iskon Temple in Albert Road as they had time.
"While on the Albert Road, Amit received a severe attack," said an officer from Lalbazar. A panicky Saroj, comparatively new to the city, turned to her relative in Mumbai whom she called and sought help. This relative - Sonali Kochar - searched the KP Control room number and called them for help.
"We received the call at our control around 4:30 pm. Kochar, was at the other end, and anxiously she informed us that Amit needed medical help and that his mother was 75-year-old making it impossible for her to seek help all by herself. Kochar informed us that the duo were somewhere on Albert Road. Immediately, the photographs of the two persons and contact number of Saroj was obtained from Sonali and this was relayed to the officer in charge of Shakespeare Sarani police - inspector Joy surjo Mukherjee. Within a few minutes, sergeant Sandip Roy of Shakespeare Sarani police station reached the Iskon Temple to try and offer help," said a senior officer.
It was learnt that the mother and son had gone to the house of Saroj's elder brother at Burdwan for the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. But due to Amit's neurotic attack they were forced to miss the train. "It was also learnt that they were looking for an accommodation and had decided to approach a Gurudwara in south Kolkata or the Iskon Temple at Albert Road. However, Amit had again suffered an attack yet again and they were stuck on the road," said an officer from Shakespeare Sarani police station.
Sergeant Roy arranged for an ambulance and initially shifted them to the emergency ward of SSKM Hospital and then to the Psychiatric department of Bangur Institute of Neuro Sciences. "After initial treatment, Saroj requested us to get her son removed to a private hospital at Kaikhali under a particular doctor who had treated her son earlier. All arrangements were, thus, made accordingly by Shakespear Sarani police station and Amit was shifted to the private hospital at Kaikhali. Assistant sub Inspector Barun Mukherjee of Shakespeare Sarani police station accompanied them. Malik is under treatment and the doctor confirmed that Amit's condition is stable. Later, we also ensured that the relieved mother, Saroj, was accommodated at one of her relative's residence in Lake Town for the time being," said an officer.
