Goa, May 14 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY & SIDRA KHAN

For Go pal Laxman Savardekar, the past two weeks have been a nightmare that no parent should ever endure - watching his 11-year-old son walk into a government health centre with an in jured foot and return home without a leg. The Valpoi resident is now left grappling not only with grief and anger, but also with the terrifying uncertainty of what lies ahead for a child whose life, he says, was permanently altered by medical negli gence.

Even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednes day announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh from his personal trust for the family, Savardekar said nobody had officially in formed them about the aid. "We don't know about this Rs 25 lakh financial assist...