Summary The infant’s parents took on social media requesting for an urgent medical visa for their son, which was later granted by the Indian Embassy in Pakistan. Photo: Twitter
(Web Desk) – Pakistani infant named Rohaan has been issued a medical visa for the treatment of his heart by The Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
Twitteratis ran a plea campaign asking Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to issue a visa for the baby boy to be treated in India. Swaraj tweeted assuring the family a medical visa for India.
We will give medical visa for his treatment in India. @IndiainPakistan @djmehwish @MeTheFixer pic.twitter.com/w4zpGZEgNc
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 29, 2017
Rohaan’s parents created a Facebook page in hope for receiving donations for the operation procedure. Rohaan was born with a rare heart congenital defect which requires urgent surgery. The family was helped by good Samaritans online who forwarded and tweeted pleading Indian embassy in Pakistan to grant them a medical visa.
Dear Rohaan, your visa has been issued and dispatched to Lahore today itself. All the very best. @SushmaSwaraj @djmehwish @MeTheFixer
— India in Pakistan (@IndiainPakistan) August 29, 2017
“When I hug my child, he smiles. He knows he is safe with me. I want to save him, I really do. Help in visa #HelpBabyRohaan @SushmaSwaraj,” Rohaan’s mother Mehwish Mukhtar had tweeted.
When I hug my child, he smiles. He know he is safe with me. I want to save him, I really do. Help in visa #HelpBabyRohaan @SushmaSwaraj
— Mehwish Mukhtar (DJ) (@djmehwish) August 28, 2017
Previously, Swaraj issued a medical visa in July to another baby with the same name Rohaan Sadiq a four-month-old for his medical treatment in India.
Rohaan Sadiq received his treatment in Jaypee Hospital in Noida on July 14 of this year. The four-month-old baby’s father thanked Swaraj over Twitter saying, “The heart of my child beats today for Madam Sushma Swaraj. I would like to request her to open doors for those Pakistanis who have been waiting for medical visas. It is my humble request.”
Delhi: EAM Sushma Swaraj met Rohaan,the 4-month-old toddler from Pakistan who underwent heart surgery in a Noida hospital. pic.twitter.com/x4XIa6Zlge
— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2017
Rohaan Sadiq couldn’t make it despite the successful heart surgery and died due to dehydration.
Despite the amid strains between the two countries a number of Pakistanis have been requesting for a medical visa through Twitter, Indian Minister Swaraj on August 15 wrote on twitter, “On the auspicious occasion of India s Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us.”
On the auspicious occasion of India s Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us. @IndiainPakistan
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 15, 2017
She also issued a visa to another Pakistani Faiza Tanveer in August who also requested on Twitter for a medical visa in India for her treatment of cancer.
Thanks for your greetings on India s Independence day. We are giving you the visa for your treatment in India. https://t.co/jThT2KayoZ
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 13, 2017
