Pay the Hospital bills by body parts!!

[vaithy]

This is not a film story that come in to the Tamil film “Ramana” but a real story which happened in the first week of march in Chennai.

A young man who just happened below twenty three years, and taking his salary to his house was met with dreadful accident.. he was immediately rush to the well known superficiality Hospital in Chennai ..On third day he was no more,, the hospital told his father to get his body after paying the Hospital fees.. The Fees?..Not a big one, just three Lahks Rupees only..But the problem is the father of the boy is a 'small tea-shop owner' and has no cash reserve , as the boy only start to earn for last six months only..
Ofcourse the Hospital Authorities got some papers signed from the father and promised to realease the body.. The BPO mangement just released One lahk to the hospital , then the body was sent to his father..

on receiving the body.the father was inconsolable.. because the body was put in a multiple disfigurement by the Hospital.. the eyes, kidney, heart, and many parts skillfully taken away...the Hospital authorities told the father, how they are magnanimous to him despite he owe them three lahks, they returned the body(or one of the part).. another fact is the Father has last seen his boy when he was put in to ICU in the first day , and his financial position enquired by the Hospital.. So they know he could not in a position to pay the bill ...When they ask to pay the bill, they have already remove the vital organs, therefore , it is a formality..
the hospital sources said the boy was drunken when he drove his bike..But his father deny this..
Several questions..
If the death was instantaneous postmortem report can indicated it..
Whether FIR registered in this case ( all the accident death cases reported to police) If so how the case was closed by them...When the co-workers of the BPO collected some money and went to his place they are under shock to see the pathetetic condition of the family, which lost a bread winner, and constantly threatened by various agencies (hospital and other law enforcement agencies)..

when one of the Co-worker told this father's plight I was shocked and infuriated about the Hospital behaviour.. but my friends says it is a day to day affairs in the superficiality hospitals...
It is a crime to be a poor man..It is more crime to admit yourselves in such hospitals. Penalty is pay by your organs..

with heavy heart,
Vaithy

[naveen_reloaded]

Few hospitals like these spoil the entire doctor community....

[DigitalDude]

sad sad world we live in




_

[kumarmohit]

where is the source?

[din]

vaithy is a very senior and reputed member here, so I assume it is true. Still, is there any proof that such thing happened ? Please do not take it wrong, I meant to say - it is terrible if it is true - but how people will know this is true ?

If it is true, I think it is our duty to give maximum publicity on this - that may be the least thing we can do.

[infra_red_dude]

If true, lets try to get this incident on the leading newspapers and electronic media...

[vaithy]

Well the source is from the co-workers of the boy in the BPO firm who went to see the father for consoling him..only fraction of cases brought before newspapaers..also the Hospital has everyone under their belt..politician,newspapers magnets,law officers..so who is going to take a potshot on them?

[Faun]

[vaithy]

din, a PM to you , pass it to moderator..
thanks,
vaithy

[Edburg]

which hospital was it ?? appollo ?

[ray|raven]

A sad incident indeed. Let us try our best to get this noticed.
An online petetion to take action perhaps?
Maybe folks who use orkut can help spread this.

[slugger]

It is a criminal offense to remove body parts without the consent of the decease's family or the deceased person (before death)

but are you really sure it is a true story?

no NEWS channels seem to be reportin it and which hospital was it?

[kumarmohit]

Exactly, this is the kind of story on which most of Indian news channels thrive. How come such a thing happened an none of the people covered it.

[MetalheadGautham]

sad but true

[infra_red_dude]

Originally Posted by vaithy

Well the source is from the co-workers of the boy in the BPO firm who went to see the father for consoling him..only fraction of cases brought before newspapaers..also the Hospital has everyone under their belt..politician,newspapers magnets,law officers..so who is going to take a potshot on them?

Lets try to get this to newspapers in other states and national news... Let haf an online petition for this...

[din]

Vaithy, I really understand. And I agree with infra, if this is true, we should spread this to max we can.

We may not be able to file a case as there is no solid proof, but my suggestion is, post the hospital name and I think we can all spread the news in internet.

Now, how to post hospital name ? This may sound odd, but here is my suggestion.

The person who know the name of hospital and know teh incident is 100% true - Register as a new user in this forum (please, please do it), use a foreign IP (or proxy, play it very safe) and post the incident / hospital involved in this.

In my opinion, if this incident is true, there is nothing wrong in publishing the name of hospital. Friends, please comment on.

We should definitely do something in this matter. I am not sure what other things we can do, but the least thing - Spread the info.

I think once the whole incident and hospital name is known, we can forward it to the TV channels and newspapers, I am sure at least one journalist will be interested to find the truth and publish it fully.

Friends, stop our routine OS / related wars for some time, lets unite in this matter. Together we can make a difference.

[ray|raven]

^I agree very much, if it is indeed true,
we are in a sad state in our country.
Let us try our best to have our voice heard.
Let us start an online petetion urging the govt to take action.

And yes, OS wars can hang on, we can have those any day of the year.

[din]

If any mod / admin reading this, I beg them to make this a sticky. Thank you.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by din

If any mod / admin reading this, I beg them to make this a sticky. Thank you.

me too.

Lets add a poll.

This is a human issue.

[hullap]

OMG.
Cruel humans.i agree with infrapls create a online petition

[narangz]

Digg?

[praka123]

this is sad,if it is true

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by narangz

Digg?

good idea.

[din]

I think we need to wait till we know the hospital name. Else it will be like shooting with no target.

[vaithy]

One member here already guessed correctly the name of the hospital... When i wrote i was simply in the shock state at 11.30 p.m at midnight I compiled this posting..

previously I only know the father's side.. it is wrong to post the matter without the Hospital in question given adequate chance to reply to the allegation.. so now I am thinking on behalf of hospital authority/management..
they give the services to the deceased family.. this fact is not disputed.. and there is a high amount of bill, again this is not disputed, for the eyes taken out father has given some paper signed to the hospital .. this may be the authorisation .. so nothing wrong.. after death of the boy the eyes may be used for giving life to another soul... but the organs taken out of the body, the boy's father has no proof... because he only see the stiching in the abdomen, where as the injury is to head and legs... so he presume some thing taken out.. the Hospital may not dare to take out the organ without the permission of the father .. they may give you the signed document to prove the points.. further since there is a considerable delay that I get the news, the father now only wanted, that everybody left him alone.. but I am thinking about thousands of fathers like him in India, who are suffering the Corporate health care syndicate in India!!..

I told my family, if anything happened my organs may be gifted to any Govt. Hospital where only poor are taking treatment...

with sorrows,
vaithy

[victor_rambo]

Originally Posted by vaithy

but the organs taken out of the body, the boy's father has no proof... because he only see the stiching in the abdomen, where as the injury is to head and legs... so he presume some thing taken out.. the Hospital may not dare to take out the organ without the permission of the father ..

The stich marks may be due to post mortem conducted on his body. Not necessarily due to "taking organs out of the body".

BTW could you plz edit the first post because you said that that the hospital had taken away all the organs and in the have post you said that father just "presumed".

[din]

Vaithy, very valid point and I was about to post the same.

I mean, we do not know the other side. Whether they took all organs without his Dad's permission, which are all organs they took, whether they took any organs at all (like the injuries may be coz of the accident and surgery and may not be because they took organs ?).

So may be we will wait before we jump into conclusions. and I totally agree with Vaithy's post above.

Glad we all decided to wait a bit !

[vaithy]

when I said the story on the side of the father, it was the certainty but when I told on the side of Hospital,'it is presumed'. by mistake I type all organs instead of 'all the vital organs' i.e., kidney and liver..You can tell whether a bag is empty or not even without seeing inside.. obviously the DAD may know the Son's physical appearance.. Now what about eyes?.. . but I'll post after inquiring the co-worker who passed the story.. The co-worker didn't know the boy personaly as he was working in the another project in the same office.. further there is no unity among the workers of BPO, they are like a modern slaves working for foreigners except few workers, no body bother to enquire about the incident...If any body working in BPO pl PM me I want to know how such incident are taken on behalf of the deceased employee, by the BPO management

thanking you,
vaithy

[vaithy]

Further enquiry with the co-worker reveal the following: the co-worker has never worked with the deceased as they are in different project only occassionaly seen in canteen. One of the manager of the BPO has given more details on the deceased, but on the conditions that the BPO name should not be dragged in to this affair.. they have already helped to the family as per lega requirements.
the Boy's name Ajith,Accident happened on 1 st march 2008, when the boy taken his salary return home at 8 P.M there is dark portion of the road side, he was hit by a speeding vechicle.. seen by the friends ,and taken to nearest hospital, named,'Mehtha Hospital'. On examination the hospital told them injury was on the head, and concluded that a vital nerve (I think it is brain nerve) was damaged, and they have no facility for attended this type.. they didn't tell them which hospital to take the boy..the friends immediately panicked, taken the boy to the nearest 'Superspeciality Hospital' They immediately admitted him.. but the documents were not signed by the father, he couldn't understand it (don'tknow English) One cousin who come with the father has signed on behalf of father, but he also didn't read what were written inside.After three days the boy dead.At the time of release of body, the hospital staff has told the father, since he is not in a position to pay three lakh bill they take some exchange in lieu of the bill.(eye sockets filled with cotton swap, from chest to abdomen indicated nothing inside) and the angry father was told, that indeed permission was taken from him (which he hotly denied) The BPO managment which had to reimburse the medical expenses(the boy is temporary staff) think the treatment worth around Rs1 lahk only. It want to avoid any involvement in the fight between Hospital and the father of the boy.
I am willing to realease the address portion of the the Father with phone number if any news paper/TV channel in chennai(I am not acquinted with any of them). Any member in chennai may pl PM me

Thanking you,
vaithy

[sourav123]

Sad news.