Millions of people die everyday. Death is a natural process that is not something you should worry about, right? Sure, why do we fret too much over some lives more than others? How different is one life from another? The same people who brought about a tweet storm when a stray dog was thrown off a building, barely bat an eye when they read (if at all) about deaths due to poor road maintenance in some obscure corner of their daily newspaper. Don't get me wrong, I was just as appalled as you were when I saw the dog video. However, the public over-reaction on this issue caused me to rant about it.
Every rainy season, Hyderabad's roads become live death pits for motorists. What is more discomforting than this is the power cuts that follow the rains. Sure, sitting at home/office, power cuts can be quite a discomfort. Sadly, it is so much more. Recently, Gandhi Medical College reported the death of 21 people under their care. The hospital staff blames the frequent power outages as the reason for this. Patients who were on life-support, respiratory systems and incubators lost their lives thanks to the power cuts. There are also reports of a doctor having performed an emergency surgery using the torch on his mobile phone.

The power distribution company on the other hand is shifting the blame on to faulty generators being used by the hospital. Several senior medical professionals are stating that the hospital sees an average of 10 deaths everyday and a probe needs to be conducted to determine the exact number of lives lost due to the power outage. Seriously? While these people are trying to shift the blame onto each other, they seem to have conveniently forgotten that 21 people are dead for god knows what reason. Power cut or medical negligence? What is the real cause for this? and why is there no outrage over this? Are human lives not worthy of your empathy? Or are you waiting to show your empathy when this becomes a major headline? Food for thought!