SNMMCH Dhanbad: Ruckus in ART Center for HIV medicine latest news update 2022
Latest News Update On 01 September 2022: The woman, who reached the ART center of SNMMCH to take HIV medicine for another patient, created a ruckus on Wednesday. The woman was adamant on the insistence of taking the medicine while the employee was not ready to give her the medicine of another. Despite the uproar, the woman was not given medicine. After this the patient issued an audio message in the name of concerned ART worker Abhay Kumar. It says that if anything happens to him, it will be Abhay Kumar's responsibility.
It is said that the HIV-infected woman was asking for the medicine of another patient along with her. The woman did not even have the written consent of the other patient. The employee refused to give him the medicine saying that there is a provision to give the medicine only to the patient or his family member. to no one else. The woman did not agree. He called the patient concerned and got him to talk to the employee. The patient was asking the employee to give his medicine to the woman. He said that he is in Gaya, Bihar. He has been on medication since August 3. The medicine should be sent in the hands of the woman. The employee was not ready for this. The patient was advised to go to the Gaya ART center and take medicine. He will get the medicine easily there. There is a provision for this. When things did not work out, the woman left in a ruckus. After this the patient made the audio message viral. In this, taking his name, he has said that he was not given medicine. Abhay Kumar will be responsible if anything happens to him.
Therefore, prohibition of giving medicines to others, if people associated with HIV are to be believed, during Corona, arrangements were made to send medicines to the patient's home by the personnel of the Care Support Center for a limited time. In the later days, the present and former employees of the center started giving medicines directly to other ART patients without ART green card. There was also a complaint about taking money from the patient in lieu of this medicine which was available free of cost. After this, there was a ban on giving medicines in the name of others in the ART center.
Transit patients can take medicine anywhere, Abhay Kumar says that according to the patient, he is still in Gaya. He was advised to take medicine at the ART center there. Arrangements have been made to give medicines to the transit patient from any ART centre. He wasn't even getting ready for it. Was asking to give medicine to someone else on the phone, which is against the rules.
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