Gorakhpur has been in national news for the past half week and not for good reasons. Lack of oxygen supply has caused the death of around fifty children and with the trend it has got stuck to, there won’t be any surprise if it touches 3 figures. Politicians and administrators have started the usual game of passing the buck, suspension and sacking. What is most important is, how and to what extent would the attitude of employees and contractors serving in the hospital would improve.
A majority of the children admitted over there were suffering from JE (Japanese Encephalitis) locally known as ‘Mashtishq Jwar’. JE is a mosquito borne viral infection which affects the brain severely. Though it JE cases are reported from the whole country, north-eastern region of Uttar Pradesh is most affected from this disease. The Baba Raghav Das Medical College has a 100 bed tertiary care centre dedicated to JE which is why patients suffering from JE in the nearby region are referred to this hospital. The region is comprised of Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Nepal.
Similar to an annual ceremony, each year patients are rushed to the hospitals in monsoon seasons. As is mentioned in the statements of administrators and politicians, these kind of deaths keep happening in these months. So one wonders why any remedial measure wasn’t taken all this while to avoid these kinds of deaths, especially when this phenomenon is within the knowledge of administrators and politicians? The lack of oxygen supply had just fired up the rate of deaths which were anyways happening all this while at a normal rate.
The condition of the aforementioned medical college is not acceptable as per the standards of middle class families because of hygiene as a concern. In case of any emergency, a middle class inhabitant would like to rush to a private hospital and if urgent, would reach out to Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. There are discussions to have an AIIMS in Gorakhpur to share the load of BRD Medical College. While this is a welcome step, more than more AIIMS, there must be a healthy change in the attitude of the people attached with the hospital.
A majority of the children admitted over there were suffering from JE (Japanese Encephalitis) locally known as ‘Mashtishq Jwar’. JE is a mosquito borne viral infection which affects the brain severely. Though it JE cases are reported from the whole country, north-eastern region of Uttar Pradesh is most affected from this disease. The Baba Raghav Das Medical College has a 100 bed tertiary care centre dedicated to JE which is why patients suffering from JE in the nearby region are referred to this hospital. The region is comprised of Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Nepal.
Similar to an annual ceremony, each year patients are rushed to the hospitals in monsoon seasons. As is mentioned in the statements of administrators and politicians, these kind of deaths keep happening in these months. So one wonders why any remedial measure wasn’t taken all this while to avoid these kinds of deaths, especially when this phenomenon is within the knowledge of administrators and politicians? The lack of oxygen supply had just fired up the rate of deaths which were anyways happening all this while at a normal rate.
The condition of the aforementioned medical college is not acceptable as per the standards of middle class families because of hygiene as a concern. In case of any emergency, a middle class inhabitant would like to rush to a private hospital and if urgent, would reach out to Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. There are discussions to have an AIIMS in Gorakhpur to share the load of BRD Medical College. While this is a welcome step, more than more AIIMS, there must be a healthy change in the attitude of the people attached with the hospital.
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