Father blames JNIMS doctor for giving him a semi conscious daughter

Imphal, Sept 15: JNIMS Director, Dr. L. Deben’s priceless effort to built good image of the one and the only Government run Medical College in the state is getting bad name with various complaints of doctors’ negligence while providing treatment to the patient. The hard earned image of the institution under the supervision of the Director JNIMS at which he received numerous applause from the public and civil society organizations for providing free treatment to patients who cannot afford treatment expenditures is likely to be ruined after some doctors and nurses in the hospital were alleged of intentional negligence.
In a press meet held at Manipur Press Club today afternoon, father of a newly delivered baby at JNIMS hospital has alleged authorities’ negligence as the reason of the subconscious state of his daughter.
N. Sangita, wife of Nandeibam Birjit of Yumnam Patlou of Imphal East District delivered a girl child in the hospital with Cesarean Surgery on August 3. To his surprise the child at which the consulting doctor assured normal birth is now in semi conscious state even after a month.
“The baby was supposed to be normal but as the nurses injected a medicine which was different from the one that the doctor prescribed her condition is abnormal”, Birjit said.
The baby is second child and as according to the advice of the consulting doctor Dr. Devendra and Dr. Thaja, Sangita was admitted to JNIMS Gynecology ward on July 31.
“Something which was not supposed to happen occurred, they said it will be normal birth but cesarean was conducted on the day in an emergency way”, Birjit said.
After sensing some unusual happening, Birjit had approached the hospital authority to constitute an enquiry to find out what went wrong to the treatment process while delivering the baby. However as the authority failed to provide positive response to his plea he is putting up the matter in the public sphere through media, Birjit said while talking to the media persons.
“Everything was fine until the day when my wife was supposed to deliver our daughter”, Birjit said.
“But then the doctor told me to buy two injection as it was not available in the hospital, however, before I brought the injection the a nurse in the ward already provided her another injection and following that my wife started vomiting”, Birjit said. He further said that the doctor after inspecting the injection given to her by the nurse had told them that it was not the medicine he prescribed.
As the condition deteriorated she was immediately taken to the operation theater and to his surprise the doctor told him that the baby was born in abnormal condition with serious respiratory problem. He was also told that the baby’s brain will not function properly.
Birjit appealed the people of the state to urge the JNIMS authority to constitute an enquiry into the matter so that those responsible for the condition of his daughter could be punished as according to the law of the land.