Well I have stayed in sreedareeyam hospital for treatment for 3 weeks
without any sighteds' assistance. Infact, we were 4 totally blind persons.
No doctor/hospital authority insisted upon us to have sighteds' assistance.
They were very cooperative towards us. Initially or on the first day, they
brought medicines and personnel to our room for treatment assuming that we
blind wouldn't be navigate independently to the designated treatment rooms.
From the next day, we insisted that they do not all these exercises and we
ourselves went to the treatment rooms to get the treatment. from then on,
things were normal. We used to go to the canteen on our own daily although
room service was available at certain charges. During the free time, we
roamed the entire hospital and surroundings as well. The nurses were also
very accommodative. I do know Dr. Sri Kanth for a long time. He was one of
the doctors treating us, but fortunately, there weren't any problems. From
your mail, it seems either your mobility is not that good (no offense to
you personally, just a general observation/probability) or the doctors have
terribly misjudged.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Poonam" <poonam.vai...@gmail.com>
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: 09 May, 2018 6:32 PM
Subject: [AI] Denied access to hospitals without assistant
Hi friends,
Last month, I was admitted into Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Hospital in Kochi.
Before going, I had met the main doctor, Dr. Srikanth in the Sreedhareeyam
clinic Bangalore and discussed plans about going to the hospital without
an assistant. He suggested that I have an assistant for the first 3 days
since I was new and then I could manage alone. So this is what I did.
However, on the second last day before my assistant was due to leave, the
doctors started saying it would not be possible for me to stay alone. The
reason they gave me was that I did not have enough vision to manage. I had
already arranged laundry, cafeteria services, etc and there was absolutely
nothing I could not do alone. However, they still said no and I had to
return.
Another Naturopathy hospital, Jindal also has continuously denied me
treatment and finally agreed if I take the most expensive accomodation
with an assistant.
I am writing this to ask any of you who know about the legal angle of
denying a person with disability into a hospital/clinic without an
assistant. I really do not need an assistant nor do I feel comfortable
having one. Does the 2016 PWD Act have anything on this? The two hospitals
are private, not government funded.
I plan to write to the NHAB (National Health Accreditation Board), the
hospital authorities and some journalist friends. Any more suggestions are
welcome.
Poonam
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