Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Updated: February 07, 2013 10:03 IST
Malda, West Bengal: A government hospital in West Bengal's Malda district is facing an inquiry for conducting mass sterilisation of women in shockingly appalling conditions. Two doctors at the hospital allegedly sterilised 103 women on Wednesday, even operating on some patients in the open fields.
The Manikchak block hospital, where the sterilisation camp was organised, has 60 beds - 30 each for men and women. The rulebook allows no more than 25 sterilisations in a day.
The doctors not only flouted that rule, their medical negligence went further. After the sterilisation, many women were left to recuperate in the hospital's open compound while still under anaesthesia.
Medical experts are shocked how only two doctors carried out over a hundred operations.
Residents of Manikchak block say such frenzied sterilisation camps are routine, but at other times the hospital at least puts up tents for the patients.
The Malda district magistrate said the block medical officer had been issued a notice and a probe had been ordered.
Link: 103 women sterilised in a day at West Bengal hospital; probe ordered
The Manikchak block hospital, where the sterilisation camp was organised, has 60 beds - 30 each for men and women. The rulebook allows no more than 25 sterilisations in a day.
The doctors not only flouted that rule, their medical negligence went further. After the sterilisation, many women were left to recuperate in the hospital's open compound while still under anaesthesia.
Residents of Manikchak block say such frenzied sterilisation camps are routine, but at other times the hospital at least puts up tents for the patients.
The Malda district magistrate said the block medical officer had been issued a notice and a probe had been ordered.
Link: 103 women sterilised in a day at West Bengal hospital; probe ordered
I assume that you get your posts through Google searches. I should mention that I, however, found all of these articles in just reading yesterday's (7 Feb) print edition of the (Kolkata) Times of India newspaper.
ReplyDeletehttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Foreigner-raped-in-south-Delhi-offender-held/articleshow/18374579.cms?
http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=07-02-2013&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Kolkata&edname=&articleid=Ar00204&publabel=TOI
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/kolkata/36972030_1_gang-class-ix-complaint
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/kolkata/36971375_1_molestations-criminal-force-lewd-comments
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/kolkata/36971240_1_three-youths-howrah-city-police-howrah-girls
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/kolkata/36971160_1_multiple-stab-wounds-molester-critical-condition
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Gangrape-victim-remains-critical-accused-still-at-large/articleshow/18392888.cms (I could not find the original article online, but I found this follow-up article.)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Two-held-in-JK-girl-rock-band-case/articleshow/18375067.cms
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-06/india/36948977_1_bikaner-surgeries-lips
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/hubli/36971328_1_girl-child-baby-girl-laxmi
I suspect (and hope) that this is an aberration; I would hate to think that a similar amount of incidents happen every day (although a thorough search of Google would probably reveal even more incidents happening daily in India. I can only hope that by inundating people with equally horrific instances of abuse toward females people will realize that it is horrific, and change for the better.
By the way, thank you for this post; I now have another link for my upcoming Government as Criminals post.