On this Independence Day, I opened the local paper and find a private hospital was ransacked by a mob. Reason, a young man with acute chest pain was admitted in a critical condition and died in spite of doctors' efforts to revive him. Soon after a mob gathered along with related parties claiming " wrong treatment / wrong injection "was administered so the doctors should be punished.
(That young man was a driver and ignored his chest pain for considerable time without seeking medical help) This phenomenon has become a familiar scene across the Country esp., in Tamil Nadu . What will the concerned hospital doctors do in future? In my own experience as service doctor in Public sector Units - such as Port Trust or Airport Medical Unit, though the premises were well-equipped and you know well what you would like to do, you would not be able to help except to act as clearing house- pack up…
