Doctors to admit all fever cases in protest against official’s remarks
TIMES OF INDIA 26.11.2024
Chennai : Tamil Nadu state doctors association announced plans to admit all one-day fever cases in protest against a senior official’s directive, which it called humiliating. The official warned doctors that they would be held accountable if fever patients died and insisted all fever cases be admitted.
Association president Dr K Senthil said, “We get 10,000 fever cases daily in govt hospitals. Admitting all is impractical.” Dr Senthil said most patients recover with rest and medicines within days, and admitting them risks exposing them to immunecompromised conditions in hospitals. Diagnosing diseases such as dengue or typhoid on day one is challenging, and admissions are typically made only if conditions worsen, he added. The association decided to tell patients to get admitted on day one of fever. “At least 95% of case sheets will say patients are unwilling, absconding or discharged against medical advice,” he said. TNN
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