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In Jamnagar hospital, pregnant woman made to carry ‘HIV positive’ tag on head

Ahmedabad/Jamnagar: Authorities at the Guru Govind Singh Government Hospital in Jamnagar labelled a 25-year-old pregnant woman as ‘HIV positive’ with a sticker on her forehead and paraded her in the hospital in the presence of her six-month-old daughter and mother-in-law, on Saturday. According to health activis ....Read more

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Can we have a look at the nurse?By: Paroma Ray | Wednesday , 24 Jun '09 11:06:25 AM Reply | Forward Terrible news and wonderful job in bringing it out in the open. But apart from the victim's snap could we have a picture of Nurse Prafulla Ramani too. She would be worth looking at. And I honestly believe her picture is the one that should be splashed with this article accompanied with bold captions. All of us need to know who she is. Really.

It is possible in GujaratBy: Divyesh Raythatha | Sunday , 21 Jun '09 16:35:07 PM Reply | Forward An HIV lady has been paraded in a hospital by the staff humiliating her. Doctors refused to treat her is a shock to our society. Today, an average person too in the community knows that HIV infection is not spread except infected blood transfusion, by using the same syringe/needle or surgical instruments used on other infected patients, or having sexual relations with an infected person. It might be possible that the lady is innocent and probably she had been infected in past due to the negligence of medical staff itself in the same hospital or some other unit. To treat a patient respectfully is the prime duty of a nurse and doctor. To cool down the protest by HR activists the hospital authorities have asked the concerned staff to go on leave. Actually, responsible people should be punished for their act. It will set an example for future. A policy should be made and explained to nurses and doctors regarding the treatment of such patients to avoid misbehaviour by the hospital staff.

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