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It is so tragic and at the same time enraging to read the circumstances around the death of Muddasir Ali, particularly, because my uncle passed away under similar circumstances in August suggesting an endemic problem in our healthcare system. A thread.
My uncle complained of breathlessness & chest pain in the early morning of that day & he was taken to Gousia hospital in Khanyar, not more than 2 mins drive from their home. The doctors told my cousin that my uncle was having a heart attack, referred him to SMHS 2/n
this referral was done without any medical intervention at all. So my cousin took him in his own car to SMHS. Upon arrival, he could not find a stretcher. Doctors told him there was no oxygen supply available and he needed to find a portable oxygen device 3/n
My uncle still alive and talking at the time, was made sit in a wheelchair, while they were trying to find the ECG technicians in charge, the doctors wrote an injection for my cousin to fetch himself 4/n
My cousins, having grown up outside Kashmir, didn't really know where to get the injection from and he had to ask people around. Finally, he got the injection. He said when he returned, he saw his father still in the wheelchair and this time colapsing in front of his eyes 5/n
At that moment, the doctors tried to use the oxygen supply of another patient on my uncle. My cousin said, 'at that moment I saw the footwear slipping out of his father's shoes', then the ECG finally arrived, they tried to resuscitate him but to no avail, the time had passed 6/n
There is no one persone to blame. It is a total mess. As soon as you point to the negligence of doctors, they rightly point towards the over-burden & lack of facilities. You point to management, they point toward bureaucracy 7/n
But we need seek accountability to rid ourselves off this mess. Everyone has to take responsibility. The doctors, the hospital staff, the management, the bureaucracy, the ambulance drivers, the medical technicians, they all need to be responsible to help us better our health care
