Medical mockery
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Life is cheap or so they say...if you want proof I think government hospitals are the best bet.
The first time I did a medical negligence story was when a poor lady was forced to give birth to her baby in a moving car. This after a government hospital in Noida turned her away for not having enough money. The mother-baby duo could have died but it made no difference to the hospital staff. They were unapologetic.
Recently I did a follow-up for another such story. This time at a government hospital in Delhi. 7-year-old Sakshi died after she was admitted for what was a simple stomach ache.
The on-duty doctor had given her an injection without conducting any tests. Within minutes Sakshi started vomiting blood. Her kidney had ruptured and she had to be admitted to the ICU where she died four days later.
No heads turned, no questions asked. When confronted, the on-duty doctor said 'sorry' and the medical superintendent said such deaths happen sometimes.
This coming from people who are entrusted with saving our lives. Worse still nobody is punished for these grievous mistakes. It's just another day or rather death for these doctors.
And as I was leaving the hospital a man came rushing to me with his son's photograph. His son had died three days after he was brought in for a regular polio dose.
Life is cheap indeed!
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Trupti is a correspondent with CNN-IBN having joined the channel in 2008. Starting out as a Desk Editor, she moved on to be a part of the Citizen Journalist team. An engineer by chance and a journalist by choice, Trupti did her masters in Journalism from Xavier Insitute of Communications, Mumbai. A cleanliness freak, she loves watching all kinds of angrezi cookery shows, though she wouldn't know most of the ingredients used in them. She loves collecting coffee mugs, fridge magnets and ancient looking things. Can be very impatient at times but is happiest when surrounded by nature. A true Goan, Trupti loves eating, dancing, making merry and leading a susegaad life.Recent Posts
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