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NAVI MUMBAI: A Belapur schoolboy died of snakebite on Monday evening despite being rushed to Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital, allegedly because the hospital kept him waiting until his slum-dweller parents could raise a security deposit of Rs 15,000.

"By the time his mother, a housemaid, raised the sum by pawning her 'mangalsutra' and gold ear-rings, 11-year-old Devanand was breathing his last," said Asha Shinde of the Republican Party of India, who accompanied the family to the hospital, a distance of five minutes from the boy's house.

Dr A K Sinha, medical superintendent of the 48-bed hospital, claimed that they had not asked for money but the boy was brought in too late to be saved although he was given anti-venom serum. According to Dr Sinha, the boy was brought in at about 7 pm by which time his eyelids were drooping, an indication that the venom had spread in his body.

"The boy complained to his parents when he started feeling uneasy," Dr Sinha said. Asked if an 11-year-old boy would not have felt a snakebite, Dr Sinha said, "The pain is similar to a couple of pin-pricks."

However, Col (retd) J C Khanna of the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who has been dealing with snakes and snakebites since his army days, says, "You immediately notice a snakebite, whether poisonous or non-poisonous. The feeling is similar to a thorn piercing your body."

Devanand's father Parshuram Landge, a watchman, said his son was bitten in the makeshift bathroom outside their house at 6.30 pm on Monday. "He ran to me, crying out that a black snake had bitten his leg. We rushed him to M G M Hospital as the only municipal hospital is six km away in Vashi, and there are frequent traffic jams on the way."


My son was tugging at the apron of the doctor, begging her to save him but she did nothing until it was too late," Landge alleged.

The Landges are also upset that they were not allowed to be with their only son during his last moments. The boy, a Std III student of People's Education Society, expired shortly after 8 pm.

According to Uddhav Jethithor, a neighbour who accompanied Devanand to hospital, the behaviour of the hospital staff was shocking. "Instead of fighting to save the boy's life, they told us to go to an ESIS Hospital meant for workers."

Dr Sinha though maintained that prompt care was given and the question of deposit money did not arise as "a deposit is taken only after admission". The medical superintendent said snakebites were not uncommon in the area and they had saved victims brought early. "The villagers expect too much of us," he said.

The residents of Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar, on the slopes of a hillock housing an Ayappa temple in sector 8 of Belapur, are not ready to buy the explanations. According to them, this is the third death due to snakebite in the 15-year-old slum. "Three years ago, Pandu Bansode, a teenager, ran to M G M Hospital after being bitten but was sent back to fetch money," recalled Rameshwar Borkar, who had just returned from Devanand's funeral.

Landge says he wants the authorities to withdraw the concessions given to the 21-year-old trust-run hospital attached to a medical college.

WHAT THE COURTS SAY

* In 2005, while giving a judgment on a petition filed by Kolkata resident Parvat Kumar Mukherjee, the National Consumer Forum's Justice M B Shah had said, "Can doctors insist and wait for money when death is knocking at the doors of a patient? Obviously, the answer is recovery of fees can wait but not death or the treatment to try and save the life of a patient." Mukherjee had filed the case against Ruby Hospital after his 20-year-old son Sumanto died.

* In 1989, the supreme court had ruled in the Parmanand Katara versus Union of India case that "the preservation of human life is of paramount importance and hence an injured citizen brought for medical treatment should be instanteously given treatment. Hence no doctor is expected to refuse to treat a patient in an emergency."

 





What the court says and Ground Realities R quiet diffrence.

Illiterate Populations R bound to know the laws in English,Shame On Entire Judiciary.

 

This Is Shame,to Each and every Indian Citizen,who R servants of Laws and Fears of Outcome of Laws in thier minds,

Shame from the President to the Peon of This Country,

Shame On the Industry Leaders to Industry Workers,

Shame On the parts of Medical Faternity as a whole.


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Unless something not done Urgently tommorrow it will be Your Kids turns come out from the slum of Laws.

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ON : 10/12/2007 4:29:35 PM We have witnessth Slavery during Maughal Times thenafter Britishers Came and Make us Slave,Presently Most of us are Knowing that INDIA is an Indepedent Country,But this Independence is more costlier than Earlier Slavery,Because Common man Get Justice during Maughal Times,During British rules there was not that big problems for people to get justice,Presently Commonman R not thinking that they will ever get Justice for the wrong deed with them.I don't know the plight of commonman to obtain justice during mahammad tughlagh time. We are Slave Of Outdated,Irrelevant,Incongruence,complicated,& Illogical acts,rules circulars,notifications,case laws etc..........and spoiling energy of our Young Generations for the compliance of nonsense laws,Instead of Putting & Channelising thier efforts in meaningful activities. Your Suggestions and comments R invited.
Sir, I really thank you for posting this topic. I fully agree to the your facts comparing our situation to mughals and british days. I must say one thing, that all this growth, progress is too expensive and is at the cost of many things. Our youth and our people feel that our country is growing and prospering. They believe that poverty has reduced. For all those who talk of india stroy and 9-10% figures, i would like to throw light on some important issues- 1. Poverty According to the government, a person is believed to be poor if he earns less than Rupees 275 in a month. This sounds quite absurd to me, and as most of you must be earning some stipend/salary I am sure you all know the worth of 275 rupees in todays India. If the definition of poverty is such bull sh*t, then it is quite obvious that the poverty figures are not correct and do not really represent the actual number of poor people. However, even in such an absurd definition, 23% of the people in our country are poor according to various data available. How I put it is that 23% of population is just the number of people who sleep with stray dogs. They are the poorest. Considering this 23% figure as a base to calculate actual poverty which might talk of food, clothing and shelter, one could imagine how large the number could be given that 23% of our population earns less than 275Rs/month. 2. Disparities The income disparities have been continously rising in this country and according to a recent world bank survey, the income of poorest 10% population has fallen by 2.5%. 3. Other issues The number of farmers suiciding and living in distress has continously gone up. In the state of maharashtra, the sucidies of farmers has gone up from 36 in 1999 to 1500(approx) in 2006. The sitiaution is more or less the same in many other states. The growth on this front is much more than our GDP, sens*x, IIP etc. It was also quite surprising to see one special show on one of the news channels recently. In one of our metros, a day has now come where children are rented by their parents for 50-100rs/day to some agencies who then leave those children in different places to beg. Add to all these facts, the dropout rate in education is 70% - which hasnt come down. One in every three malnourished children is from India, and it is believed that 66% of the children in our country are malnourished. Prima facie, it looks like all the growth is only in numbers and nothing else. Primary reason which can be attributed to the above, is that the governments and people are more interested in stock market and not public welfare. This is possible only becuase of ignorance of public at large and their ignorant attitude.
Dear Guest, Khulke Samne aana hi hoga, Ek din Ki deri Bahut Hi deri.
Completely Revamping of Banking Finance and Judiciary is Utmost Priority.
Dear Prakash Popat ! It is a great tragedy.The family of the boy sustained irreparable loss. No one can console the 'mother' ! I understood your anguish and pain over the suddenn death of the boy. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE..!
It's not sudden,this death is on account of fear of Laws in the minds of comman as well as Educated class of People.
YA, prakash is right, this is not sudden and also this is not the childs luck ,but this is the true picture of our INDIA.I beleive that this kind of cases hapenning almost every day.I also knew some cases where doctors from govt hospitals refused to treat HIV patient.Even one doctor kicked one HIV affected child .OUR govt laws, our social laws, our system everyday create a shame picture for us.where are we living guys?
Yes Sudiptosen We have High Hope for Youngester like You,May be this type of attitude will get developed than atleast after Few Generations Your Greatgrand Kids May not suffer.


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