Man Climbs Tree to Escape Wife’s Medical Bill

Bhubaneswar: A tribal is living atop a tree in Orissa since Tuesday after he failed to pay his wife’s hospital fees, officials said Thursday.

Okil Munda, 26, a resident of Sansanadi village in Mayurbhanj district, admitted his pregnant wife in the government hospital at the district headquarter town of Baripada, some 270 km from here Monday. The 21-year-old woman gave birth to a girl after a caesarean operation. Read More................Man climbs tree to escape wife’s medical bill

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Woman walks 110 km in 15 days for medical help

Raigarh (Chhattisgarh): Such is the state of medical care in Chhattisgarh that a woman had to walk 110 km for 15 days to reach a government-run hospital to get her burnt hands treated.

In September, Phoolwati, 25, and her husband Roop Singh were burnt when the kerosene stove burst in their hut in Bakalo village within the jurisdiction of the Kapu police station in Raigarh district. Sans any medical treatment, Roop Singh battled his burn injuries for a week and then died. Read More................Woman walks 110 km in 15 days for medical help in Chhattisgarh

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Woman sold baby to pay bills

A POVERTY-STRICKEN single mother in India reportedly sold her newborn son to a childless couple for 6000 rupees ($180) so she could pay her medical bill. Read More................Woman sold baby to pay bills - report

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Doctors left locket in child's lungs

As per Indian TV channels report, doctors at the Delhi Government-run LNJP Hospital have allegedly left a locket inside a nine-month-old boy's chest after lung-surgery.

Uday was operated upon over the weekend and the locket, which he was wearing at the time of the surgery, was detected after a X-ray two days later.

Hospital Medical Superintendent and doctors were not available for comment. Surender Kumar Jha, the child's father, first admitted the child to Kasturba Gandhi Hospital on October 19 with complaints of cold, chest congestion and fever. ''He was referred to LNJP and was diagnosed with pleural effusion. The doctors said the boy needed an operation to drain out water and puss that had collected in his lungs,'' he said. ''After the surgery the child has been crying continuously.

After the X-ray I have been running after doctors to tell me what was happening but nobody helped,'' he added.

Mr Jha alleged that the hospital was trying to cover up the the incident and was trying to save its doctors.

The Indian Medical Association has sent a team to the hospital and are looking into the incident.

Delhi Health and Family Welfare Minister Yoganand Shastri has ordered an inquiry. ''In case negligence is proved, strict action will be taken against the erring doctors,'' he warned.

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Doctor charged for leaving towel in womb

Here is a case of a doctor from Bihar state of India, against whom a case has been charged of negligence & has been accused of leaving a towel in the womb of a woman after caesarean operation. Read full story..............Doctor charged for leaving towel in womb

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