A psychotic mother, abandoned by the entire family

Kathmandu - "Santosh was taking care of his younger son, but now he does not come, where does he live?", Chandika Bohra of Dolakha, shivering in the cold, narrated her grief. It has been almost seven months since her son left Chandika, who sometimes speaks well and sometimes adds different contexts. She lives in a room inside a small tower in Budhanilkanth and has been urinating inside the room after her son left her.

The room rent and some food was given by the neighboring Prince Budhathoki. Budhathoki said, "He was naked at one point, the son left his mother and did not know where he ran away. After that, there was no one to look at me, but I helped him".

This morning, in the room inside the tower in Budhanilkanth, she was seen standing and working. According to him, the eldest son lives in Balkot. The younger son was being brought up by Santosh.

"There is not a drop of water in the room, there is no one to cook and feed me, I just sit there", she said casually. Santoshi Magar, a campaigner from Manavseva Ashram, said, "La jam ama ab our ghar". "You know, I have to bring my stuff," she said. Sirkadsana was wet with urine. She was in small clothes. His hair was frizzy and dull because he hadn't showered in years.

'We will bring the stuff later, now sir, you need to walk, Jam', before the activist Magar's words could be finished, she said insistently, 'When we leave the stuff that we have put together with pain, we will feel tears later, we will curse, we will never see anyone's face, we have to take the stuff.' She was ready to go to Manavseva Ashram on the condition of bringing. "My mind is getting spoiled, the unseen enemy says like father, if something doesn't stay in my mind, my mind won't be calm" she murmured.

According to locals, Chandika has been suffering from mental illness for 14 years. The family abandoned him because of illness. The husband married another. Son Santosh used to work for a contractor. One day, after finding his mother, the contractor kept Santosh with mother and son. She was alone after her son left her seven months ago.

I was worried about how many days the local elders who were helping him with rent and food would be kept like this. After telling the neighbor Gangadevi Shrestha everything, she found out about the human service ashram and started the rescue effort.

"On January 11th, I went to the ashram and informed about the incident, the ashram was willing to rescue", Gangadevi said, "I thought it would have been better to be rescued than to see this man, I am very happy that he was rescued today." She said.

Today, with the participation of Suman Bertaula, coordinator of Manavseva Ashram Kathmandu, campaigner Jamir Shrestha and Santoshi Magar, social worker and animal rights activist Bina Pant, he was rescued and taken to the ashram at Budhanilkanth.

The ashram has been rescuing and protecting such mentally ill people and those who are forced to stay at home with chains, and those who are in a state of abandonment on the streets. Bertaula said that since many of them were rescued and restored to their families after treatment, efforts will be made to rehabilitate them as well. In this way, he said, the security personnel and the local level will have important support in the rescue.

Published Date: April 20, 2021