Hyderabad, Dec. 14: Patients at the Yashoda Hospital have been going through a harrowing time, thanks to the VIPs crowding to visit the victim of the "sensational" acid attack, Swapnika, who is admitted there. Big shots in the political world were thronging the hospital in the last two days to give support to the family. The hospital premises looked more like the precincts of the Assembly or Secretariat with several VIP vehicles and OB Vans of the electronic media being parked there.
The BJP state president, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, was one prominent leader to visit the hospital on Saturday. He offered support to Swapnika’s family but looked more eager to speak to the array of TV journalists gathered outside the room.
Minutes after he left, Roja, actress and president of the Mahila wing of the Telugu Desam, walked in to express her sympathies. On Friday, The TD supremo, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Home Minister, Mr K. Jana Reddy, the Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi and many other top political leaders visited the hospital.
"With all these VIPs walking in to offer support, other patients are definitely getting disturbed, but there is little that can be done," said a helpless staffer at the hospital reception desk. Passers-by and bystanders are also lingering to see all the VIPs who walk in. The hospital staff was struggling to run things as usual notwithstanding the VIP paraphernalia.
"It is indeed a big day for the hospital, with so many people coming in to extend sympathy," said another amused reception staffer. The encounter killings of the three attackers further aroused the curiosity of onlookers.
While some of them supported the police action, others felt that cops had killed the youth to cover up their inefficiency. Swapnika’s relatives and parents, though still shocked at her condition, seemed relieved at the way her attackers had ended up.
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