Inhuman!

The tandava that happened at Peerless Hospital was really unfortunate. But what was more unfortunate was the hospital’s refusal to treat accident victims. Though there’s a standing govt circular based on Supreme Court verdict that a private or public hospital can’t deny treatment to accident victims, Peerless hospital allegedly refused to treat such a victim, who was still alive after accident at EM bypass, unless money was paid and he ultimately succumbed to his injuries. It naturally infuriated the people there and they went on the rampage damaging what ever they lay their hands on. The loss incurred by the hospital perhaps surpassed all past records of damage done by mob in such circumstances. Though hospital authorities denied all allegations and rather say it was preplanned, but it can be taken with a grain of salt. Even in absence of any govt circular or court order, hospitals at least on humanitarian ground should not deny treatment to a critically injured person as he or she can’t pay money. Unfortunately, denial of treatment to critically ill patients even by govt hospitals is nothing new in Kolkata.Hoewever, many hospitals which earlier behaved inhumanly like Peerless hospital in the present case, now have made amends, of course under duress from public and govt as well. Ill luck, Peerless authorities have to pay so dearly to learn a simple lesson of humanity and hopefully this nightmarish experience would stand in their way of repeating such incident in future.