THE WAY OF THE MEDICS
STORY 1
BLOOD MIX-UP
DECEMBER14,2007 BISHAN KUMAR , ONE & HALF YEAR OLD BABY, WAS ADMITTED WITH FEVER AT CHITTARANJAN SEVA SADAN, KOLKATA. DECEMBER 19,2007 AT 5AM THE BABY COLLAPSED.
THE HOSPITAL TOLD FATHER DINESH SHAW ,A TEA STALL OWNER, TWICE TO FETCH BLOOD FOR HIS SON ON DECEMBER,18. THE BABY NEEDED O+ GROUP BLOOD. THIS WAS ARRANGED BY DINESH AND HIS RELATIVES FORTHWITH. WEEPING FATHER EXCLAIMS WHEN HE BROUGHT BLOOD THE SECOND TIME THE NURSE RAISED OBJECTION THAT THE BABY WAS BEING GIVEN BLOOD OF THE WRONG GROUP! A DOCTOR WAS RUSHED IMMEDIATELY . THE TRANSFUSION STOPPED. THERAFTER THE BLOOD BROUGHT BY DINESH WAS ADMINISTERED. BUT BY THEN WHATEVER DAMAGE WAS TO BE DONE HAS BEEN DONE. A SENIOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAID AN ENQUIRY HAS BEEN INITIATED INTO THE INCIDENT.
BUT IS THE LOSS RECONCILIABLE? WILL THE FATHER GET BACK HIS SON?
STORY 2
INEFFICIENT SURGERY
BHANUMATI WAS JUST 5 YEARS OLD,FULL OF LIFE, WHEN SHE WAS ADMITTED TO HOWRAH ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL ON JUNE 28, 1969. SHE NEEDED AN OPERATION TO REMOVE AN ABSCESS BELOW HER HIP.
LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT THE REST OF HER 39 YEARS OF LIFE WOULD BE SPENT RIGHT HERE. THE SURGERY ALLEGEDLY RESULTED IN SOME COMPLICATIONS AND THE GIRL WAS PARALYSED & LOST HER SPEECH. “ FOR THE PAST 39 YEARS, I HAD BEEN VISITING THE HOSPITAL TWICE DAILY, BRINGING FOOD FOR MY DAUGHTER I WON’T HAVE TO GO TOMORROW” SAID SITAMANI DEVI, WHOSE LATE HUSBAND BAIJNATH USED TO DRIVE RAILWAY TRUCKS.
DECEMBER19,2007 BHANUMATI PASSES AWAY FOLLOWING A RENAL FAILURE. THE AUTHORITIES ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT SAYING SHE SUFFERED IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN BECAUSE OF SOME COMPLICATIONS & A CARDIAC ARREST---- THAT THE HOSPITAL WAS BEARING THE COST OF TREATMENT ( MALTREATMENT!) AND MEDICINES.
BUT WILL THE MOTHER GET BACK HER CHILD? WHAT ABOUT THE DREAM LOST?
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