How long this will go on...????

Dear All,
May the soul of Dharampal of Bargul rest in eternal peace!Please chant "Om mani padme hung" as many for his after lifejourney.....

Yet another villager is dead. The life of Dharampal of Bargul villagewas cut short due to sheer administrative apathy and became yetanother number to be added to the list whose life could have beensaved. As many of you might know from the news media that manypatients like Dharampal who were referred to hospitals outside Lahoulwere pleading the authorities for running the helicopter service whenthe weather was favorable. But the service which means life or deathfor many like him have been put at the whims of people who have littleregard for the lives of our villagers.
One may not explicitly recognize the contribution of those likeDharampal who still live in the valley where large majority of us wereborn and raised, in the lives of non-resident lahoulis(NRLs) like manyof us but fact of the matter is that we have been able to embark onthe journeys that each one of us are on just because they fed enough,clothed adequate, cultured correct to be able to negotiate thevicissitudes of life in this increasingly unfair world.
Many of us basking on the course of our individual journeys tend toforget the severity of the pains that the Dharampals of our villagesface especially from the instruments of the government.
So the question here is, should we also read the news of the death ofDharampal as a data point and flip over to next page as if nothing hashappened? Or does such tragedies give us an opportunity to churnconscience and collect strength towards some action that would help atleast reduce such incidence if not eliminate avoidable DEATHS!
The case of Dharampal, though for many of us looks so remote bothphysically and mentally, but maintaining status quo is in fact aninvitation to repeat history.
Regards,
AK