Post Eman row, Maha govt to frame rules for patients from abroad
the BJP’s footprint, began with a 5km road show from the airport.
The BJP president said conquering Tripura is one of his party’s top priorities. “Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has formed governments in Haryana, Maharashtra and in the Northeast. Our next target in the region is Tripura,” he said.
Manik Sarkar’s Left Front government in the state, he said, has done little besides indulging in corruption, organising political attacks and facilitating infiltration of Bangladeshis in more than two decades of rule. “The Congress era is coming to an end. I believe people of Tripura are yearning for a change and want BJP as the alternative to communist rule,” Shah said.
After the controversy over the treatment of Egypt’s Eman Ahmed, who was once the world’s heaviest woman, the Maharashtra government has decided to come up with guidelines to deal with patients from abroad.
“The way Eman lost weight after surgery is a proud moment for all of us. This is definitely the finest example to boost medical tourism in the state. But we have learnt many things in this case.
“I feel the need for a standard operating procedure (SOP) which will help prevent things turn negative,” health minister Deepak Sawant said.
The minister instructed officials on Friday to prepare a note in this regard so that it could be issued to all hospitals.
The SOP will largely deal with precautions and guidelines to be followed in preparation of documents, sharing of information with patient’s relatives as well as embassy of the patient’s country. The hospitals will be guided on the process of discharge, process of shifting patients to another country for treatment and medical instructions that need to be shared with patients and relatives, Sawant said.
Eman weighed 498kg when she was brought to India on February 11 for weight-loss surgery by the doctors of Saifee hospital. During her treatment in the last few weeks, her sister Shaimaa Selim accused Saifee Hospital and Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, the bariatric surgeon heading the team that treated Eman, of negligence in medical care. Nobody in the family or party wants it to split. What will they get if the party divides and weakens? Some elements, both inside and