rourkela an elderly cancer patient from rourkela who was scheduled to go for surgery at a kolkata hospital has been unable to travel even though the lockdown rules allow people with emergency medical needs to travel from one state to anotherkitabun nisha a 65yearold resident of diesel colony bondamunda suffered from severe pain in her abdomen in the first week of march and was advised to go for surgery in kolkata latest by april her son md asgar husain 35 tried to get a pass for three people the lady and two attendants from the rourkela sps office but to no availwe contacted the district information bureau office and rourkela police for the pass said husain adding we learnt from them that only permission for interdistrict travel on medical grounds is being grantedas per the order of the state governments disaster management department dated april 17 interstate movement of individuals is prohibited except for medical reasons this suggests that people can move to other states for emergency medical needsthe family which is in constant touch with the sps office says it is unable to understand the formalities needed for a pass husains plight was confirmed by the district authorities we are giving permission only for interdistrict movement we have no idea about the formalities for interstate movement in medical cases said l buda dsp of district information bureau rourkela