The tragic manner in which an immigrant worker passed away in Kerala after several hospitals are alleged to have denied him treatment shows how greedy and unscrupulous hospital managements are becoming. If this is the case, what is the use of concepts such as the importance of the ‘golden hour’ in the case of accident victims? The incident is a blot on the State and action should be taken against hospital managements for dereliction of service.
It is welcome that the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2017, presented in the Assembly on Thursday, makes a mention of treatment in emergencies besides the need for transparency. It is equally encouraging that Kerala Chief Minister Pinrayi Vijayan has taken note of what happened (“Pinarayi apologises to family of accident victim”, August 11).
K.A. Solaman,
Alappuzha, Kerala
The manner in which the accident victim died is shocking (“Turned away by 7 hospitals, victim dies”, August 8).
This would not have happened if the man had been a VIP or one who could shell out the money required. What prevented these hospitals from at least providing him first aid?
Vaishali Jaya,
Chennai
