Doctors are like God. They have the ability to help you heal," it is said.
While they are seen as a god when they help a person recover, they turn into a devil when they are unable to protect someone. Recently, after a 65 year-old woman suffering from Stevens-Johnson syndrome died in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Lifeline Hospital in Panvel, Maharashtra, the doctor in charge was beaten up by the patient's family members.
Dr Sandeep Amle (32) is now being treated for the wounds he sustained after he was attacked at around 5 am on April 5.
Dr Amle has a fracture of the nasal bones, metatarsal fractures and blunt injuries.
Reacting to the incident Dr. Amle said,People should understand that doctors are also human beings. The patient was suffering from Stevens-Jhonson syndrome, and was also diagnosed with pneumonia, paralysis stroke, and low platelet count."
Dr Amle said that there was no communication gap between the doctors and the family of the patient's, who were constantly updated about the patient's condition.
For the first two days, the patient was in the ventilator, but after our treatment she had recovered, and moved to the ICU, but then past few days her condition had been deteriorating and yesterday morning she succumbed to her illness."
The patient had been in the hospital for 12 days.
According to the doctor, the patient would have died three days after being admitted in the hospital, if she were not kept in a ventilator. The treatment had helped her slowly recover.
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