Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Dear forum, Yesterday, one of my family patients came to me saying that they had admitted their 4 year old daughter in a private nursing home at Kharghar. The child had high grade fever, her blood showed both Falciparum and Vivax malaria with dropping of platelets upto 7300. The treatment is on. The baby has fortunately responded. Now that there is no fever, the parents want to get discharge. But the treating doctor refuses to give them any details of the treatment given till now and also does not want to give the further prescription for contunuation of treatment during dischrge. He does not want to give " Discharge card " saying they are taking the patient home against medical advice. In spite of telling him that they would follow his advise at home & further hospital bill would be beyond their capcity, the hospital refuses to cooperate. This middle class family is in deep trouble and think that going to any authority might complicate the issue. Also, they are concerned about the lack of further treatment which might endanger the baby's life. Where can they be sent for immediate help? The concerned doctor also needs to be " treated " properly so that he does not do such inhuman things in the future. Please respond., Dr. Divya Mithel e-mail: <d_mithel@...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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