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Sangrur (Punjab) [India] July 30 (ANI): Hakam Bhattal, gold medalist at the Asian Games and recipient of the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award, is currently fighting kidney and liver disease and is Received no attention from
Admitted to a private Sangrur hospital in Punjab, and with a minimal pension of seven thousand dollars a month, Bhattal needs some support from the from the government for better health care
. ANI, his wife said that the government does not care much about athletes, only taking care of them for as long as they win medals
"How will people be encouraged to play sports if no one comes to see an athlete Who has won two gold medals for the country We are not rich and have no land It is difficult to get good medical care, "said Bhattal's wife.
Winner of a gold medal at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok and the Asian Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1979, Bhattal also received the Dhyan Chand Achievement Award in Sports and Recreation. Games by President Pratibha Patil in August 2008. (ANI)
This is published unedited from the ANI feed.
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