Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara, India
Being driven by fate’s cruel joke ,a 16-year old ill fated boy, Bhakti Ranjan Pradhan, alias Bula seems much younger than his actually age .Circumstances forced the 16 year old boy to look like a breast feeding child and also to depend totally upon his parent for completing his daily routine life . Meet the ill-fated 16 years old boy , Bula, the son of Rajkishore Pradhan of Maligaon under Nemala Gram Panchayat in Nischantakoili block was born in 1993. He was absolute normal at the time of birth alike other kids. But at the age of 3, the ill fated child lost the ability to crawl and stammer slowly.Later, he became abnormal. Though , the poor parents of Bulu treated him at Cuttack-based Sisu Bhawan for a year .But in vein to cure him. After spending around more than Rs.1 lakh, the poor parents could not afford any more. They were compelled to discharge their son from Sisu Bhaban and take him back home. The doctors at Sisu Bhban conducted several tests and diagnosed that Bula was suffering from a rare kind of both mental and physical retardation disease . In order to cure Bula , the parents has to provide a long term proper treatment ,informed Rajkishore Pradhan, the father of ill fated Bula “ I treated my son to several doctors and spent a huge amount beyond our capacity and finally I stopped the treatment of Bula on the midway due to penury ,” added Rajkishore “As the five members of the family have to depend upon with limited earnings from my spouse’s earning, so it is a daunting task for my spouse to spend amount on my son’s treatment . My husband had earlier urged the local sarapanch, local legislature, member parliament and block as well as district administration for assistant to treat my son but all of them turned their deaf ear to provide financial assistance for my son’s treatment”, informed Annapurna Pradhan, the mother of Bula, with tear rolling on her eyes. The poor parents of Bula have been running from pillar to post to arrange money for their son’s treatment. But all their efforts went in vein. For which Bula has totally depend upon his parents for morning ablution, for feeding .Although he can sit and responds to sound and touch he could not able to stand till date. Hearing a speech form Bula has become a long cherished dream for the parent .The most important thing is that the mother of Bula has to bring up his child just like a breast feeding kid till date. The parents of Bula , how ever urged the government, non-government organization to lend their helping hand for her son’s treatment by providing him financial assistance.
