Hundreds of tourists and others travel between India and Nepal through the Sonauli checkpoint in Uttar Pradesh.
Hundreds of tourists and others travel between India and Nepal through the Sonauli checkpoint in Uttar Pradesh. But it is shocking to learn that no proper arrangements exist here to screen the travellers, the foreigners visiting India for first time in particular, for any possible swine flu symptoms.
Many of the tourists complained of no medical check-up facility available at the Indian checkpoint for the swine flu virus let alone providing Tamiflu or other medical assistance if anyone is suffering from the disease.Petra Lorna, a Dutch tourist on returning from Nepal after a short trip, complained that no doctor was present on the border.
"There was no check up. We came from Nepal to India. There was no medical doctor to check us," said Petra Lorna, a tourist from the Netherlands.
M Ratanpal, a Buddhist pilgrim from Sri Lanka, also expressed similar thoughts.
"Today, we are returning to India passing through the border. There was no medical officer to check our health," said Ratanapal.
On their part, the immigration officials agreed with the tourists, but blamed it on the absentee doctors who have not been turning up for duty.
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This is incongruent with arrangements made at other international checkpoints such as airports where people coming to India are being screened for the H1N1 virus.
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Apart from the tourists from European countries, Sri Lankans and people from the Far East travel through this international checkpoint to complete their tour of Buddhist religious circuit spanning in India and Nepal.
Source-ANI
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