Narinjara News
Only one oxygen cylinder for Akyab
hospital
Akyab, July 7: According to our
correspondent, there is only one oxygen-giving device in Akyab
general hospital in
The hospital is the biggest hospital in
According to relatives a female patient from Sabrain Village of Pauk Taw Township died in the hospital
recently due to the disconnecting of the oxygen device which was attached to
her breathing system, because doctors had taken away the device for another
patient.
“The woman is our relative. Her oxygen device had been
removed by the doctors in our absence, saying they need the device for another
emergency patient. The woman died as soon as the device was removed” the story
was told to this reporter who came to
“The woman was poor and born in a rural area. Her device was
disconnected to give oxygen to another patient who is wealthy and from the
city” he added.
With the situation being as it is,
one patient always has to suffer, even die, if two critical patients brought to
hospital at the same time are in need of the oxygen device. In this case, the
poor patients suffer the worst.
Doctors of Akyab hospital prefer
to look after the wealthy patients and neglect the poor ones, said the
reporter.
The patients of Akyab hospital
have to pay charges for the treatment, medicine and for using a bed and toilet
for themselves and for their attendants. Further they have to pay a fee to the
concerning authority at their arrival to the hospital from another place, it is
said. #
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