A Slap on the Face of Civil Society

anil wrote:

rambabu wrote:

Very true.  One who   captures this horrifying incident, instead of giving a helping hand or informing the concerned authorities to end this poor man's travails is the real culprit. But luckily,  after the man covered  a distance of 10 Km out of of 60 miles, some  pedestrians on the road  alerted the nearest hospital  authorities, who sent the Mortuary van to the man to his destination.

It is story of everyday. here is Rajasthan one patient died because attendent said that I don't know how to change oxygen gas cyclnder.

Pay the attendant, he immediately changes the Cylinder . Sad conditions. But it's the truth or everyday affair as you said.

All of these examples are random acts of heartlessness and insensitivity towards another man's plight. For these things, it is the humans themselves are responsible who ever was present in those cases, doctors, attendants etc. It is not the system that can be blamed but the people who run it and blame it on system.

Yes. A system is made by the individuals. Individuals run the System. Not otherwise. Whatever we are hearing and seeing  today everywhere and labeling them as Atrocities are the deeds done by the individuals .

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

All of these examples are random acts of heartlessness and insensitivity towards another man's plight. For these things, it is the humans themselves are responsible who ever was present in those cases, doctors, attendants etc. It is not the system that can be blamed but the people who run it and blame it on system.

The problem with our country is its own citizens who are uneducated,not knowing their own rights  As a result they don't fight for it and since the leaders cone from this population, they know very well how to manipulate the population and get away with anything. I remember seeing a media clip where Lalus son was asked about the non availability of Ambulance to a common man whereas two were kept without being used. He said they were for VIPs and if the citizens of that state can still respect such a leader it is their karma, nothing else. Such incidents will continue and we will see and read about it without being able to do anything about it. By the wY, did anyone from the concerned states where the incidents took place protest or show their anger? 

Exactly. It's the Karma of the Citizens of this Country to have elected  such nincompoops and Jokers as our leaders. There is no need to blame anybody. People elected them and they have to suffer for their undoings.

'Yadha Praja Tatha Raja."

Due to lack of a stretcher a boy died in his father's shoulder while running from one department to another in a Kanpur hospital. It's really tragic but it seems neither we nor the system will change for the better. Only enquiries take place, some suspension happens and then again we get to hear about such an incident at some or the other place. No lesson is learnt and nothing good takes place.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/No-stretcher-in-hospital-boy-dies-in-fathers-arms/articleshow/53938493.cms

These are the eyewash enquiries and a few suspensions of a Ward Boy or a Nurse will take place. and within 3 days, the charges on them will be withdrawn. Expecting some thing good from such a scenario, it will be too greedy on our part.

It is shocking for those who learn about the incident from newspaper. But, imagine the mental and emotional state of that person who was running with his son from one place to another for proper treatment and in the meantime the child lost his life which could have been saved if stretcher was available. How can a hospital run without a stretcher?  

For most of the people, TV news is the only source to know about   the Happenings around. Even those who watched the sad plight of Majhi carrying  his wife's body and his weeping daughter walking his side shed their Tears.

Sharing a link of a recent shameless deed:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Man-forced-to-carry-mothers-body-on-bike-in-MP/articleshow/53954942.cms

I wonder if she had died in the ambulance then what the driver would have done..... and how the district coordinator of the ambulance reacted. Strange system and strange philosophy with no humanity at all.

There is no difference between one shameless action and another shameless act. Difference is one carried the dead body of his wife, another carried the dead body if his mother on a Bike. These things have become an integral part of life.

The helpless acts of carrying their beloved family members' bodies , is definitely not a shameless act by any standard..

Correct me if I am wrong but there is a limit to how much one can stretch a discussion regarding helplessness of certain kinds of victims due to insensitivity and ruthlessness of others. So I think the thread should be closed. Those who do not agree, do give a reason or else the thread will be locked.

usha manohar wrote:

The helpless acts of carrying their beloved family members' bodies , is definitely not a shameless act by any standard..

Well, I think @rambabu meant about the driver and the district coordinator of the ambulance and not the helpless family. It seems so.

I have received an answer to my query that what would be an action of a driver of an ambulance if someone dies after boarding the ambulance. A link of a recent act:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Man-walks-with-daughters-body-in-Odisha/articleshow/53989378.cms

Yes. Sabysachi Biswal, State head of 108 and  108 ambulance services in Odisha said that  as per the Protocols governing governing the Odisha Emergency Medical Ambulance Services, the Ambulance would transfer any person declared dead by a Doctor.. According to this, the crew denied to carry back the Dead body. A clear violation of the Protocol.

This is a sad state of affair in our society. Many such events keep happening every day. We do not know whom to blame?? Our government, Our people or media... Many a times we do not know how to react to such situation and there are many factors contributing to that dim clarity. ..In a society where one is overwhelmed to meet the basic requirements of life and keeps struggling for own existence, fighting for others takes a backseat. Many a times we feel that our actions might not get the response that we want. And not to forget we have so many stories of insensitivity and inhumanity that we tend to overlook. It catches attention for a while when it is in media's limelight. Once that limelight is lost, the real cause also gets lost. We continue with the paralyzed system till another such story gets limelight.

The real solution would bee through Education , one which does not only preach values but lets you imbibe it by living it. So all of us hold a responsibility for our actions and what we are passing to the society.

Its a clear cut case of violation of the system. Of course education helps. But mere education without the courage of  questioning the ills of the Society will not work. People who just walk away seeing such conditions are the real culprits.