Desi Cartman Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 FARRUKHABAD (UP): Taking serious note of a Dalit woman delivering on the road after being turned away by doctors at the Kamalganj community health centre, the district magistrate has suspended two doctors and recommended dismissal of three midwives. District Magistrate K Dhanlaxmi on Sunday night suspended the centre in-charge, Dr Vikas Chauhan and Dr Sunil Verma besides recommending dismissal of Neelam Gautam, Suman Chauhan and Reena, all midwives. On Friday last, Ramnivas Balmiki of Isapur village had brought his wife for delivery to the centre but the doctors there referred her to the district hospital citing shortage of blood following which the woman had delivered on the road. The DM also issued a warning to the deputy CMO and all departmental officials against recurrence of such incidents. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Doctors-suspended-for-not-attending-to-Dalit-woman-in-UP/articleshow/4954051.cms Cant believe these things still happen in India ..( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubinpepsi Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Doctors-suspended-for-not-attending-to-Dalit-woman-in-UP/articleshow/4954051.cms Cant believe this things still happen in India ..:(( why only suspension for the doctors?? but dismissal for the mid wives.. how about removing the license to practice medicine.. ... these people dont deserve to be in this service.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 no wonder poor people vote for dalit leaders .. I guess they are the last hope for these people and even they dont do shyt for their own :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjabi_khota Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 But it doesn't even say that they turned her away BECAUSE she was dalit. :dontknow: May be they were actually short of blood ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I think the action was taken away because the doctors/midwives turned away a women in labor, which in itself is a violation of their job responsibilities, and not because she was a dalit. Out of curiousity, isnt turning away a patient in distress/danger equal to homocide? Forget about dismissal/suspension, shouldnt those doctors/midwives be tried for criminal charges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 But it doesn't even say that they turned her away BECAUSE she was dalit. :dontknow: May be they were actually short of blood ? Even if they were, wasnt the woman better off inside a hospital delivering a child than out on the road? Even in Mumbai, many private hospitals turn critical patients down if they think they may not afford the treatment. That in spite of a rule that no Hospital can turn down emergency cases. They frequently do it because hardly anyone thinks complaining or suing, most of the complaints are suppressed by bribed cops and those complaints that reach a court if law result in compensations that the hospitals are ready to pay. Such compensations actually cost them less than what taking all emergency cases would cost (substitute cost) them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 The hospital needs to give some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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