Staff Report
There are a two sets of ventilators, one for a common man and another for a VVIP. That is how the distressed Kashmiri family has reacted for failing to get a ventilator in any of the government hospitals in New Delhi for the last two days.
After the story was retweeted by several people and the help also poured in from several quarters on social media, the family wondered that whether a common man is getting a raw deal. ” If a health complication happens to any VVIP, will the hospitals which have refused us admission deal it the same way. Our patient is gasping for breath and it is not being seen as an emergency,” said an attendant with the patient Mohammad Muzafar Haji.
The family had referred the patient for basic medical care for back ache issues to the Max hospital in Ghaziabad.
However the family said that instead of offering any cure after the patient underwent a surgery at the hospital he is now on a critical care at the hospital.
The patient, Mohammad Muzafar Haji, resident of Charar-i-Sharief area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district was admitted to the hospital and operated on cervical and lumbar spine on 3 December. However the family said that patient was informed that he has developed lung infection at the hospital and his cost runs into several lakhs.
The family has been trying to reach out to several hospitals for ventilator support but have been refused admission. The hospital officials at AIIMS and Safdarjung refused admission out rightly while they have not been able to find a ventilator also at several other government hospitals.
The family has been looking out for a ventilator support in several government hospitals, but couldn’t manage a one for several days. The family members said they were informed at the Safdarjung hospital by the staff that hospital was fully occupied. Their efforts to get a ventilator at the AIIMS didn’t materialize. Efforts to reach out to AIIMS director and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung hospital were unsuccessful.
” Is there no ventilator in any of the hospitals in Delhi. Is situation so grim,” said a family member, Tariq Afzal. The family has given out their numbers as 9797281661 and 8825090978.
