Health is Wealth. But oflate, the governtments are forgetting this fact.
Recently there has been a case where in a Software Engineer suffered permanent disability due to the medical negligence at the government owned hospital - NIMS, in Hyderabad,AP.
The victim suffered permanent disability in the form of paralysis and other complications, rendering him incapable of all normal chores after undergoing a surgery in Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences.
This is one of the case where it has been taken to the court till supreme court and the victim was granted the compensation of rupees 1 crore for this negligence. But how many of such cases do go to courts? and in the first place why does this happen? dont the doctors at public health institutions tend to forget the oath which they take before assuming the practice? or have they thought the citizen of india doesnt deserve to get the better health care?
Government has been spending huge amounts on health infrastructure and supplies. however, i feel the check and balance of the final result of this spending is not being considered seriously. This is one of the cases which is making the people of this country to look for the private corporate hospitals, which take away your fortune but still take care of your health.
A tax payer like me gets frustrated when i hear such kind of news. Health is the basic necessity which is to be provided by these government agencies and if they lack this basic duty then whats the use of having such a system in place?
Atleast this software engineer was strong enough to take the hospital to the courts but what about the people who are suffering daily in villages, small towns who are not educated and who do not know where to approach with their grievances? Does government has a grievance cell or body in each town for such medical negligence? I am not aware about such things if any and i dont many of us know? and if it doesnt have any, dont you think we should have such ?
Its high time that the concerns of health are taken care seriously. Life is very precious, whether its about a common man or a rich man. Life is life. and these elected representitives and the public service officers have the responsibilities to ensure that the basic amenities as mentioned in the constitution has to be provided to each and every citizen of the country, irrespective of caste, religion, status etc.
Why dont our course curriculum in schools and colleges teach us how to fight back for our rights? Why do we fear of taking our grievances to next level and get them sorted out? are we aliens in this country? Is this country not our home? if it is, then why do we fear in our home? We all know the answers. we tend to live in our own comfort zone. we believe, to just take care of the problem when it comes directly to us. we do not tend to forsee the problems ahead and dump that saying, its not my job. If Gandhi would have also thought so while fighting for independence, we would have not enjoyed the liberty and freedom which we enjoy today.
Every book should have the basic rights and responsibilities mentioned in the first page, so that our students do not forget that. Government should take initiatives like RTI to promote the knowledge about the grievance cells, governing bodies, consumer forums. Having said this, it doesnt mean that a circular is posted at the Secretariat gate. Like how it is said, Success doesnt come to you, you have to go for it, similarly, information has to flow throw a major channels. Media should play a vital role in getting these things done.
I can write hundreds of pages on this, but its useless, until we like-minded people take some care to spread the awareness about the rights and responsibilities of every citizen of India.
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Practice of Medicine is no longer considered a Service. It is now just a profession where almost everyone in it has just one outlook - "Make Money and then make some More". The Hippocratic Oath has long been forgotten.
ReplyDeletePeople pay Lakhs to get a medical seat. Why? To serve the people? Give me a break. The only aim here is - Make money, get a job in America, get a beautiful wife (of course with lots and lots of Dowry attached), build a big house, go to fancy restaurants and in short have all the comforts in life. Nothing wrong here except when it is at the cost of others. They use their “Profession” to milk others dry in order to increase their personal comforts. The poor too are not spared.
The government spends crores in subsidising Medical Colleges. Where does this money come from? It’s our hard earned money that we pay as tax, but what happens when the government tries to increase the MBBS course by 1 year to include 1 year of mandatory service before they get their Degrees? The medicos go on strike. They want our money but are not willing to repay it to society.
Well Said george.
ReplyDeleteHowever do you think, is it the doctors to be blamed totally?
I will give you basic example, Traffic Rules - People break it now and then in india regardless of the measures taken, however in the countries like Dubai and United States, i have hardly seen anybody breaking the rules. Starting from giving indicators to traveling in the same lane. Why does this not happen in india?
we too have strict laws and regulations. teh answer for it is - Corruption. If you break a law, you will get out of it easily thru the help of corruption.So is the case in the medical industry, you dont bother a lot about the service Earn money and share money thru corruption is the oath for such kind of doctors.
For any evil in the society, it is not one person alone that is responsible. There are a lot of people to be blamed for anything that you see. When a person commits a crime, it is to some extent due to his/her upbringing. You don’t put the parents in jail for that do you? You put the perpetrator of the crime in jail. You don't prosecute or fine the Traffic Police Department for a motorist breaking a red light just because they let motorists go after taking a bribe, do you? You fine the motorist who is the perpetrator in that instance coz he/she is the one that broke the rule in that instance.
ReplyDeleteShifting the blame onto someone else will not make the society any better. It will only make it even worse. The blame has to be placed where it is rightfully due. True there are thousands of evils in this society that we live in, but if we sit trying to analyse the root cause and try to solve that, we’ll never get anywhere. One of the most prominent reasons for all evils is greed. Tell me how you root that out.
Also, let’s not compare ourselves with other countries. They have their own problems. I consider India much better off than any other in-spite of all the problem we may have.