BREAK THE NEGLIGENCE

BREAK THE NEGLIGENCE

 Mitigating Negligencies among officials can save lives

No co-operation from an ambulance driver led to this child's death

Crib deaths haunting in the Malda district Hospital, with 11 infants allegedly losing their lives in around 36 hrs has underlined the truth of the familiar cliche "an empty bag will never stand upright." The deteriorating infrastructure of public hospitals, even if it carries a status of a Medical Collage Hospital proves the above writen cliche that having a name can never help the system stand upright. It also points a finger towards the health ministry of the state and the vulnarability of infants. Combining the previous deaths of infants with the present deaths in the same hospital and in the same month, shows the negligence of the health ministry. It has failed to stop the present deaths, though inevitably aware of the previous ones.
           This negligency has to be stopped.The ministry should utilise its powers for the welfare of its people and not their own interests. Health officials should always be kept on check about their works an duties.this would help the patients get the opportunity to be treated on time. proper co-operation 'mantras' should be induced among the 'highly stressed' doctors and nurses as that will help provide a mental support to the agrieved families and make them stay cool.

An aggrieved mother with her child still alive

           The establishment of Sick Newborn Care Unit(SNCU) had been of great impotance for emergency cases in infants. However, the lack of diligence among the officials are tending to mask the importance of the unit. This should be checked.
          More and more development of the infrastructure like- inclusion of more beds, upsurge in the number of well-trained doctors and the articulate use of  technical resources should be induced. This will help the patients get treatment in the proper time without travelling from one place to another losing their lives in the middle of the way.
         The hospitals should be visited from time to time by the task force of the health ministry. This would help the ministers to stay well informed about the state of the hospitals in case they are not. It will also keep the hospital authorities aware  of the conditions of the hospital as well as it will give them an opportunity to file their problems or lack of particulars to the task force. This would benefit the patients as well as the health offiicials on duty because this would lead to quick treatment of patients and thus save lives.
         The families should also be kept aware now and then of how to mitigate diseases by conducting differnt awareness programs. The hospital authorities also must co-operate with the families of the sick to reach the right treatment cell in the right time to save the lives of our very young.