I've said many times before that India's health care system fails many of their countrymen in ways unimaginable to us and now this report from NDTV. Excerpt :
" Delhi: Phool Mohammad is a worried man. His wife, who fell prey to dengue, died last month leaving behind six children.Phool Mohammad had done all that he could to get his wife treated properly.
He took her to many hospitals in South Delhi, but failed to find any place to get her admitted. She didn't get access to the right treatment in time.Had the government taken the right steps at the right time, Phool Mohammed feels his wife would have been alive today.
"Even now, no one from the government has come in to spray medicines. They have not visited our house till now," said Phool Mohammed.
But the Delhi government does not admit Mohammad's wife died of Dengue. It says that Mohammad got Elisa test done for his wife which is no more valid. Hence it was negligence on the family's part.
Even as dengue cases peak in the city, the Government's denial is beyond comprehension. By recognising cases confirmed only by the government testing method and ignoring all others, it appears that the government is in a mood to downplay the events.
The official figures of the disease are only 1,500 case and 4 deaths that grossly varies from what the hospital records say."
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