This creation enjoys
continuity because of the births of all species after the stipulated gestation
period. The existence of the next generation totally depends on safe birth of a
child. This safe birth depends on pre-natal periodic check-ups, clean labour room,
qualified attending doctors and nurses, availability of required medicines,
proper monitoring and clean and nutritional food for the mother and the child.
Any deficiency at these stages will either end in death or cripple the child
for good. When the expectant lady gives birth to a child, she herself goes very
close to death. So any default or negligence at the time of delivery can be
fatal to both the mother and child. Where does India stand in this respect?
The other day, I saw a
report in a newspaper which revealed that the best child-birth facility is
available in England in the world. The facilities pertaining to the delivery
and post- birth cares are excellent. Moreover, all these welfare measures are totally
free. Attracted by this ideal situation, the pregnant ladies from entire Europe
and some other parts of the world flock to the British hospitals. The growing
number of such expectant ladies has reached almost at an unmanageable point for
the available local arrangements. It does not mean only huge fund involvements
but also requires a big number of medical personnel. The English people urge
upon the neighbouring countries to improve their own indigenous resources so
that the growing burden on the British system could be minimized.
Against this
background, the situation in India is by far heart-rending. The overall hygiene
of the labour rooms is so pathetic that the child is delivered and both the mother and child survive just by
heavenly mercy. Over and above this highly deplorable situation, the doctor and
the nursing staff nourish a very callous attitude. They compel the attendants
of the delivering ladies to part with hush money even for minor services. Even
though the Govt has given a lot of facilities to such ladies ever since they
conceive, the hospital staff make their plight miserable. How a new born dead
child, recently in New Delhi, instead of being kept in the mortuary was thrown
in a dustbin, may sadden any person.
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