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“ I wanted to share a shocking story of my mother with you. My mother got
infected by MDR TB two months back. She was hospitalised in a private hospital and
had diabetes as well. We immediately contacted the nearest municipal DOTS centre
for the medicine and other care and they referred us to a popular government-run TB
hospital.
Her situation was becoming bad day by day. She then got an attack due to low sugar
level and we immediately took her to the nearest municipal hospital but they refused
to take her in because she had MDR TB. Then we admitted her in the government-
run TB Hospital.
After 17 days, they discharged her and asked us to take her home because they didn’t
have a diabetes expert with them. After a few days she got paralysis attack and we
took her immediately to a municipal hospital for treatment but again they refused to
take her because she had MDR TB.
No private or government hospital was taking her due to MDR TB. We were just
hopeless and we couldn’t afford a big private hospital too. Somehow we managed to
admit her in the nearest orthopaedic hospital and the treatment was started. Even
now my mom’s situation is very bad but we are trying our best. Because of ignorance
of doctors, my mom is facing a critical situation and pain which could have been
avoided.
I strongly suggest that hospitals provide all medicines at one place - for paralysis,
kidney and dialysis. I hope and pray that what we have gone through should not
happen with anyone else.
” - Sumant
“ I myself suffered from tuberculosis, second stage, had blood vomiting for 3
days continuously with clots of lung - damaged 50%! This was due to the doctor’s
mistake who didn’t take my X-ray even after asking them, said I look perfect and
what can happen to me! But the case became horrible after 3 months and I was
shifted to the ICU in a critical condition. Well, I’m cured after 9 months of treatment.
But such a case shouldn’t happen again.
” - Bhavika
22
infected by MDR TB two months back. She was hospitalised in a private hospital and
had diabetes as well. We immediately contacted the nearest municipal DOTS centre
for the medicine and other care and they referred us to a popular government-run TB
hospital.
Her situation was becoming bad day by day. She then got an attack due to low sugar
level and we immediately took her to the nearest municipal hospital but they refused
to take her in because she had MDR TB. Then we admitted her in the government-
run TB Hospital.
After 17 days, they discharged her and asked us to take her home because they didn’t
have a diabetes expert with them. After a few days she got paralysis attack and we
took her immediately to a municipal hospital for treatment but again they refused to
take her because she had MDR TB.
No private or government hospital was taking her due to MDR TB. We were just
hopeless and we couldn’t afford a big private hospital too. Somehow we managed to
admit her in the nearest orthopaedic hospital and the treatment was started. Even
now my mom’s situation is very bad but we are trying our best. Because of ignorance
of doctors, my mom is facing a critical situation and pain which could have been
avoided.
I strongly suggest that hospitals provide all medicines at one place - for paralysis,
kidney and dialysis. I hope and pray that what we have gone through should not
happen with anyone else.
” - Sumant
“ I myself suffered from tuberculosis, second stage, had blood vomiting for 3
days continuously with clots of lung - damaged 50%! This was due to the doctor’s
mistake who didn’t take my X-ray even after asking them, said I look perfect and
what can happen to me! But the case became horrible after 3 months and I was
shifted to the ICU in a critical condition. Well, I’m cured after 9 months of treatment.
But such a case shouldn’t happen again.
” - Bhavika
22
