Hospitals & Health care

sbprasadrao | 02 May, 2009 06:59

Sadly, this is the most insecure part of life. Really need transperancy and trust. 4 of my elders or immediate family members passed away in renouned big private hospitals. Unfortunately 3 of them were wrongly diagnosed. Many of the staff people have been the most rude people on earth. Docters never on schedule. Hospital Beds, treatment highly based on wealth and fame. Hospital charges are highly debatable.

Hospitals needs to be trust worthy, during an emergency a person needs to have awareness about the economic, urgency and service choice of hospital. Rates should be standard and service needs to be regulated. Govt should be able to provide min liability. Patient records should be centralized, made available for authorized entities. Visitor & Guardian, courtesy nurse care takers, etc should be courteous and should be humane.

Reviews should be available for doctors, list of surgeons, specialists. There available hours at hospitals should not be hidden. Treatment plan should be told to guardian or patient in advance and not after being operated. Accountability needs to be there, public should be able to sue doctors for mistakes with respect to law.

Govt. Hospitals like nilofour, sarojini devi, E.N.T, Jajikana, Charminar, NIMS, ESI, Gandhi etc are well known in common public for their services, and also for blunders. They severily need Govt. attention for budget, better compensation for govt. doctor, and proper regulation of human rights, services, etc

Medical insurance needs to gain some awareness, and there should be a time when most of the people should know its importance and be able to afford.