Ramesh Nath Sharma, 49, of Narethanti-9 was shot at by Nepal Army personnel on suspicion of sheltering the Maoists on October 22, 2003. He was immediately airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment. [break]
Sharma was treated at Birendra Army Hospital for two months and another couple of months at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). “The treatment at army hospital was for free but I had to spend around Rs 200,000 during my stay at TUTH,” Sharma revealed. But a bullet still remains lodged in his liver.
Sharma is now facing health problems. “I have a bullet in my body. But I am unable to afford treatment,” Sharma said.
Sharma has not even been able to pay the loan that he took for treatment earlier. “I have not been able to clear my debt. I am now living with the bullet as extracting it is very expensive,” he added. He complained he has received nothing from the government although there were promises of compensation for the persons injured during the armed conflict.
“The injury is getting worse,” Sharma said pointing to the right side of his stomach. The injury has affected even in his daily activities and he is facing difficulty supporting his family. “He used to work in fields but now we are facing difficulty in providing education to our children,” his spouse Muna Kumari said.
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