I agree. If you by choice want noone with you, maybe, you should pay them to assist you beyond usual responsibilities of doctors and nurses. A courteous request also goes a long way.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of pranaya rani Sent: 10 May 2018 18:55 To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.' Subject: Re: [AI] Denied access to hospitals without assistant Most sighted patients in any hospital for that matter do have someone as their either their family member/relative. It is for the hospital to decide whether a patient needs an assistant subject to patients illness/diseases. Obviously do have some responsibility towards the safety of the patient and hence assistant is a must. No need to make a big fuss on this matter. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sent: 10 May, 2018 6:57 AM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Denied access to hospitals without assistant RPWD has provision on non-discrimination and there is a specific provision on healthcare in Section 25 which obligations are on appropriate government. If you can follow-up, then it can be a great opportunity to put pressure on MCI to notify standards on this. Regards, Amar Jain Sent from my iPhone > On 09-May-2018, at 6:32 PM, Poonam <poonam.vai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi friends, > Last month, I was admitted into Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Hospital in Kochi. Before going, I had met the main doctor, Dr. Srikanth in the Sreedhareeyam clinic Bangalore and discussed plans about going to the hospital without an assistant. He suggested that I have an assistant for the first 3 days since I was new and then I could manage alone. So this is what I did. However, on the second last day before my assistant was due to leave, the doctors started saying it would not be possible for me to stay alone. The reason they gave me was that I did not have enough vision to manage. I had already arranged laundry, cafeteria services, etc and there was absolutely nothing I could not do alone. However, they still said no and I had to return. > Another Naturopathy hospital, Jindal also has continuously denied me treatment and finally agreed if I take the most expensive accomodation with an assistant. > I am writing this to ask any of you who know about the legal angle of denying a person with disability into a hospital/clinic without an assistant. I really do not need an assistant nor do I feel comfortable having one. Does the 2016 PWD Act have anything on this? The two hospitals are private, not government funded. > I plan to write to the NHAB (National Health Accreditation Board), the hospital authorities and some journalist friends. 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