Why Aakriti's death in Modern School Delhi makes so much cry?

First of all I would like to send my condolences to the family of Aakriti Bhatia. This case became media attention before they got into election discussion and predictions. As in any other case hyped by the media, media has almost certainly found the guilty, school principal Ms Goldie Malhotra. No one is bothered to listen her case and what happened in the school? One can understand the emotional outburst from the the parents of the deceased but media should be responsible. Media is not support to deliver judgement based on the people's reaction but it should show the facts or just news without much sensation.

Biggest question to ask is why media is so much bothered at all? One should not forget that this school is privately run school and charges a hefty tuition fee each month apart from other charges. One of the reason for the media worry is apparently this 'elite' status of the school. Many of the journalist as asking question does it make sense to pay such a high tuition fee and not getting any facilities from hospitals? Well, if it is about the expensive private school then it can be ignored. but if they are asking, demanding or supporting primary first aid facilities in all the schools around the country then they need to rethink. Official data shows that most of the schools in the country do not have pure drinking water, separate toilet for girls and boys if they have any. There is no furniture or even the school building. It is laughable to demand for medical facilities in the schools.

Some Internet users are commenting that it should be made mandatory for the schools to collect health related data for the schools as it is in USA. Hmm.. are we at the level of development where USA is? A large percentage of kids is dying of malnourishment in the country and we want medical record of the students. If they suggest that Oh, no we were talking about the 'elite' schools where their relatives and friends send their kids then what can we say. We do not need to give any heed to their request. Over 70% population still live in villages and less than 1% kids go to these schools. We need to think about our masses who are suffering for ages and not the 'elites' only.

As the school mentioned that 'they are school and hospital', they are quite right in saying so. It is not legal requirement for the schools to keep all the medical facilities in the schools. First responsibility of the kids lie on the parents. It has been report that Aakriti had been in hospital a few days before her unfortunate death but she did not carry her inhaler with her to school. Why? why her parent did not care to have an inhaler in her bag? When the school, though after a delay, or Aakriti called her mother, her loving mother did not bother to come to school at first place, a driver was sent to take her to another relative's place. She was in a school and not boarding school where all or most of the responsibilities are transferred to the school.



Her parents knew that she had asthma problem but it not yet known if they had ever appraise the principal or other school authorities about the desease. Now the Delhi CM has joined the media and she blames the teachers and the nurse for Aakriti's death. She must not jump into these individual cases. She better need to look into the system and develop an infrastructure where future causalities can be decreases, be it Aakriti from elite school or Shanno from poor MCD school.