3-year-old dies for want of medicare: Parents

Handwara, Jan 24 : The absence of doctors in district hospital Handwara triggered protest from the parents and attendants of a three-year-old who died for want of medicare.


Parents of three-year-old Adil Farid Khan said their kid was was not feeling well and they took him to district hospital Handwara.

“Believe me and my Almighty, I searched for doctors in pediatric ward, emergency and casualty but there was no pediatrician. After an hour a doctor came and by the time my son had died,” said Farid Khan.

“I want action against doctors or hospital management. I just want that no such death of a kid takes place here no parent should lose their children due to such negligence,” said Farid.

“Where were the doctors of this district hospital?” questioned Khan.  

Sobbing mother of the kid, Jamsheeda Begum, said: “We took baby to the hospital around 2 AM and were shocked to found that no pediatrician was available in the hospital. Had the baby received the treatment on time, his life could have been saved.”

She said that the pediatric ward of the hospital was without a doctor and went to few other wards in search of doctor but could not find any. “What is the point in having a pediatric ward at the hospital, when doctors do not remain present.

By remaining absent from their duties, the doctors are playing with the lives of infants and babies,” said dejected mother of the deceased baby. She demanded stern action against the hospital authorities.

The hospital management, however, denied the charge and said that the baby had died before reaching the hospital.

“A pediatrician was called in who found the baby brought  dead. We are still investigating the matter,” said Dr Muneer Ahmad, the deputy CMO Kupwara.

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