NEW DELHI: In a rather tragic incident a 14 year old Maldivian boy died amid allegations that President Mohammed Muizzu denied permission for the use of an Indian Dornier aircraft that could have potentially saved his life, local media reported.Maldives President, Mohamed Muizzu, office issued a statement on the demise of a child (in the aftermath of Indian Dorniers not being given permission). “Government has asked authorities to revise and modify the current protocols surrounding the emergency transfers of patients,” the statement read.The teen, battling a combination of a brain tumour and a stroke, saw his family desperately seeking an air ambulance to airlift him from the remote island of Wilmington in Gaaf Alif Villingili to Maldive’s capital Male, where advanced medical care awaited.The boy died on Saturday after he wasn’t airlifted in the Indian medical evacuation aircraft.Opposition MP and former Minister Meekail Naseem hit out at Muizzu on X, writing: “People shouldn’t have to pay with their lives to satisfy the President’s animosity towards India.”
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