two incidents in two days justify occasional assault on resident docotrs by relatives of patients. don't get me wrong my friends i know most of you will be resident doctors after 1-2 years nad if destiny drags me there then i also will be one of RMOs. But please read this carefully and decide by your own discretion..
1) On sunday morning an alocholic was brought semiconscious with history of fall in gutter after drinking. he had frothy secretion at his mouth...bilateral crepts all over chest. At kurla bhabha we don't have ABG analysis not even pulsox...forget abt venti. X-ray showed right upper lobe consolidation. after giving drip of dextrose patient became conscious and started talking irrelevant stuff as other alcoholics. but our medicine registrar anticipated the seriousness of the case and refered his to sion hospital. i was supposed to accompany him till his admission there. after reaching at sion medical casualty resident doctors didn't even feel to examine him...they noticed one cavity with calcification on X-ray and ruled out aspiration and said it's case of Koch's...go to sewri..and registrar (M not mentioning his name) was too rude even with me..he told that u ppl keep on refering everything to us...and all...finally his one dialogue in his words.."tu apne CMO aur Medcine registrar ko ja ke bol ki wo CHU###E hai." I just gave surprised look..then he said.."Main all india se hoo...MD sion se kar raha hoo...aur main unko ch####a bol sakta hoo.." after 1.5 hrs of drama they took negative consent from patient's relatives (they were also got frustrated by that time so they gave it)...and in the night patient came back to kurla bhabha hospital with severe breathlessness...and was admitted over there..and outcome as expected he didn't see next sunrise...this was absolutely preventable death...and it was case of medical negligence...aur apne desh me garibo ki jaan bahut sastee hai...now plz decide who is at fault...now one personal comment if anyone interested then convey to that registrar...i'll tell u the name.."Dr. .... tu CH####A hai; main All India Services me jane wala hoo..aur tujhe ch####a bol sakta hoo..and u r even a murderer"...now if relatives would have beaten up that bastard i would have justified it...
2) another case...on monday night around 11PM a 19 yrs old boy was brought with h/o fall from train..his GC was poor...with GCS of 4-5...after giving fluid resucitation and primary suturing he was refered to KEM hospital...again i was to accompany him....we reached there within 20 mins as there was no traffic in the night...CMO of KEM saw the patient and said paperwork baad me hoga...pt ko trauma ward me le ja.. i was expecting k reg on call will leave all his works and will start smthng fr this poor guy...but he didn't even stand and started shouting at the top of his voice..."u ppl don't understand we don't hv venti fr our patients how can we provide it to your patients..(for a moment i thought i hv crossed border or what) i will not accept this patient.... and many more things i don't remember.....signalling ward boy to move trolley outside the ward...go where ever you want..." at this point of time if relatives would have battered him then i would have been the happiest person on this earth....but since CMO was sensible he helped to get him admitted...i don't know what happened to him...but almost 1.5hr was wasted in this argument..." now please decide whether relatives really enjoy beating these bastards..
Now many will argue that these docs are underpaid...overburdened...and all...come on yaar it's due to poor govt policies...why should these poor ppl suffer.... now no body forced you to take up medical profession... if u think u commited mistake at 12th as u were not mature enough...but at the time of appearing for PG you were mature enough...and it's only you who strive for seat in KEM/SION...for better practice and it's ridiculous when you only complain that you are overburdened..
my dear frnds medical profession needs lots of dedication and if you think you can't sacrifice then it's never too late...plz switch fields....but plz don't become doctors like above two...and yeah if next time any doctor is beaten plz don't go on strike..and try to understand the mentality of relatives...and cicumstances...
"DOCTORS EXIST JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE PATIENTS; PLZ RESPECT THEM AS YOU RESPECT YOUR PARENTS...PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PHYSICAL EXISTENCE AND PATIENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXISTENCE"
