agra moving swiftly after toi highlighted the plight of an acid attack victim and a coactor of deepika padukones film chappak in seeking treatment for her cancer stricken father aligarh administration on friday directed the health department to immediately conduct a coronavirus test screening of the patient in order to facilitate his travel to a private hospital in noida besides the police has also ordered release of the patients salary an employee of the up police department which was stuck due to administrative reasonsthe test was ordered as the noida hospital had been insisting on health certificate from the local authorities to ensure that the patient is covid19 free the travel pass to the patient and his family will be issued after receiving the test report said official taking cognisance of a toi report acid attack survivor who worked in chhapaak pleads for dads treatment highlighted in its columns on friday aligarh district magistrate cb singh instructed his officials to contact the family members and ensure all help possible to them he said a team of health department has been sent to their house to take the sample of the patient somdutt sharma and a pass for their travel to noida will be issued after receiving the report not only this mainpuri sp ajay kumar also took the initiative and contacted the cancer patient a head constable posted in mainpuri and asked him to submit an application to regularise his salary the sp told toi we have asked the family members to submit the application for sanctioning medical leave for releasing his salary which will probably be credited in his account by tomorrow in its report the toi had highlighted how the acid attack survivor jeetu sharma was running from pillar to post seeking treatment for her father suffering from throat cancer even amus medical college had refused to admit him as they were not taking any new patients during the lockdown when contacted jeetu sharma expressed hope that her fathers treatment would commence soon she said the health department took her fathers sample for testing covid19 she said i am thankful to toi and up administration for initiating the process of providing medical and financial help to my family now we are hopeful of going to noida for further treatment