Monday, April 22, 2013
Poor don’t get government facilities
My name is Chinta Musahar, 30 and my husband is Neeraj Musahar. I am a resident of village Rainawari, post Mangari, Tehsil Pindra, block Pindra district Varanasi. My family comprises of two sons and my husband.\
On May 18, 2011 I felt slight pain in my stomach and went to the Gangapur hospital at 10 am on a hand cart with my mother-in-law and village ASHA. At the hospital the ANM did the check up and said the baby will not be delivered now hence you may go back and come again before 7 in the evening as the child is expected by then. I was not given any injectable medicine. In the evening again I felt pain and this time it was severe. I called up ASHA at 7 and she came at 7.30 and took me to Rajpura health centre on a hand cart only. The pain aggravated further and I was in labour pain then.
The ANM was an upper caste (sawarn) and apart from that ANM and a dai (help/maid) there was no one in the health centre. I was made to relax on the bed and having done so I saw ANM going out and followed by the dai, who’s face was covered by cloth. My mother-in-law was beside me and anxious she was as I was in pain. For sometime I changed position in pain and cried but the ANM did nothing. When my mother-in-law went pleading for medicine the ANM chased her away.
At around 8.30 in the night the hands of the foetus were out and it was immense pain. But the ANM did nothing. I pleaded before her and at 9 pm she only told me that it was a serious case and I should go to Varanasi city for treatment. I got frightened and said, “I have no money sister where should I go and what should I do now.”
She said she would do nothing and there was risk so I should leave immediately. Having listened to this the ASHA Sunita and my mother-in-law rushed to the nearby crossing to get a vehicle. ANM waited but did nothing. Then suddenly the pain became unbearable and my mother-in-law started caressing at my abdomen. The vehicle came but it had to be returned back as the child was born. Then came the ANM and started demanding Rs 250. The dai took Rs 50 to separate the umbilical cord and even for medicines they gave. The rest of the medicines had to be brought from outside. Had my mother-in-law not got the childbirth done I would have died. The ANM treated me on the basis of my caste. Neither I was paid Rs 1400 nor the rent under the Janani Suraksha Yogna. The ANM didn’t even issued a birth certificate.
Even today I feel shattered when I remember that incident. I think such a staff should not be a part of the hospital system as their laxity might kill someone. I want legal action against her. Also that I be paid Rs 1400 and other perks as per the government scheme.
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