An unnecessary death
I dont know how to write about this.Its too mind boggling right now.The death of a patient on my on call last night.She was suffering from chronic renal failure and finally she had her second dialysis yesterday with a blood transfusion after which she started to complain of severe breathing difficulty.Anyone who knows about chronic renal failure will know that so many factors can be involved in that kind of breathing difficulty.But after i examined her i came to the conclusion that she was having impending pulmonary edema and the residents needed to take action right away.
But no one budged.It was an untimely death.She died after a few mins on her way to MICU which wasnt even 100 foot away from her bed.Her son and daughter beated down the ICU door and ran after the doctors to beat them up and the hospital security had to come up and control the fight and screaming.It was a very heart breaking death for me because as i believe it, it was an unnecessary death.A death that could have been prevented if the residents didn't ignore the complaint and my report on her.
It is unacceptable for patients to die because of doctors ignoring them.Death due to mistake is better than that.Last night, the residents responsible for her practically hid from the patient's relatives who were looking for them for help.There are patients who come at the middle of the night with nonsensical complaints but it is our job as doctors to varify them and explain and make them understand the situation and give comforting advise.
I dont know how to deal with this.It saddens me very much and i am very depressed today.
But no one budged.It was an untimely death.She died after a few mins on her way to MICU which wasnt even 100 foot away from her bed.Her son and daughter beated down the ICU door and ran after the doctors to beat them up and the hospital security had to come up and control the fight and screaming.It was a very heart breaking death for me because as i believe it, it was an unnecessary death.A death that could have been prevented if the residents didn't ignore the complaint and my report on her.
It is unacceptable for patients to die because of doctors ignoring them.Death due to mistake is better than that.Last night, the residents responsible for her practically hid from the patient's relatives who were looking for them for help.There are patients who come at the middle of the night with nonsensical complaints but it is our job as doctors to varify them and explain and make them understand the situation and give comforting advise.
I dont know how to deal with this.It saddens me very much and i am very depressed today.
posted by Dancing in the Rain at 6:45 PM
6 Comments:
what to do.she'z taken.so sad.yes, it was a preventable one as u said.but lets hope that this case doesnt get politicised.and if it does,hope u wont be a pawn in the game and suffer.we are from God,and unto him we shall return.wish you luck and all the best,wish her a good after life(what ever it is like),wish our country a better future and more responsible citizens.
thats y m afraid to do MBBS! Can u plz explain that to my dad!
Thank you all for your comforting words.It means a lot.I have the really depressed phase.But it will never leave me as long as i live.
And Crazysuja,u should do what u want to do in life, not what someone thinks u should be doing.Gud luck in ur studies.
dancing in the rain: i know how you feel and how frustrating it is,but sometimes theres nothing we can do about it, you hav to learn to detach frm it all.. if we took all that onto us thered be nothing of us left.. It WASNT your fault.. let it go.. :)
Hey Sis.. Great Blog u have here.. Although that was one depressing post.. I guess it aint only in the Maldives where doctors irresponsibility leads to deaths of lives that could have been prevented. Anyways hapi blogging sis.. U need it ;)
Shanu:thanks for ur support.I really needed that.
Hudhu handhu:Hey baby.My sis.Love u.thanks.Ummah!
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