Lab technician mowed down by SUV was to get married next year
Sindhu.Kannan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:26.05.2021
Twenty-one-yearold lab technician A Yamuna, who was mowed down by a car driven by a drunk man near KMCH on May 21, was all set to get married in January 2022, with a software engineer based in Saudi Arabia.
The family was happily preparing for her wedding after her engagement in April and it was the last wedding in the family. After finishing her lab technician course, Yamuna was working in the Corona ward in KMCH. She asked her family members to schedule the wedding in January next year as she said cases might come down then.
Though this was Yamuna’s first job she was never scared treating Covid patients. She was in fact one among those who raised their voice demanding safety for staff in the Corona ward and staged a protest a couple of months ago.
On May 21, Yamuna was unwell and had requested for leave when she was asked to come for a while to attend a few patients. While returning home on her scooty a SUV driven by Abdul Qayyum under the influence of alcohol mowed her down.
Yamuna was the youngest daughter of Arumugham and Uma Rani. The family is shattered as they lost the sole breadwinner. His father Arumugham who has a small cycle repair shop is now jobless due to the lockdown. Yamuna was not only meeting her family expenses but also taking care of her elderly parents as her brother and two sisters are married and settled elsewhere.
“She was specific that the engagement shouldn’t be a grand one as people are dying of Covid 19. But she had dreams of her own for her wedding,” said Kamalesh, Yamuna’s uncle. "Nothing can bring her back. Drunken driving is something which has to be dealt with seriously," says Kamalesh.
Uma Rani who remained inconsolable, has been hospitalized twice as her health condition deteriorated. The groom who is yet to recover from the shock of losing his fiancée is shattered as he was unable to land in India for her funeral.
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