Destitute woman with twins runs away from hospital
Pregnant with twins, a mentally unstable beggar woman was admitted to the state-run LNJP Hospital on Saturday in keeping with the metropolitan magistrate's order. The judge took note of her precarious condition and need for specialized care and ordered her admission to hospital. But in a shocking case of apathy by the hospital, the 24-year-old went missing on Sunday evening.
While the hospital authorities feigned ignorance, the patient was found at Hanuman Mandir by activists late on Monday. A shocked Kiran Walia, women and child development minister, has now written a strongly-worded letter to the hospital authorities on the incident. Walia had monitored Anita's (name changed) rescue which was carried out by St Stephen's hospital Mother NGO, a team from the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences and the Delhi Police on Saturday.
When Walia called LNJP to find out about Anita's health, she was surprised to discover the doctors had no clue. The minister's persistent queries jolted hospital staff into action and they found that Anita was missing. The staff admitted they had no idea where she had gone, this, despite court orders directing the hospital to take responsibility for the high-risk patient who is in the last stages of pregnancy. Even Walia had told TOI on Saturday that she had asked LNJP to take special care of the woman.
Further inquiries revealed that Anita had become violent on Sunday evening and tried to run out of the ward. The authorities at LNJP tried to justify their lax behaviour by telling the minister that the nurses had followed Anita outside but when she refused to return they had left. Walia sought information on whether a police case had been registered so that Anita could have been traced. But the hospital authorities had no answer.
Finally, a team of activists from St Stephen's hospital found Anita at Hanuman Mandir on Monday evening. Minister Kiran Walia visited the Hanuman Mandir complex to meet Anita. She, however, refused to go back to the hospital and said she preferred to remain on the street. Walia said Anita will be monitored by doctors and counselors from Mother NGO who may convince her to return to the hospital for treatment.
On Saturday, the rescue operation carried out to admit Anita to a hospital showed how complex procedures make the simple task of admitting a patient a lengthy undertaking fraught with problems. Though Anita was picked up from Hanuman Mandir at around noon on Saturday she could only be admitted to LNJP Hospital at 8.30pm in the night due to a series of bureaucratic hurdles.
Anita lives at Hanuman Mandir complex with her husband and four children. They earn a living by begging and selling flowers and balloons to visitors. The couple is into substance abuse like many others in the area. Community workers from Mother NGO found her during a survey of the homeless last year.
Source: timesofindia
Pregnant with twins, a mentally unstable beggar woman was admitted to the state-run LNJP Hospital on Saturday in keeping with the metropolitan magistrate's order. The judge took note of her precarious condition and need for specialized care and ordered her admission to hospital. But in a shocking case of apathy by the hospital, the 24-year-old went missing on Sunday evening.
While the hospital authorities feigned ignorance, the patient was found at Hanuman Mandir by activists late on Monday. A shocked Kiran Walia, women and child development minister, has now written a strongly-worded letter to the hospital authorities on the incident. Walia had monitored Anita's (name changed) rescue which was carried out by St Stephen's hospital Mother NGO, a team from the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences and the Delhi Police on Saturday.
When Walia called LNJP to find out about Anita's health, she was surprised to discover the doctors had no clue. The minister's persistent queries jolted hospital staff into action and they found that Anita was missing. The staff admitted they had no idea where she had gone, this, despite court orders directing the hospital to take responsibility for the high-risk patient who is in the last stages of pregnancy. Even Walia had told TOI on Saturday that she had asked LNJP to take special care of the woman.
Further inquiries revealed that Anita had become violent on Sunday evening and tried to run out of the ward. The authorities at LNJP tried to justify their lax behaviour by telling the minister that the nurses had followed Anita outside but when she refused to return they had left. Walia sought information on whether a police case had been registered so that Anita could have been traced. But the hospital authorities had no answer.
Finally, a team of activists from St Stephen's hospital found Anita at Hanuman Mandir on Monday evening. Minister Kiran Walia visited the Hanuman Mandir complex to meet Anita. She, however, refused to go back to the hospital and said she preferred to remain on the street. Walia said Anita will be monitored by doctors and counselors from Mother NGO who may convince her to return to the hospital for treatment.
On Saturday, the rescue operation carried out to admit Anita to a hospital showed how complex procedures make the simple task of admitting a patient a lengthy undertaking fraught with problems. Though Anita was picked up from Hanuman Mandir at around noon on Saturday she could only be admitted to LNJP Hospital at 8.30pm in the night due to a series of bureaucratic hurdles.
Anita lives at Hanuman Mandir complex with her husband and four children. They earn a living by begging and selling flowers and balloons to visitors. The couple is into substance abuse like many others in the area. Community workers from Mother NGO found her during a survey of the homeless last year.
Source: timesofindia
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