That depends on the mobility and illness of the patient, assistant is need for purchasing medicines in particular. Although it may not be must but always advised/preferred
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sent: 10 May, 2018 9:20 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Denied access to hospitals without assistant People with sight do not have that ‘someone’ because of any insistence. It’s purely a choice and availability factor. Do note though, forms do require contact details of a person. But no hospital has ever insisted on physical presence 24 by 7. And are we then saying that if you don’t have an attendent, you don’t get the treatment at all? Regards, Amar Jain Sent from my iPhone > On 10-May-2018, at 6:55 PM, pranaya rani <pranayara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. Any more suggestions are > welcome. >> >> >> Poonam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. 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