Gorakhpur Exclusive : Government doctors promote private practice, leave sick unattended
Gorakhpur: Despite the expanding death of kids in Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, a sting operation by Zee News has uncovered that government hospital doctors have been caught up with running private clinics, rather than helping the misery patients.
More than 290 kids have passed on at the doctor's hospital from August 1 till August 28, including no less than 77 from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
Over the most recent couple of weeks, allegations of the now suspended Dr Kafeel Khan, at that point leader of the encephalitis ward in the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, occupied with running a private facility, is viewed as one reason why the terrible passings happened. In any case, Dr Khan is not the only one.
Here's the selective story that demonstrates how misbehavior has had an influence in the passing of more than 60 kids in a Gorakhpur healing center prior this month:
Zee News covert correspondent, putting on a show to be a man from the lower financial strata, discovered that best government specialists are unmitigatedly mocking principles and running their own private facilities. Additionally, these specialists are approaching solid patients to pay for superfluous pharmaceuticals and tests. Here are the specialists, we experienced:
Rajendra Kumar Shahi, BRD Medical College
A senior government at the doctor's hospital, Dr Shahi had denied to the media, post the Gorakhpur catastrophe, that he was running a private center. In any case, realities demonstrated something else. Camouflaged as a worker, Suresh (our correspondent) entered the private facility where sources revealed to him Dr Shahi was working from.
The columnist experienced two men who gave out patients a bit of paper. What was fascinating to note was the paper had the stamp of Neelkanth Hospital, a private clinic. They enlightened patients to stay silent concerning this.
It assumed control one hour before the meeting with Dr Shahi occurred. Our journalist, however sound, was analyzed, as Dr Shahi was limit - he should have been tried.
“Don't risk it. Money is not that big a thing, health is,” Dr Shahi said.
Dr V Chandra, Gorakhpur, District Medical Hospital
Dr V Chandra is a specialist at the Gorakhpur District Medical Hospital. In any case, sources expressed that if our correspondent needed treatment it was best to go to his private center. Notwithstanding the examination, which ought to have demonstrated that there was nothing amiss with Suresh, Dr Chandra alluded him to a pathology lab called LN Pathology where he would need to go to get tried for typhoid. Lastly, he requested Rs 400 as expenses, a gigantic total for BPL patients.
Dr Tahir Qureshi, Deputy CMO, Kushinagar state doctor's facility
Being the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tahir considers a vital post in charge of the care of kids. Yet, by and by, sources revealed to us he was to be found at his private facility. Our journalist, this time, chose to change his story and enlightened the man at the facility regarding the account of a kid in his family eating bond from the divider. The man, going about as the go between, requested Rs 500, which he appended on the specialist's remedy note, and after that sent our columnist inside Dr Tahir's room.
Once inside, the correspondent saw Dr Tahir managing 10-12 patients in the meantime. Various remedies, each fastened with a Rs 500 note, were on the table.
Dr Tahiri is not the only one. The sting operation uncovered that numerous senior specialists working in a similar government hospital, run private facilities too.