I need to forward this to several exploiter caste folks i know who grouse on
reservations. Meanwhile in general one feels that AIIMS is somehow reputable as
its a national level institute. Unfortunately the care there is no different
from poorer funded hospitals. Back in 1993 I was spending a few months in Delhi
exploring environ NGOs to work with. At the same time my 23 yr old cousin was
admitted there by his company (Hindustan Steel i think ). The docs wrongly
diagnosed him and pumped him with steroids, which made him bloat up. I"d visit
him every other day at 4 in the evening, and could barely recognize him. Then
they rediagnozed him as having multisystem failure, treated him and discharged
him despite advice from another doctor cousin of mine.
That evening we hung out at the light and sound show in the red fort, in the
cool summer breeze after the hot afternoon. saw him off that night. his folks
from Cal were also around for that week. the next morning i hear that he'd
gotten a fever, intense pain and passed away. seems that he should have been
kept in hospital for another week at least to allow some of his immunity to
recover that the steroids and antibiotics had destroyed. anyway thats not some
typical govt hospital where people go to die, but the great AIIMS...
- Amartya
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