Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital

THE THING NOBODY EXPLAINED PROPERLY IS THAT FAMILIES ARE LITERALLY SLEEPING ON SIDEWALKS OUTSIDE DELHI HOSPITALS WHILE THEIR LOVED ONES ARE INSIDE GETTING TREATED. IT IS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE PATIENTS ARE TRAVELING MASSIVE DISTANCES TO THESE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND GETTING FINANCIAL AID FOR THEIR ACTUAL MEDICAL CARE BUT WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR WHERE THESE FAMILIES GO. THEY ARE LEFT ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN AND END UP JUST CAMPING ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS SIMPLY CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THEM. THIS IS A MASSIVE GAP IN THE HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE GETTING THE MEDICINE IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE WHILE FINDING A PLACE TO SLEEP WITHOUT A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD BECOMES A DAILY EMERGENCY FOR THESE FAMILIES.

NO BUT ACTUALLY THOUGH, HOW DO PEOPLE TRAVEL MILES TO A DELHI HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES SLEEPING ON THE PAVEMENT AT NIGHT? THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT WHILE THEY MIGHT GET FINANCIAL HELP FOR THE SURGERIES OR MEDICINE, THESE FAMILIES ARE COMPLETELY ABANDONED WHEN IT COMES TO BASIC OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS. THEY ARE LITERALLY JUST OUT THERE ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTIONS OR THE STATE. SO NOW YOU HAVE THESE VULNERABLE PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE STRESS OF A SICK RELATIVE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF A MASSIVE CITY. IT FEELS LIKE SUCH A BLATANT FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CARE WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE HUMAN REALITY OF WHERE THE FAMILY RESTS. OK WAIT IS THIS OUR SONG?

Families traveling to Delhi public hospitals for medical care are often left without housing and are forced to sleep on the streets, despite receiving financial aid for their medical treatment.

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