“You are overweight” doctors tell patients in
Delhi, India. This has to be one of the
weirdest excuses for a hospital not admitting a patient. Two of Delhi’s well-known government-run
hospitals, LNJP and GB Pant, have decided to not perform surgeries on patients
above 80 kg. The reason: their operation tables are too old and rickety.
Delhi, India. This has to be one of the
weirdest excuses for a hospital not admitting a patient. Two of Delhi’s well-known government-run
hospitals, LNJP and GB Pant, have decided to not perform surgeries on patients
above 80 kg. The reason: their operation tables are too old and rickety.
The bizarre saga began when operating doctors at the LNJP
hospital found that the table was shaking ominously under one of their
patient’s weight. Moments later, the table broke and the patient, who was under
anaesthesia, fell on the floor. The surgery was somehow completed and a life
saved, but the episode left the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) and its
associated LNJP and GB Pant hospital doctors shaken and perplexed.
hospital found that the table was shaking ominously under one of their
patient’s weight. Moments later, the table broke and the patient, who was under
anaesthesia, fell on the floor. The surgery was somehow completed and a life
saved, but the episode left the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) and its
associated LNJP and GB Pant hospital doctors shaken and perplexed.
But so many Indians have kicked against their excuse asking
for it to be fixed, knowing 13 per cent of India’s 1.2 billion population could
be suffering from obesity.
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