The recent controversy over making a child as young as Budhia run a marathon which incidently is against international rules has been an eye opener.
Watching young Budhia run his heart out in the hot summer weather was very distressing. Imagine how he was feeling.
Till he collapsed from exhaustion not a single person around him made any effort to try to check his physical condition.
On admission to a local hospital the doctors were clear about one thing that this boy has been exerting himself too much.
A child as young as Budhia (who is only 4!) could have cardiac arrest if he keeps pushing his body. Plus the levels of urea in his body are high.
His coach Mr Das should realise Budhia may be a child prodigy but he is first of all a child. Just for the sake of running into the Limca record books, the physical condition of the boy was ignored and abused.
While many will be proud of Budhia's achievments, will they similarly allow their own kids to be pushed. Perhaps not.
IBN Live has posted the following report:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kids-not-to-be-overexercised-say-docs/9829-3.html
One can read more about Budhia Singh on Wikipedia's site. Here is the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budhia_Singh
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