Lucknow: “ The Theatre Of The Absurd”. Call for action

[Guest guest]

January 10,2003

Dear Sir / Madam

Please refer to " The Week " dated December 22, 2002. The article on Page Number

28 to Page no. 30 “ The Theatre Of The Absurd”. Some paragraphs of the

article is attached for your kind perusal.

“Saharanpur District of Uttar Pradesh. The primary health center is proud of

its Staff innovativene spirit. In Place of High precision pneumoperitoneum

insufflation equipment that pumps air into the abdomen of women undergoing

laproscopic sterilization surgery, they use a bicycle pump!”

“In fact, the same glove is used for all the 35 women operated upon at the

sterilization camp that day”

Mirzapur.“In the operation theatre, the doctor lives up to his reputation.

He is through with 20 patients in the first hour. The theatre has three

tables and given the speed at which operations are rushed through, it is

well nigh impossible to either change blood stained sheets or sterilized the

equipment.”

The situation described is totally violating the norms of the medical ethics

and rights of the people. Looking at this article under the lens of HIV/AIDS

it seems we are consciously preparing the grounds of the pandemic ourselves.

As we all have a agenda and a mandate over the various aspects of HIV/ AIDS

or work with the women, children, RCH services, we request to come under a

neutral banner, keep the ego’s on the back burner, to jointly express our

deep sympathies to the sufferer and the persons causing the sufferings.

Express sympathies towards the puppet and the puppeteers. Join hands to get

this issue immediately investigated and request for corrective action in the

system.

Till date we had only heard that contribution in spreading of the HIV virus,

Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C, is equally of fellow human beings and the medical

infrastructure but looking at this article it gets proved as well.

We look forward for joint action and a safe & Healthy life free from HIV /

AIDS Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C on this planet earth with your help or die at

least with dignity.

With regards,

(SPARSH TEAM)

Lucknow

Sanjeev Jain

Coordinator

SPARSH

B-163,Indira Nagar

Lucknow-226016,INDIA

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