This came in the mail today. The writer isn’t very coherent, but I suppose a normal person wouldn’t be if you had just lost your father. There’s a video involved. It’s not as graphic as the mail claims. In fact, it’s not graphic at all. But it doesn’t really show the situation inside the hospital. I’ve been to this place, and I didn’t see anything weird, except for the nurses, who don’t know their jobs. At all. I’m not sure I completely believe it. But I’ll leave it to you to judge. Think it’s true?
I am sure LabAid doctors who were involve with my father’s treatment has got a good amount of share from the bill, but can they really tell that the hospital/or even the doctor’s has done a proper treatment for that helpless guy Mr. A. K. M. Fazlul Haq (my father)? He was just lying on the CCU Bed No. 8 helplessly for 15 days and expecting his sons, also the doctors will take care of him properly. We have done our part from the bottom of our heart; we were ready to spend all of our savings and everything to get a proper treatment for our father, because he is our father who took care of us properly. But Mr. or Ms. Lab Aid administrators….Have you guys taken care of my father properly? I am sure you did not, because I am the one who is one of your victims. How come a person who didn’t even have any heart surgery or any type of major surgery, but got a bill for 5 and Half lac taka (BD Tk. 5,00, 000.00, AU$8,155.00, US$7,288.00)???
Dr. Lutfor Rahman (Head of LabAid’s Cardiac Hospital) (I am pointing you because you are the golden son of our country), do you guys still wanna claim that Heart Surgery is cheaper in Bangladesh now? On 11 Nov, 2007 when my auntie (Ms. Sharmin Naaz, Assitt. Commissioner of Taxes, Bangladesh Govt.) went to see with you regarding my father’s bill that time you mentioned about your contribution in Bangladesh. You were also talking about you can make 1 lac take in a matter of second. Well, done Dr. Lutfor Rahman…Well done! We’re really proud of your contribution (?) to our country! Here is one of your biggest contributions to our country’s medical history which was published on the Daily Janakantha on 19 Dec, 2007 — (”Lab Aid has become a human killing machine” The Daily Janakantha, 19 Dec, 2007″)
Life is very interesting Dr. Lutfor Rahman! When we lost our love ones then we feel for it, but then we forget about it. Instead of forgetting about my father’s death, I want to raise my voice against LabAid Cardiac Hospital and request all of you to “STOP GOING TO THE LabAID for any heart treatment” and wanna make those doctors to understand that they should not play with any humans life, because no matter how powerful or rich they could be, they will never be able to give a life back to a dead man’s life! So, STOP f..ing around with a human life, OKAI Dr. Lutfor Rahman, Prof (Dr.) Baren Chakraborty, also the others who are involve in this human killing business!
The LabAid hospital needs to know a little bit about the power of Internet in disseminating information. I will request to all of you also do the same (when forwarding the article, send CC or copies to the lab-aid related addresses, so that the LabAid individuals feel a little shame every time they receive a copy of this email).
Here are the email addresses of the LabAid individuals with their full name:
Sr. Software Engineer
Accenture Australia Ltd.
Wollongong, NSW 2500
Mobile: + 61 401 485 243
e-mail: mpmasum@gmail.com
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January 18, 2008 at 3:15 pm
OMG! Baren Chakrabarti happens to be our family heart guy! & somehow I cant get to the vid~
January 18, 2008 at 4:48 pm
lol. well, this could very well be an isolated incident but newspaper articles seem to corroborate. the video proof isn’t just convincing….i don’t believe the whole of it, but something like this must have happened.
January 28, 2008 at 4:39 am
Dear Masum Bhai,
My father also faced a tragic incident like this in Ibn Sina Hospital. He also was maltreated there and died but the hospital authority is not acknowledging any liability. I wrote a letter in the New Age, a Bangladeshi daily on 12th September 2007 which is as under:
Negligence in duty
On August 30, my father was admitted to Ibn Sina hospital with hiccup problem. He was being treated under Dr Sk Abdul Kader and his bed number was M-20.
First, I was astonished to see that although my father was admitted at 10.00 PM he was attended by the doctor after long one hour at 11.00 PM and that too on our repeated persuasion as his condition was deteriorating fast.
However, on that night the consultant attended him and as per his suggestion different tests were done. His blood test report dated August 30 reveals that sodium content went down (reading 113) and as per suggestion of the consultant, treatment of the patient started by undertaking sodium correction.
After attending on August 30, the consultant did not visit the patient on August 31, despite repeated call from the duty doctor and us. On September 1 when his condition further deteriorated, the consultant attended the patient at around 10.00 PM. In the meantime, due to rapid and excessive correction of sodium (blood test on September 2 reveals sodium content to be 158) the patient’s condition deteriorated and he became unconscious. His blood pressure fell drastically and he was on the verge of collapse.
It may be mentioned that during the correction period, electrolytes report was expected to be constantly monitored to check against any excessive correction as it may lead to permanent CNS injury but the same was not done due to the gross negligence on the part of the consultant and the doctors concerned.
When we contacted the duty doctor on September 2 at 12.00 midnight, he visited the patient and declared that he had nothing to do as the condition of the patient was very serious. Despite our repeated call no body from the ICU came to attend the patient. Finding no other alternative we requested the duty doctor to arrange shifting of the patient to another hospital. He then later was shifted to Millennium Hospital at 01.00 AM where he is undergoing treatment and his condition still remains critical.
It is unfortunate that despite our repeated call, the consultant, Dr Sk. Abdul Kader, did not pay a single visit to Millennium Hospital to monitor my father’s condition.
This kind of negligence, which may lead to fatal consequence, is unacceptable from a hospital like Ibn Sina. I urge the authorities concerned to investigate the matter and demand compensation for the negligence on the part of the doctors and the hospital authority.
Kazi Nasim Ahmed
Zigatola Notun Rasta, Dhaka
The Daily Star also published my letter as under:
Doctors’ negligence
Kazi Nasim Ahmed, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
On August 30, my father was admitted to a city hospital.
I was astonished to see that although my father was admitted at 10.00pm he was attended by the doctor after long one hour at 11.00pm and that too on our repeated persuasion as his condition was deteriorating fast.
However, on that night the consultant attended him and as per his suggestion different tests were done. His blood test report dated August 31 reveals that sodium content went down (reading 113; sample received at 0.31.30 AM) and as per suggestion of the consultant, treatment of the patient started by undertaking sodium correction.
After attending on August 30, the consultant did not visit the patient on August 31, despite repeated calls from the duty doctor and us. On September 1 when his condition further deteriorated, the consultant attended the patient at around 10.00pm. In the meantime, due to rapid and excessive correction of sodium (blood test on September 2 reveals sodium content to be 158, sample received at 0.49.30 AM and 168.5, sample received at 3.00 AM) the patient’s condition deteriorated and he became unconscious. His blood pressure fell drastically and he was on the verge of collapse.
It may be mentioned that during the correction period, electrolytes report was expected to be constantly monitored to check against any excessive correction as it may lead to permanent CNS injury but the same was not done due to the gross negligence on the part of the consultant and the doctors concerned.
When we contacted the duty doctor on September 2 at 12.00 midnight, he visited the patient and declared that he had nothing to do as the condition of the patient was very serious. Despite our repeated call nobody from the ICU came to attend the patient. Finding no other alternative we requested the duty doctor to arrange shifting of the patient to another hospital. He then was shifted to another hospital where he underwent treatment till 12 September 2007 and expired on 13 September.
It is unfortunate that despite our repeated call, the consultant did not pay a single visit to the hospital (where my father was shifted) to monitor my father’s condition.
This kind of negligence, which may lead to fatal consequences, is unacceptable from a hospital. I urge the authorities concerned to investigate the matter and demand compensation for the negligence on the part of the doctors and the hospital authorities. I can provide all the details if such an investigation is done.
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Despite all those facts the hospital authority did not take any step to punish the ill-doers.
Kazi Nasim Ahmed
Hose No 88, Road No: 8A
Dhanmondi R.A
Dhaka-1209
Phone: 01819122524