Off Topic- Doctor at Health Center Refuses to Treat a Child of a Laborer
Got to know about this yesterday via Abi at Nanopolitan. Also got it confirmed with people still at IITK and I trust their judgment completely. Full account here.
On Sunday morning at about 4.15 am one of the canteen owners of one of the Halls was going back after work when he chanced upon a crowd of migrant workers at the security crossing near the Motor Transport/Air-Strip road. Apparently a boy, whose family had been employed in the construction site of the Environment Engineering building had been bitten by something poisonous (they were not sure whether it was a scorpion or a snake), in his sleep. ...
The canteen owner called the doctor [at the IITK health center], who when she realized that it involved the child of worker, was extremely annoyed and said that this facility was not available to them. When the canteen owner pleaded that the case was serious and may turn fatal she apparently shouted 'which language do you understand?' and slammed the phone down.
Labels: blogging, IIT Kanpur, Off Topic
posted by Mridula at 10:02 AM
4 Comments:
It's a sheer shame on her part.
The authorities at IITK should take an action. More than anybody else the doctors are supposed to have humanity as the first ground.
What happened to the baby? Is he alive and ok? Maybe doctor's manicured hands would have got soiled if she treated the baby. How could she do such a dirty thing to her own hands.
India shining!
Mera Bhaarat mahaan!
The same old feeling of helplessness, sadness and yet life goes on ...
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