Saturday, September 22, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Madhurjya Barukial's death: Can role of ragging be ruled out?
Now that the death of Madhurjya Barukial, a student of Assam Engineering College, has
come to light, there should be proper inquiry or else, the facts will always be
under cover. How could it be possible that a boy who didn't know how to swim
will go to a pond deep enough just to have a bath? Where were those friends at
that moment who played football together? Is this a case of accidental death or homicide? There arise so many questions.
What
is happening in Assam Engineering College (AEC) is pathetic. I was there in AEC at Hostel No-1 in 1999 for about 4 months before
joining MBBS course. Short introduction and somewhat funny is acceptable, but I
witnessed those inhumane behaviour of some of the seniors in the name of ragging. The
response of the college authority was also totally disappointing. After about 1 month of my admission to Engineering course, for
one night I stayed with my father at the AEC guest house because of my high
grade fever. Same night someone from the 3rd semester complained to the
Principal regarding ongoing ragging in the hostel premises. It was good that
the Principal went to the hostel during that night itself and caught some of
the seniors red handed. But in the next morning all those "famous" seniors
pointed their heavy fingers at me for the "conspiracy" about which I
was totally unaware of. They even threatened me, saying that I would face the
consequences as soon as my father leaves Guwahati and a special
treatment was awaiting me that night. My father instantly took the decision to shift me and arranged
for paying guest facility for my stay and I bid good bye to the hostel life at
AEC. I didn't complain anything as it was just a threatening, but the college
authority didn't take any action against those seniors whom they caught red handed.
The authority handled the situation in a very diplomatic way. Only god knows
what would have been my fate in case I stayed there that night. Hope I could
have taken some drastic steps against those seniors at that time itself.
12
long years passed since the incident that I have mentioned. But the question
is, has the situation changed? Only few months back I examined one student from
AEC with superficial corneal opacity (result of ragging). Should it be
somewhat more severe or in case there was infection, the student might lose
sight of that eye. The student did not want to complain, so I had to record in
my note as “accidental injury”.
Tough
laws have been passed against ragging, but our attitude have not changed. We
just think that these just happens. In my time I didn't complain, and now also
only very few of the newcomers come forward against those until and unless
something drastic happens. Some of the institutions also try to hide the facts.
If it goes on like this, more lives will be ruined and we will have to just
wait and watch for a miracle to happen.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Kokadeuta aru Natilora on 26th April, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
BABYROOM DISASTER:
I've to update this... I suppose most of you know what happened in NICU (Neonatal ICU) at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital. Accidents do happen. The main aim should be focussed on management. Investigations are going on, but I'm here now to look into another aspect of the incident.
A total of 65 newborn babies were inside NICU at the time of the fire. We all (PGs, PRCAs, teachers, college authority and other staffs) reached there just after the incident. No doubt, we'd done our level best to save the babies and our efforts were successful. But its only because of the brave, timely, instantaneous and appropriate intervention of on duty doctors and staffs of NICU and some other 108 staffs, that all the babies could be shifted to a safe place immediately, where their treatment could be continued without any interruption. If they somehow failed to act that much prompt, all our efforts would have gone in vain resulting in loss of a nos. of newborn lives creating a tragic episode in GMCH history .
I was also delighted to see the responsible role played by the attendants in shifting the babies. At that moment it was seen that everybody realised the gravity of the situation and worked together without creating any chaos.
Hats off to them all. United we stand and.... together we can manage any situation.
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Regards,
Dr. Kumar Partha Pratim,
President,
Junior Doctors' Association, 2011-2012,
GMCH.
Mobile. +91-9854286788.
A total of 65 newborn babies were inside NICU at the time of the fire. We all (PGs, PRCAs, teachers, college authority and other staffs) reached there just after the incident. No doubt, we'd done our level best to save the babies and our efforts were successful. But its only because of the brave, timely, instantaneous and appropriate intervention of on duty doctors and staffs of NICU and some other 108 staffs, that all the babies could be shifted to a safe place immediately, where their treatment could be continued without any interruption. If they somehow failed to act that much prompt, all our efforts would have gone in vain resulting in loss of a nos. of newborn lives creating a tragic episode in GMCH history .
I was also delighted to see the responsible role played by the attendants in shifting the babies. At that moment it was seen that everybody realised the gravity of the situation and worked together without creating any chaos.
Hats off to them all. United we stand and.... together we can manage any situation.
__
Regards,
Dr. Kumar Partha Pratim,
President,
Junior Doctors' Association, 2011-2012,
GMCH.
Mobile. +91-9854286788.
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