[eebill] FW: SJ sought judicial enquiry in MDR TB patients case
Gita Dewan Verma
purplepapaya36 at hotmail.com
Sat Mar 12 13:33:39 IST 2005
seems inappropriate for this list, but there is an uncanny resemblance
between the goings-on in indore five years ago and the current goings-on in
delhi on health and education.
>From: "Ashok" <socialjur at mantraonline.com>
>To: "Gurcharan Das" <gurcharandas at vsnl.com>, "GOOGLE"
><news-feedback at google.com>, "Glenn Fawcett Locus Outreach"
><glenn at lotusoutreach.org>, "Gita Diwan Verma TownPlanner"
><purplepapaya36 at hotmail.com>, "Ghanshyam JUDAV" <judav_jharkhand at yahoo.com>
>Subject: SJ sought judicial enquiry in MDR TB patients case Date: Thu, 24
>Feb 2005 13:43:37 +0530
>
>SOCIAL JURIST
>
> A Civil Rights Group
>
>478-479, Lawyers' Chambers,
>
>Western Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054.
>
>Phone: 23910014
>
>Fax: 23986541
>
>E-mail: socialjur at mantraonline.com
>
>Website: http://www.socialjurist.com
>
>
>
>24.02.2005
>
>To
>
>
>
>The Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi,
>
>Raj Niwas Marg,
>
>Delhi-110054.
>
>
>
>Subject; Demand for judicial enquiry in the matter of deaths of
>indoor MDR TB patients in the past one year due to denial of essential
>medicines and also in the matter of denial of essential medicines to more
>than 50 Indoor MDR TB patients in Rajan Babu T.B. Hospital, Kingways Camp,
>Delhi.
>
>
>
>Respected Sir,
>
>
>
> We are a Civil Rights Group consisting of Lawyers and Social
>Activists dedicated to the cause of down-trodden, socially oppressed and
>economically exploited sections of society. We are very much concerned
>about the right to health of the poor people of this city.
>
>
>
> We would like to bring to your kind notice that yesterday, on
>23.02.2005, Sh. Ashok Agarwal Advocate and Advisor Social Jurist visited
>R.B.T.B. hospital, Kingways Camp, Delhi and found that more than 50 indoor
>MDR T.B. patients both in male ward and female ward are not being given
>essential medicines, namely, kanamycin injection, Ofloxcin Tablet,
>Ethionamide Tablet, Pyarazinimide (PZA) etc. for the last 10 to 12 months
>continuously. The names of some of such patients are (1) Bala w/o Sh.
>Naresh, (2) Hukmi Devi, (3) Saroj, (4) Jyoti, (5) Hemlata, (6) Meenakashi,
>(7) Poonam, (8) Rajrani, (9) Neelam, (10) Kastri etc. It may be stated that
>this hospital under MCD is the Asia's biggest T.B. Hospital having 1200
>beds.
>
>
>
>During his visit to the hospital he interacted with indoor MDR TB patients,
>their relatives, nursing staff and doctors including Medical Superintendent
>of the Hospital. He was told that during the past one year, due to
>non-availability of the essential medicines for indoor MDR TB patients,
>hundreds of MDR TB patients left the hospital without completing their
>treatment and hundreds of patients have died. He was told by the Medical
>Superintendent Dr. R.C. Panda that he has not brought these facts to the
>notice of the higher authorities because according to him, the higher
>authorities very well knew about all these things. Such statement by such
>a responsible officer was a surprise to Sh. Agarwal and it also reflected
>callousness on the part of the municipal authorities. Sh. Agarwal also
>noticed that the toilet blocks in the hospital were in very bad shape.
>
>
>
> That today, the Indian Express has also reported the above
>happening. A copy of the said press-report is enclosed hereto for kind
>perusal.
>
>
>
> That we have sent a legal notice to the Municipal Commissioner
>Sh. Rakesh Mehta on 23.02.2005 bringing to his notice that he has committed
>contempt of Hon'ble Delhi High Court as denial of essential medicines to
>the indoor MDR TB patients in the Hospital was in violation of the orders
>dated 22.04.1998 of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court passed in PIL (C.W.No.
>1404 of 1997 entitled All India Lawyers Union v. Union of India etc.) and
>also in violation of the undertaking given by Municipal and Govt.
>authorities before the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the said PIL.
>
>
>
> Copies of the said legal notice dated 23.02.2005 and of Delhi
>High Court order dated 22.04.1998 are enclosed hereto to for your ready
>reference.
>
>
>
> That the aforesaid act on the part of the municipal authorities
>is a serious criminal negligence in violation of fundamental right of the
>people to health under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. This is a
>very serious matter of great public importance and we therefore, earnestly
>expect from you to look into this matter and order a judicial enquiry to
>ascertain the following:
>
>
>
>(a) Whether there was non-availability of essential medicines for indoor
>MDR TB patients during the last one year, if so, who is/are responsible for
>the same?
>
>
>
>(b) How many Indoor MDR TB patients were admitted in the hospital during
>the last one year?
>
>
>
>(c) How many indoor MDR TB patients have died during the last one year and
>what were the causes thereof?
>
>
>
>(d) How many indoor MDR TB patients have left hospital without completing
>their treatment and what were the causes thereof?
>
>
>
>(e) Whether the indoor MDR TB patients who are denied essential medicines
>are entitled to compensation from municipal authorities, if so, what should
>be the quantum thereof?
>
>
>
>(f) Whether the next kin of the indoor MDR TB patients who have died due to
>culpable negligence on the part of municipal authorities during the past
>one year are entitled to compensation, if so, what should be the quantum
>thereof?
>
>
>
>(g) What could be the mechanism to have continuous monitoring to ensure
>good treatment to the TB patients in the hospital?
>
>
>
> It is also requested that judicial enquiry can also make other
>suggestions on the improvements in the hospital.
>
>
>
> We hope that immediate action may be taken to order judicial
>enquiry in the present matter.
>
>
>
> With warm regards.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>
>
>(ASHOK AGARWAL)
>
> ADVOCATE
>
>ADVISOR, SOCIAL JURIST
>
>M- 9811101923
>
>
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>
>
>
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