essential or a luxery or a commodity???????????????

vision india 2020.................
when we r supposed to be one of the developed nations..........
we are fast pacing towards it to the delight of the economists, policy makers, polititians, corporate world........................BUT where does our favourite common man[woman]stands????????????????

when we can develop ourselves sooooooo much then why can't we provide the basic neccesity to R K Laxman's eternal representative of indian middle class "COMMON MAN"?

case 1:
shri X Y
runs a 'paan' shop besides a very busy road in new delhi ...........UNFORTUNATELY he mets with a serious accident which crushes his pelvic girdle............[and his stamina too].........he is taken to the nearest hospital which is supposed to be a PRIVATE" hospital...............where he is charged
rs 100 for a blood test, rs 5000 for some medicine, rs 70000 for d surgery............
result:
as soon as his consciousness returns..........he almost runs away from the care with d nemesis of paying bills, leaving his care INCOMPLETE..................
he learns that, govt PHC s provide free care to poor...

TODAY: he still runs from one window to other as per the instructions given by the staffs/nurses/doctors in the govt hospitals with a stout bamboo stick [or stem???????]......sole support of life with a progressive "healed to be, naturally" !!!!!!!!!!!

friends and well wishers suggest:
go for charitable hospitals because.............those hospitals have had acquired lands from the govt of india with a deal that 1/3 of the beds and 40% OT facilty would be reserved for the REAL poor patients for FREEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reality:
1. private so called "charitable" hospitals do not allow addmission of poor patients who seek treatment for free
2. somehow cheat helpless and hapless patients and their relatives by blackmail and imposing anthropogenic medical emergency......where even "chanakya" would have signed without thinking much.............


case 2:
remote chattisgardh
poor and simpleton villagers
11 o'clock in the morning.........
husband works in the field with a good wife who helps him ..............
their little kid of 3 years..........
having high temperature for last 24 hours acompanied with severe diarrhoea [ parents do not recognise it as diarrhoea]............waiting at the local PHC for one and half hour for the doctor "angel".............
the board outside the PHC says
'dawakhana khula rahne ka samaye:
subah:8 se 12
shaam: 2 se 4'
below it
in 'conditions apply' sized script: 24 ghante apaatkaalin suvidhayen upalabdh

2:30
the angel arrives...............
'arrey aaj late ho gayi...har roj to aati hun na!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

case 3:
durg:
woman of 35/36 years of age.....[yea rural women do cross their evergreen age of 16 when they have walked on the earth only for 8 years]
having cough for past 2 months........
has come to PHC just to discover that
doctor will NOT be available throughout the day
because
it is a HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'ab kya karogi tum?'
'dr PQ ke paas jaungi"
'mufat dawa dete hai?"
"nahin sahab...bachon ke liye 25 rupaye...hum jaise bado n ke liye 30/35 rupaye.....dawai to hum medical se lete hai hai.....'
'paise kaha se laate ho?'
'kabhi doctor sahab se udhar mangte hai, kabhi medical se, kabhi parosiyon se aur kabhi jahan hum kaam karte hai...kya karen sahab, paise se zindagi bahut bari hai..kaam karne ke layak nahin rahenge to kaise chalega? '
'dr PQ ka dawakhana kitna dur hai?'
'ji shahar mein.....400 rupaye rickshaw leta hai...aane jane main 800.......'
'unki dawai yaan kaam karti hai?'
'han ji bahut achchhi hai injection bhi lagwate hai'

case 4:
remote jharkhand
vaccine carying vans used for private picnic vehicles for the PHC staff......
"arrey kya karen....log injection lagane nahin aaten hai to hum kya karen...inhe sui se bara dar hai"
so why to waste the commodity......after all safed laxmiji ko thhokar kyon mare?????

case 5:
mumbai...the city
a well to do family
mr AB
his mother 45 years old complaining a painful right knee joint diagnosed as degenerating patella requiring a replacement surgery
30minutes before the surgery............the orthopedics rushes to mr AB
'dekhiye humain abhi abhi pata chala hai ki unke left ghutne mein bhi problem hai...aap jaldi operation ke liye consent de dijiye.....70000 rs consetion milenge....dono surgery eksaath kiye to'

is our health something like 599/- mein ek shirt ke badle sirf 399/- rupaye me paaiye do shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pure 200 rupaye ki bachat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!jaldi kijiye..offer chhut na jaye.......sirf 24 february tak
jaldi.......................

is this the analogy???????????????????????????????????????????

where does the common man goes?
why does the government turns blind eye and a deaf ear to peoples plight and sufferings when perhaps the second most basic neccesity is NOT taken care off.......just famines are no more today....we are free from mortality owing to malnourishment.....the duty and responsibility of government ends there??? still mesmerized with a 45 years old sucess story????????
on the other hand
the evergrowing well nourished private sector is as usual looking for their economic growth........
100 for a blood test....150 for the visit fees......70000 - 700000/- for varying degrees of surgeries...............

profit profit everywhere
not a single ray of love..................

• india is the 5th lowest spending country in public health sector [i.e. wellbeing of common man] just succeded by pakistan, sudan, cambodia and an underdeveloped country with initials B [ cant recollect the name]
• in india infant mortality is still a shamefull 48 per 1000 as compared to just 18 in srilanka who doest not boast to become a developed nation by 2020.....
• in india, 82% of medical/health care is privatised as compared to just 4%in ALREADY developed nation, UK
• in india, 2.2% of population goes below poverty line EVERY YEAR owing to medical nd health care , which compell them to sell/mortgage/loan their assets/lumpsum amount

when a nation is capable of spending so much on defence/sponcer CRICKET shows/ spend crores on melodramatic bollywood songs nd dances nd eternal story line/puts up pompous displays on republic day celebrations...................................

is it really impossible to spend some for the common man?????????

is it really difficult to bring smile on the lips of common man?

or he is the "raamgarurer chhana...haashte tader maana....haashir kotha shunle pore .....bole haashbo na na na na....." PERSONIFIED??????????????

cant the govt and private sector both work in unison and make this little dream come true? or common man is born just for casting votes and feeding the corporate's never ending hunger?

can't the private sector be bit generous and resist their gorging habit and consider the common man's critical paying capacity? why exceed his critical point of expenditure on essentials?after all health of a common man is not a luxery comodity , it is not a spa.........

so please ..............those whoever reads this blog thanks for the patience...........but please plase do spare some of your invaluable time for the eternal MUTE common man and raise your voice against the anthropogenic crisis....trust me it is not tough......just a bit more of humanity...a touch of concern....few seconds thought for the mass is required...........rest i.e. the sense of justice will come up on its own.......

can't we speak up for our mute common man.....just as when we speak up and stand by our mute/helpless/hapless friends in crisis?????????

let's not treat health as just another new commdity like fiama di wills or olay antiaging cream and apply the same marketting strategies.....health is not ALWAYS the gateway to profit..it is not a commodity ...

is it really very difficult for a nation whose economy is growing even faster than the growth of e.coli bacteria, to make the much awaited dream of "HEALTH FOR ALL" come true?????where all means all and not only on paper but on field too.......if we can build flyovers/host common wealth games/be the IT/BT hub, aspire to preside over the UN, aspire a permanant membership in the secutiy council.............this basic goal is ACHIEVABLE...............

hope the silver lining of the ebonite cloud broaden up.....FAST

and

'hum honge kaamyab ekdin ' thoda jaldi ho instead of "nishidin bharosha rakhish hobei hobe"

neways

actually the real life case stories are all true, not a single peice is exagerrated for the sake of making it spicy

the so called harsh comments [if any] are purely unintentional and does not hold any grudge against any person/group/sector

it is just a plea and effort to make our world a better place to live

LIVE & LET LIVE