Maldives Govt’s Reluctance to Use Indian Choppers Allegedly Causes Death of 13-Year-Old Boy

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A 13-year-old in the Maldives died due to a delay in medical evacuation, a result of alleged reluctance on the Maldivian government’s part to use Indian choppers. A young schoolboy named Vilingili died at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) in the Maldivan capital on Saturday, Sun Online outlet reported. The government hospital said that the 13-year-old boy died at 11:10 am on Saturday. The hospital declined to specify the cause of death, the report added. The young boy died less than two days after his family raised concern over the delay in his transfer from Vilingili to Male, local...