Delayed Care: Doctors refuse to treat choking baby
Doctors said the child was suffocating and they were not equipped to perform the necessary procedures.
MAMU KANJAN:
A one-year-old baby died after a peanut shell got stuck in his throat and local doctors were unable to remove it. According to Mamu Kanjan street Mian Rasheed Wali resident Shahbaz Mughal, his 11-month-old son was rushed to a local hospital after a peanut shell got stuck in his throat. “We took him to the hospital but none of the doctors on call knew what to do and told us to take him to Lahore,” Mughal said, “If doctors do not even know how to save a choking baby then what are they doing there?” he added. Doctors at the clinic said that the child was suffocating and they were not equipped to perform the necessary procedures. Mughal’s son Hameed died on the way to a private clinic.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2011.
A one-year-old baby died after a peanut shell got stuck in his throat and local doctors were unable to remove it. According to Mamu Kanjan street Mian Rasheed Wali resident Shahbaz Mughal, his 11-month-old son was rushed to a local hospital after a peanut shell got stuck in his throat. “We took him to the hospital but none of the doctors on call knew what to do and told us to take him to Lahore,” Mughal said, “If doctors do not even know how to save a choking baby then what are they doing there?” he added. Doctors at the clinic said that the child was suffocating and they were not equipped to perform the necessary procedures. Mughal’s son Hameed died on the way to a private clinic.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2011.