North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: We often say that science has progressed a lot, but when some pictures come in front of us, they shake our entire thinking. The matter is of Sadar Hospital in Sheikhpura district of Bihar, where it is difficult to believe what happened inside the hospital ward. Here a sick woman is not treated with doctor’s medicine or injection, but Rubbing with slippers (Massage) to be done.
What happened after all?
Actually, a woman admitted to the hospital bed had some mental or physical problem. Instead of the medical staff present there giving him proper treatment, a game of superstition started there. In the video going viral, it is clearly visible that the patient is being exorcised and is being beaten or rubbed with slippers.
The reality is that we consider government hospitals as ‘life saving’ centres, but such pictures coming there not only raise questions on the hospital management, but also expose the superstition rooted in the society where people put their lives in danger.
Administration woke up, investigation started
As soon as the video of this entire incident spread like wildfire on social media, there was panic in the health department. People started asking whether all this was happening in front of the eyes of the nurses and guards posted in the ward? Or the system itself is so helpless that it is unable to stop these wrongdoings going on within its own walls.
Seeing the matter worsening, the Civil Surgeon of Shekhpura immediately took cognizance of this. He expressed strong displeasure investigation orders Have given. He says that strict action will be taken against any employee who is found guilty in this or who does not try to stop this act.
Tough questions are being raised among the general public
In today’s digital era, where we talk about ‘Smart India’, it is worrying to see such pictures coming from government hospitals of Bihar. If people are handing over their lives to exorcists even in a safe and educated place like a hospital, then we have to think where our education and awareness campaign is lacking.
The question is also on those guards and officials who allowed an unknown person to rummage inside the hospital with shoes and slippers? Have government hospitals lost their dignity now?
Well, at present the administration is talking about investigation, but it is necessary that not only paperwork should be done, but the environment of hospitals should be made so responsible that in future no one can convert ‘slippers’ as ‘medicine’.
