Ranchi: A resident of Giridih wrote a letter to the Chief Minister Hemant Soren, To ask financial help For the treatment of his mother Usha Devi (45), who is suffering from mucormycosis (downy mildew) and is currently admitted to the Government Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi.
According to Gaurav Gupta’s letter, a copy of which is with TOI, he has urged the CM to save him from becoming an orphan as “the condition of his mother is critical and doctors at RIMS referred her to an advanced health center for more Is done. Special Treatment “. In his letter, Gaurav said that he cannot afford the medical expenses at another centre. “She will die if she is not provided with specialized medical care at the higher centre,” her letter read.
He said that he has to buy medicines worth Rs 46,000 and he does not have money for the treatment. “Initially, doctors provided amphotericin B to my mother on behalf of the hospital. However, I had to buy posaconazole and now I have no money left.”
When contacted, RIMS Public Relations Officer, Dr DK Sinha said, “If the patient has to buy the medicine from outside, it will be refunded if he presents the bill as mucormycosis has been notified as an epidemic in Jharkhand. Has gone.”
Apart from requesting for financial help, Gaurav’s letter brought to the attention of the CM the ‘indifferent attitude of the doctors of RIMS’ due to which his mother’s condition deteriorated. He claimed that his mother has been hospitalized for more than one-and-a-half months and the negligence of the doctors has made her condition critical.
“My mother was admitted to RIMS on May 17, when her nose started bleeding. A preliminary examination confirmed that she was suffering from mucormycosis and as a result, she was given the necessary medicines for the next 14 days and her condition improved by May 27. However, she developed a will under her left eye, which doctors ignored for more than a week after assuring us that it would subside. However, it spread all over his face but doctors refused to operate on him. It has been more than three weeks now and she is yet to undergo surgery,” Gaurav told TOI.
When asked why the doctors refused to do the surgery, he said, “After repeated requests, they decided to operate on my mother on June 16. Her name was also on the list, but she said this. They removed it after finding that their blood sugar level had gone up and they would not undergo surgery.”
When contacted, Dr. Sinha said, “I don’t know why the surgery was not done and I have to take this information from the nodal officer of ENT department.”
When TOI contacted doctors at the hospital, a senior doctor from the ENT department, on condition of anonymity, said that this could be attributed to lack of coordination among doctors from different departments. He claimed that some doctors are not even treating black fungus patients on a daily basis. He said, “I have performed surgery on two patients and I know about Usha Devi’s case, but the team of doctors formed to look after patients with mucormycosis is not coordinating with others, which is the cause of the debris. Surgery is necessary.”
When asked about the number of surgeries performed on patients with black fungus, Dr Sinha failed to provide figures. A press release issued by RIMS said that at present 22 patients of mucormycosis are hospitalized and are being treated as per protocol.
According to Gaurav Gupta’s letter, a copy of which is with TOI, he has urged the CM to save him from becoming an orphan as “the condition of his mother is critical and doctors at RIMS referred her to an advanced health center for more Is done. Special Treatment “. In his letter, Gaurav said that he cannot afford the medical expenses at another centre. “She will die if she is not provided with specialized medical care at the higher centre,” her letter read.
He said that he has to buy medicines worth Rs 46,000 and he does not have money for the treatment. “Initially, doctors provided amphotericin B to my mother on behalf of the hospital. However, I had to buy posaconazole and now I have no money left.”
When contacted, RIMS Public Relations Officer, Dr DK Sinha said, “If the patient has to buy the medicine from outside, it will be refunded if he presents the bill as mucormycosis has been notified as an epidemic in Jharkhand. Has gone.”
Apart from requesting for financial help, Gaurav’s letter brought to the attention of the CM the ‘indifferent attitude of the doctors of RIMS’ due to which his mother’s condition deteriorated. He claimed that his mother has been hospitalized for more than one-and-a-half months and the negligence of the doctors has made her condition critical.
“My mother was admitted to RIMS on May 17, when her nose started bleeding. A preliminary examination confirmed that she was suffering from mucormycosis and as a result, she was given the necessary medicines for the next 14 days and her condition improved by May 27. However, she developed a will under her left eye, which doctors ignored for more than a week after assuring us that it would subside. However, it spread all over his face but doctors refused to operate on him. It has been more than three weeks now and she is yet to undergo surgery,” Gaurav told TOI.
When asked why the doctors refused to do the surgery, he said, “After repeated requests, they decided to operate on my mother on June 16. Her name was also on the list, but she said this. They removed it after finding that their blood sugar level had gone up and they would not undergo surgery.”
When contacted, Dr. Sinha said, “I don’t know why the surgery was not done and I have to take this information from the nodal officer of ENT department.”
When TOI contacted doctors at the hospital, a senior doctor from the ENT department, on condition of anonymity, said that this could be attributed to lack of coordination among doctors from different departments. He claimed that some doctors are not even treating black fungus patients on a daily basis. He said, “I have performed surgery on two patients and I know about Usha Devi’s case, but the team of doctors formed to look after patients with mucormycosis is not coordinating with others, which is the cause of the debris. Surgery is necessary.”
When asked about the number of surgeries performed on patients with black fungus, Dr Sinha failed to provide figures. A press release issued by RIMS said that at present 22 patients of mucormycosis are hospitalized and are being treated as per protocol.
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