Medical Negligence Leaves Man With Bandage Tied Over His Trousers That He Was Wearing
Call it an act of sheer negligence that defied even common sense. A ward body at government hospital in Sendhwa tied bandage on a villager, who was injured in leg, right over jeans he was wearing.
In an episode which highlights the utter negligence towards the patients, the staff in the government hospitals in India display, a ward boy tied a bandage on the leg of an injured man over his jeans. The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh's Sendhwa district on Thursday when a resident of Deewaniya village, Shobharam was bought to the civil hospital after he met with an accident and suffered an injury on the leg.
¡°He was checked by Dr Vijendra Kalen, who asked his staff to carry out dressing of his wounds,¡± Sendhwa block medical officer, Dr JP Pandi told TOI.
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Later he said that due to unavailability of a dresser as the dresser was absent, a ward boy tied the bandage on the knee over the jeans the patient was wearing.
¡° As soon as the incident came to notice, Shobharma's jeans were cut and his knees were dressed properly,¡± Dr Pandit said.
Dr Pandit further said that the hospital has one dresser against the sanctioned strength of four and thus dresser can't be available for 24 hours.
¡°Because of this shortage, the ward boy used to carry out dressings under supervision of a nurse. In this case, the doctor after issuing instruction for dressing, got busy preparing Shobharam's MLC,¡± he said.
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Dr Pandit also rued the shortage of doctors in the hospital where there are only four doctors against the sanctioned numbers of 20 doctors. The number of nurses and ward boys is also short.
After the matter came to light on Friday, the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) BS Kalesh came to the hospital and inquired about the negligence. The ward boy in question has been removed, told Dr Pandit.
