Re: Times of India: Panicky mobs damage hospitals

[Guest guest]

Can you imagine the all hell that will break loose when the

vaccine-autism connection light bulb finally goes on with the public. . .?

They may have to call out the national guard in Atlanta, Georgia.

>

>

> Here is another breaking story update on the subject from the Times of

> India

>

>

>

> Panicky mobs damage hospitals

>

>

>

> http://is.gd/d0qs

>

> BANGALORE: The polio panic wave continued on Monday morning, with

> parents clutching little ones and thronging city hospitals. Rumour mills

> had churned out shocking tales through Sunday night about kids falling

> sick, and even dying.

>

> Hospital corridors were packed with families. Shehnaz, a mother of two

> from Ilyasnagar, had come to Vani Vilas Hospital to consult the

> paediatrician. " I heard from neighbours that children were falling sick

> after the vaccination. I am a bit worried and wanted confirmation from

> doctors,'' she said.

>

> Many parents, though aware it was a rumour, did not want to take

> chances. Suvita, who came with her 5-year-old daughter to the OPD of

> Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, said, " Everyone is saying it is a

> rumour, but I want to be sure. "

>

> Agitated crowds also damaged window panes and doors of hospitals, and

> scattered drug bottles around.

>

> BOWRING HOSPITAL

>

> Around 11.15 pm on Sunday, hundreds entered the hospital premises and

> ransacked the hospital. Two doctors were manhandled, a pharmacist was

> injured and a staff nurse slapped by the mob.

>

> A police complaint has been lodged by the staff. The losses were

> assessed to be around Rs 3-4 lakh. Chairs were used to break window

> panes at the paediatric department and casualty ward, and computers were

> damaged. Later, the police took control.

>

> Three paediatricians and four house surgeons attended to the patients.

> Around 750 children were examined and none was admitted for treatment

> with regard to pulse polio administration. The mob also disrupted

> treatment.

>

> A note detailing the incident was submitted to the director and dean,

> Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre and health department

> officials, H Satishchandra, medical superintendent, said.

>

> VANI VILAS HOSPITAL

>

> Around 5,000 children were treated between 11 pm on Sunday and 6 am on

> Monday. The hospital made special arrangements to attend to the

> children, but no one was admitted.

>

> Resident medical officer Dr Narayan Gowda said parents were still coming

> in, just to confirm that their children were fine.

>

> Mobs forcibly entered the hospital and broke window panes and pulled

> down doors, he said.

>

> CSI HOSPITAL

>

> People entered the Church of South India Hospital, Shivajinagar, and

> broke doors, window panes and tore off posters about the pulse polio

> vaccination. Deputy medical superintendent Dr Christi Dominic Savio said

> there was " complete chaos'' between 11 pm Sunday and 2.30 am on Monday.

> A doctor was also manhandled.

>

> OTHER HOSPITALS

>

> Many hospitals had to call additional doctors from other hospitals or

> P-G students to meet the demand.

>

[Guest guest]

I was just thinking exactly that same thing.

From:

EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of schaferatsprynet

Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:54 PM

To: EOHarm

Subject: Re: Times of India: Panicky mobs damage hospitals

Can you imagine the all hell that will break loose when the

vaccine-autism connection light bulb finally goes on with the public. . .?

They may have to call out the national guard in Atlanta, Georgia.

>

>

> Here is another breaking story update on the subject from the Times of

> India

>

>

>

> Panicky mobs damage hospitals

>

>

>

> http://is.gd/d0qs

>

> BANGALORE: The polio panic wave continued on Monday morning, with

> parents clutching little ones and thronging city hospitals. Rumour mills

> had churned out shocking tales through Sunday night about kids falling

> sick, and even dying.

>

> Hospital corridors were packed with families. Shehnaz, a mother of two

> from Ilyasnagar, had come to Vani Vilas Hospital to consult the

> paediatrician. " I heard from neighbours that children were falling

sick

> after the vaccination. I am a bit worried and wanted confirmation from

> doctors,'' she said.

>

> Many parents, though aware it was a rumour, did not want to take

> chances. Suvita, who came with her 5-year-old daughter to the OPD of

> Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, said, " Everyone is saying it is a

> rumour, but I want to be sure. "

>

> Agitated crowds also damaged window panes and doors of hospitals, and

> scattered drug bottles around.

>

> BOWRING HOSPITAL

>

> Around 11.15 pm on Sunday, hundreds entered the hospital premises and

> ransacked the hospital. Two doctors were manhandled, a pharmacist was

> injured and a staff nurse slapped by the mob.

>

> A police complaint has been lodged by the staff. The losses were

> assessed to be around Rs 3-4 lakh. Chairs were used to break window

> panes at the paediatric department and casualty ward, and computers were

> damaged. Later, the police took control.

>

> Three paediatricians and four house surgeons attended to the patients.

> Around 750 children were examined and none was admitted for treatment

> with regard to pulse polio administration. The mob also disrupted

> treatment.

>

> A note detailing the incident was submitted to the director and dean,

> Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre and health department

> officials, H Satishchandra, medical superintendent, said.

>

> VANI VILAS HOSPITAL

>

> Around 5,000 children were treated between 11 pm on Sunday and 6 am on

> Monday. The hospital made special arrangements to attend to the

> children, but no one was admitted.

>

> Resident medical officer Dr Narayan Gowda said parents were still coming

> in, just to confirm that their children were fine.

>

> Mobs forcibly entered the hospital and broke window panes and pulled

> down doors, he said.

>

> CSI HOSPITAL

>

> People entered the Church of South India Hospital, Shivajinagar, and

> broke doors, window panes and tore off posters about the pulse polio

> vaccination. Deputy medical superintendent Dr Christi Dominic Savio said

> there was " complete chaos'' between 11 pm Sunday and 2.30 am on

Monday.

> A doctor was also manhandled.

>

> OTHER HOSPITALS

>

> Many hospitals had to call additional doctors from other hospitals or

> P-G students to meet the demand.

>

[Guest guest]

'No polio drop deaths'

DH News Service, Bangalore:

Despite the health department's repeated denial of any deaths

following the administration of polio drops, hospitals across

Bangalore had parents trickle in with their young children on Monday.

It meant no respite for the doctors, who had spent most of the night

handling an unprecedented onslaught of patients, panicked by reports

that eventually proved baseless.

Both Health Minister B Sriramulu and Health Commissioner P N

Sreenivasachary clarified there were no deaths, and that a child's

death in Erode was due to hydrocephalus.

Bowring Hospital Chief Medical Officer, Dr Radhakrishna lodged a

complaint with the hospital's police outpost against a Kannada news

channel, accusing it of spreading false polio death rumours.

Angry parents and relatives had on Sunday night attacked doctors and

para medical staff, besides damaging hospital equipment.

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec232008/scroll20081223108375.asp

?section=updatenews

~~~~~~~~~

Nothing here .... move along.

>

>

> Here is another breaking story update on the subject from the Times

of

> India

>

>

>

> Panicky mobs damage hospitals

>

>

>

> http://is.gd/d0qs

>

> BANGALORE: The polio panic wave continued on Monday morning, with

> parents clutching little ones and thronging city hospitals. Rumour

mills

> had churned out shocking tales through Sunday night about kids

falling

> sick, and even dying.

>

> Hospital corridors were packed with families. Shehnaz, a mother of

two

> from Ilyasnagar, had come to Vani Vilas Hospital to consult the

> paediatrician. " I heard from neighbours that children were falling

sick

> after the vaccination. I am a bit worried and wanted confirmation

from

> doctors,'' she said.

>

> Many parents, though aware it was a rumour, did not want to take

> chances. Suvita, who came with her 5-year-old daughter to the OPD of

> Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, said, " Everyone is saying it is a

> rumour, but I want to be sure. "

>

> Agitated crowds also damaged window panes and doors of hospitals,

and

> scattered drug bottles around.

>

> BOWRING HOSPITAL

>

> Around 11.15 pm on Sunday, hundreds entered the hospital premises

and

> ransacked the hospital. Two doctors were manhandled, a pharmacist

was

> injured and a staff nurse slapped by the mob.

>

> A police complaint has been lodged by the staff. The losses were

> assessed to be around Rs 3-4 lakh. Chairs were used to break window

> panes at the paediatric department and casualty ward, and computers

were

> damaged. Later, the police took control.

>

> Three paediatricians and four house surgeons attended to the

patients.

> Around 750 children were examined and none was admitted for

treatment

> with regard to pulse polio administration. The mob also disrupted

> treatment.

>

> A note detailing the incident was submitted to the director and

dean,

> Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre and health department

> officials, H Satishchandra, medical superintendent, said.

>

> VANI VILAS HOSPITAL

>

> Around 5,000 children were treated between 11 pm on Sunday and 6 am

on

> Monday. The hospital made special arrangements to attend to the

> children, but no one was admitted.

>

> Resident medical officer Dr Narayan Gowda said parents were still

coming

> in, just to confirm that their children were fine.

>

> Mobs forcibly entered the hospital and broke window panes and pulled

> down doors, he said.

>

> CSI HOSPITAL

>

> People entered the Church of South India Hospital, Shivajinagar, and

> broke doors, window panes and tore off posters about the pulse polio

> vaccination. Deputy medical superintendent Dr Christi Dominic Savio

said

> there was " complete chaos'' between 11 pm Sunday and 2.30 am on

Monday.

> A doctor was also manhandled.

>

> OTHER HOSPITALS

>

> Many hospitals had to call additional doctors from other hospitals

or

> P-G students to meet the demand.

>

[Guest guest]

one more...

Bangalore polio vaccine scare subsidises

Maya Sharma

Monday, December 22, 2008, (Bangalore)

Hospitals in Bangalore, which saw crowds of people last night

following rumours that pulse polio drops were making children sick,

are back to normal now.

Authorities are making it clear that it was just rumours that had

caused the panic and that there was nothing wrong with the vaccine.

But it was an anxious time for both parents - and the hospitals -

which had to try and calm the people down.

Satish Chandra, Medical Superintendent, Bowring Hospital, says: " From

the information we have from the police, the rumours started from

Tamil Nadu. There was a death in Tamil Nadu. This was a post

operative death -- it was not due to Pulse Polio. That kept spreading

and came into Karnataka. Basically it was rumours that spread like

wildfire and caught on to the hospitals. "

And the hospitals had a difficult night of trying to calm down

frightened parents. Bowring Hospital property was even damaged. A day

after the scare, things are quiet again, but it is clear that not all

parents are convinced.

Lakshmi, a mother, says: " We put the polio drops last night and the

child was not well. In the morning we got to know that the stock was

not proper so we brought the child in for a check up. "

The main concern now is to see that the Pulse Polio programme does

not get derailed by this panic.

Dr Chandra says: " We need to continue with this programme. We are

nearing eradication. We need to continue with this programme,

continue with this programme and go ahead. There is no looking back. "

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?

id=NEWEN20080077396 & ch=633655733195578750

> >

> >

> > Here is another breaking story update on the subject from the

Times

> of

> > India

> >

> >

> >

> > Panicky mobs damage hospitals

> >

> >

> >

> > http://is.gd/d0qs

> >

> > BANGALORE: The polio panic wave continued on Monday morning, with

> > parents clutching little ones and thronging city hospitals.

Rumour

> mills

> > had churned out shocking tales through Sunday night about kids

> falling

> > sick, and even dying.

> >

> > Hospital corridors were packed with families. Shehnaz, a mother

of

> two

> > from Ilyasnagar, had come to Vani Vilas Hospital to consult the

> > paediatrician. " I heard from neighbours that children were

falling

> sick

> > after the vaccination. I am a bit worried and wanted confirmation

> from

> > doctors,'' she said.

> >

> > Many parents, though aware it was a rumour, did not want to take

> > chances. Suvita, who came with her 5-year-old daughter to the OPD

of

> > Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, said, " Everyone is saying it

is a

> > rumour, but I want to be sure. "

> >

> > Agitated crowds also damaged window panes and doors of hospitals,

> and

> > scattered drug bottles around.

> >

> > BOWRING HOSPITAL

> >

> > Around 11.15 pm on Sunday, hundreds entered the hospital premises

> and

> > ransacked the hospital. Two doctors were manhandled, a pharmacist

> was

> > injured and a staff nurse slapped by the mob.

> >

> > A police complaint has been lodged by the staff. The losses were

> > assessed to be around Rs 3-4 lakh. Chairs were used to break

window

> > panes at the paediatric department and casualty ward, and

computers

> were

> > damaged. Later, the police took control.

> >

> > Three paediatricians and four house surgeons attended to the

> patients.

> > Around 750 children were examined and none was admitted for

> treatment

> > with regard to pulse polio administration. The mob also disrupted

> > treatment.

> >

> > A note detailing the incident was submitted to the director and

> dean,

> > Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre and health

department

> > officials, H Satishchandra, medical superintendent, said.

> >

> > VANI VILAS HOSPITAL

> >

> > Around 5,000 children were treated between 11 pm on Sunday and 6

am

> on

> > Monday. The hospital made special arrangements to attend to the

> > children, but no one was admitted.

> >

> > Resident medical officer Dr Narayan Gowda said parents were still

> coming

> > in, just to confirm that their children were fine.

> >

> > Mobs forcibly entered the hospital and broke window panes and

pulled

> > down doors, he said.

> >

> > CSI HOSPITAL

> >

> > People entered the Church of South India Hospital, Shivajinagar,

and

> > broke doors, window panes and tore off posters about the pulse

polio

> > vaccination. Deputy medical superintendent Dr Christi Dominic

Savio

> said

> > there was " complete chaos'' between 11 pm Sunday and 2.30 am on

> Monday.

> > A doctor was also manhandled.

> >

> > OTHER HOSPITALS

> >

> > Many hospitals had to call additional doctors from other

hospitals

> or

> > P-G students to meet the demand.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

---

my thoughts exactly:) In EOHarm , DavAliNee@... wrote:

>

> I dream about that day.Alison M

> -------------- Original message ----------------------

>

> >

> > Can you imagine the all hell that will break loose when the

> > vaccine-autism connection light bulb finally goes on with the

public. . .?

> >

> > They may have to call out the national guard in Atlanta, Georgia.

> >

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > Here is another breaking story update on the subject from the

Times of

> > > India

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Panicky mobs damage hospitals

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > http://is.gd/d0qs

> > >

> > > BANGALORE: The polio panic wave continued on Monday morning,

with

> > > parents clutching little ones and thronging city hospitals.

Rumour mills

> > > had churned out shocking tales through Sunday night about kids

falling

> > > sick, and even dying.

> > >

> > > Hospital corridors were packed with families. Shehnaz, a mother

of two

> > > from Ilyasnagar, had come to Vani Vilas Hospital to consult the

> > > paediatrician. " I heard from neighbours that children were

falling sick

> > > after the vaccination. I am a bit worried and wanted

confirmation from

> > > doctors,'' she said.

> > >

> > > Many parents, though aware it was a rumour, did not want to take

> > > chances. Suvita, who came with her 5-year-old daughter to the

OPD of

> > > Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, said, " Everyone is saying it

is a

> > > rumour, but I want to be sure. "

> > >

> > > Agitated crowds also damaged window panes and doors of

hospitals, and

> > > scattered drug bottles around.

> > >

> > > BOWRING HOSPITAL

> > >

> > > Around 11.15 pm on Sunday, hundreds entered the hospital

premises and

> > > ransacked the hospital. Two doctors were manhandled, a

pharmacist was

> > > injured and a staff nurse slapped by the mob.

> > >

> > > A police complaint has been lodged by the staff. The losses were

> > > assessed to be around Rs 3-4 lakh. Chairs were used to break

window

> > > panes at the paediatric department and casualty ward, and

computers were

> > > damaged. Later, the police took control.

> > >

> > > Three paediatricians and four house surgeons attended to the

patients.

> > > Around 750 children were examined and none was admitted for

treatment

> > > with regard to pulse polio administration. The mob also

disrupted

> > > treatment.

> > >

> > > A note detailing the incident was submitted to the director and

dean,

> > > Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre and health

department

> > > officials, H Satishchandra, medical superintendent, said.

> > >

> > > VANI VILAS HOSPITAL

> > >

> > > Around 5,000 children were treated between 11 pm on Sunday and

6 am on

> > > Monday. The hospital made special arrangements to attend to the

> > > children, but no one was admitted.

> > >

> > > Resident medical officer Dr Narayan Gowda said parents were

still coming

> > > in, just to confirm that their children were fine.

> > >

> > > Mobs forcibly entered the hospital and broke window panes and

pulled

> > > down doors, he said.

> > >

> > > CSI HOSPITAL

> > >

> > > People entered the Church of South India Hospital,

Shivajinagar, and

> > > broke doors, window panes and tore off posters about the pulse

polio

> > > vaccination. Deputy medical superintendent Dr Christi Dominic

Savio said

> > > there was " complete chaos'' between 11 pm Sunday and 2.30 am on

Monday.

> > > A doctor was also manhandled.

> > >

> > > OTHER HOSPITALS

> > >

> > > Many hospitals had to call additional doctors from other

hospitals or

> > > P-G students to meet the demand.

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>