How would you react if someone nearer to us is taken to hospital but doctors there instead of giving him best treatment, declare him dead. Not only this when another hospital did its best to revive the terminally ill patient, the previous hospital authorities reach the spot (hospital) with the “intention to see the patient should not revive”. Its not only against the ethics of the noble medical profession but also grossly inhuman and barbaric. Alas! the commercialization of the medical profession has sunk it to the level of evil doer.
This most inhuman case is now being heard in the Punjab's Bathinda court. The Court has issued summons to three persons, including two doctors and a manager, for “declaring” a living person dead and advising his kin to “cremate the body”.
According to the case history, on February 10, 2017, the son of ailing man took his father to local Jindal Heart Hospital, from where he was referred to the Delhi Heart Hospital. But at Delhi Heart Hospital a doctor on duty declared him dead.
However, the "dead' man was taken to another hospital, where a compounder found him alive. After this he was then taken to another heart caring Global hospital. Here after three days of treatment, he was discharged and now he is hale and hearty
The most shocking was the efforts of Delhi Heart Hospital officials. When they came to know about this, they reached Global Hospital with the “intention that the patient should not revive” as it would damage the image of their hospital.
Nearly 5,000,000 Indians dying due to medical negligence in India every year. There is no permanent solution to this and government of the day as well medical ethic bodies have done little to stem the rot. A study by the Harvard University last year has shown that nearly 5,000,000 deaths occur in India annually due to medical errors triggered by lack of practical knowledge among the doctors and nurses to handle patients when brought to the hospital.
In Europe, The Acute Critical Care Course (ACCC), has been in place since eighties. It has helped in reducing the death rate of patients by nearly 10 per cent, even in serious health complications. India also needs an comprehensive course to equip the doctors of a hospital how to receive critical care patients and treat them accordingly.