Take cognizance of hospital's apathy

The Government at the Centre and in the state of Haryana must take a serious note of Gugurugram Fortis hospital's apathetic treatment to Adya Singh, a little girl of barely 7 years old, due to which she died as she had been suffering from Dengue fever. She was in the hospital for the treatment for 15 days. But the doctors could not save her life and the hospital slapped a bill of Rs. 16 lakh for the treatment. It appears that no humanity is left and only what matters most is the commercial interest of the hospital in the country. Fortis is one of the most prestigious and the costliest hospitals in the country. It was Gurugram branch of the Fortis hospital where the little girl Adya died of Dengue in absence of the proper and prompt treatment as alleged by her father. It appears to be the sheer negligence of the hospital staff, including all doctors. Private hospital like Fortis, Max, Batra, Sir Ganga Ram Apollo, Medanta and others' main objective is to fleece as much money as they could from the patients. They appear to be less interested in curing the patient and more in fleecing them. Their main aim is to extract all money and pay less attention and provide sub-standard service. It is very easy to say that the profession of doctors is very refined and sophisticated and they are dedicated to the service of the humanity. But now-a-days, it is experienced that medical profession has completely become commercial. It is the commercial interest of the Fortis management that the doctors are allotted the fixed number of patients to see. In this mad rush for completing the quota of patients, doctors fail to provide proper, suitable and responsive treatment to the little girl like Adya Singh. Haryana and Central governments have rightly taken serious note of the hospital's apathy in treating the girl. It is alleged that doctors were negligent in providing proper treatment to Adya. She was on the hospital bed for 15 days for which the hospital charged 16 lakh rupees. Whoever hears the huge charge of a failed treatment, he or she expresses concerns over the commercialization of healthcare in the country. Lower middle-class people cannot even dream of treatment in the big private hospital like Fortis. Haryana Govt. has rightly constituted a 3-member team to go into the death of the little girl Adya Singh at Gurugram's Fortis hospital. The three-member probe committee must go into all aspects and whoever is found guilty of negligence in his or duty as a doctor must be stringently punished. It is also to be probed how 16 Lakh rupees was charged for treating the girl and how and under what circumstances she died. It is praiseworthy that Union Health Minister JP Nadda has also taken cognizance of hospital's apathy and its huge charge of Rs. 16 lakh. Taking note of the death of a seven-year-old girl at Gurugram's Fortis Hospital and the subsequent bill of Rs 16 lakh slapped on the family, the Haryana government has constituted a three-member team to look into allegations by girl's parents. The team has been asked to submit a report within two weeks.