The hospital has already discharged them but Kafle family has no place to go. Their original home in Nagre Gagarche -5 of Kavrepalanchowk was seriously damaged by the devastating earthquake that struck on Saturday. The house they had been renting in Asan collapsed, injuring his father and son and killing his six months old daughter Rashmi in the process.On Saturday noon, Rudra gave some money to wife Rasila and asked her to buy some books to their first daughter, who was with Rasila's parents. Rasila served lunch to her husband and father-in-law and moved out of the house in search of the books. Rudra was enjoying his lunch with his daughter on his lap when the earthquake struck. Rudra promptly grabbed his child but the five-story building, known as Paltan Ghar, at Asan, Kathmandu collapsed and the three members of the family were trapped under the rubble.
"My daughter started crying. I too started shouting for help. I could hear my father's calls for help. It was completely dark. Breathing was difficult. As my little daughter was continuously crying, I became increasing worried about her."
While Rudra was sharing his experience of being buried under the rubble, Rasila recollected the story about how she saved her husband and father-in law. "As the quake struck, I rushed home and saw the house had collapsed. I searched everywhere for them. Meanwhile, people outside heard my daughter crying and started removing the debris. It took two hours for the rescuers to reach them." Rasila recollected.
"When people pulled me out and I saw the sky, I had a new lease on life. Tears streamed down my eyes and I was overjoyed. But my joy remained lasted for a short period. Till then, I had a hope that my little princess was alive. But, when we reached the hospital, we came realize she had died," added Rudra.
Rudra, a 27-years-old taxi driver, has fractured legs and sustained an injury on his neck while Krishna Lal sustained injuries on his head.
"Since we no longer have life-threatening injuries and the hospital desperately needs beds, we were discharged. However, we were given a space in this corner to stay until we figure out where to go," said Rudra, his eyes filling up with tears.
"Some relatives and friends are looking for a room to rent for my family but finding a good room in the devastated city is difficult. We are stranded here in this difficult situation as we neither have a house in the village or in the city," Rashmi added.
This is the saga of many injured people and the Kafle family is a typical example.
Nanisha Neupane, who was crushed by a wall of her own home in Rasuwa during the tremor, was rushed to Kathmandu on a jeep. She was brought to TU Teaching Hospital by Saturday evening. She had sustained fractures on her right arm and had injured her ribs. Doctors suggested she undergoes surgery in the near future and discharged her.
However, Neupane does not have a place to go in Kathmandu and it is almost impossible for her to return to Rasuwa in her condition as the roads have crumbled due to the aftershocks. Nanisha and her sister Kabina, who was looking after her, were under a tent on the premises of TU Teaching hospital.
"You can probably find many like us who have no safe place to go other than the hospital," said Kabina.
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