A promising National level judo player, 19-year-old, Sakshi Rawal, from Vadodara died of dengue. The family and coach put allegations on the family doctor and hospital for negligence and gave typhoid treatment instead of dengue which led to her death. The player wanted to play in the Olympics and was working hard for it day and night.
She used to reside with her mother. She has won a bronze medal in a national-level competition at Jharkhand.
Her maternal uncle Bhavin Rawal said that she had recently completed her NCC camp and was down with a fever. They took her to their family doctor and he gave her saline but her health deteriorated further. They then took her to a private hospital and then to SSG where she died during treatment. He further put allegations on the family doctor and hospital for their negligence as they had administered typhoid treatment instead of dengue and that led to her death.
Sakshi’s Judo Coach Vasudev Kadam said that Sakshi was studying in the first year of B.Com in MSU and was also doing jobs to make ends meet. The income from the job was used to help her mother and move ahead in judo. He had been training her in Judo for the last seven years at Pahelwan Narayan Guru Adya Gymnasium. In the year 2019, she won a bronze medal in the National Judo Championship held in Jharkhand. She also won a silver medal in the state-level Judo competition. Her desire was to play in the Olympics and she worked hard for it day and night.
As per available details, Sakshi’s mother raised her single-handedly since she was one year old. She works on a contract basis and wanted her daughter Sakshi to play in the Olympics and make the country proud. However, due to fever and the negligence of the doctors, she lost her only daughter. The whole family is in grief over the death of a promising player from the city.
