In an emotional video, stand-up comedian Aadarsh Mishra said, “My father died prematurely while visiting the hospital.” The National Medical College and Narayani Hospital in Birgunj are responsible for this.” He broke in the video for not keeping his promise of bringing his father home. He also added, “To survive in Nepal, a Kidney patient needs to be the prime minister, a common [hu]man cannot survive here.”
Aadarsh’s father passed away on Tuesday morning. He had been suffering from Kidney disease for four years and had to undergo dialysis twice a week. For this, he used to visit the National Medical College in Birgunj.
However, during the last visit, he was told by the medical college that he would undergo dialysis only if the administration receives a PCR report of the coronavirus. Binod Mishra’s health was deteriorating, he needed immediate cure. After that, he was taken to Narayani Hospital by his son Aadarsh. Sadly, Binod’s coronavirus test came positive. Narayani Hospital has been conducting dialysis of covid positive kidney patients.
“The sister (nurse) working at Narayani Hospital lied to me, she said that both the machines were damaged but only one was damaged. She told that information about the fault in the machines has been released but no information was released”, said Aadarsh. Although the doctor instructed her to undergo dialysis for 4 hours, the nurse did only 3 hours, Aadarsh explained in the video. He added, “Sister, you were in the hurry to reach your home, so you skipped the dialysis, but my father never reached home.”
After his father’s condition became critical, he decided to take him to Bharatpur. He hoped to receive better treatment in the ‘Medical City’ – Bharatpur. On the contrary, the situation was different, he did not receive a warm welcome in the different hospital. The doctors only checked Binod’s Oxygen level and did not admit him to ICU. He said, “Urea’s traces were in my father’s brain, I cried to give him high flow oxygen, but the doctors only checked his level, they did not care that my father had 105 degrees Fahrenheit fever.”
Sources said that his family had a marriage ceremony at home a few weeks back where his father got infected, and his father was also receiving government-subsidized dialysis as well.
Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli also suffers from Kidney disease
The prime minister of Nepal is also suffering from Kidney disease. He had received Kidney transplants two times. The first time, he went to a foreign land for the operation. In the second time, he chose to undergo surgery in Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj.
He had a successful operation both times. According to the law of Nepal, “An organ may be extracted from the body of an alive person (donor), and such organ may be transplanted into the body of a close relative of that donor only under [some] circumstances.”
The Human Body Transplantation Act 1998 confines transplantation to “close relative”. It explains “Close relative means that person’s son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, nephew, niece, grand-father, grand-mother from the father’s side, grand-son, grand-daughter from the son’s side, grand-son, granddaughter from the daughter’s side, and includes husband, wife, adopted son, adopted daughter, stepmother, stepfather, father-in-law, mother-in-law, which whom relationship has constantly existed since two years ago.”
As stated by the law practitioners, the prime minister violated the law by receiving a Kidney from a person who is not eligible to be called a close relative.
Yearly, Thirty Thousand Patients are Added
According to a study published by Global Press Journal, yearly, 30 thousand kidney disease-related patients are added in Nepal. The government provides free dialysis for patients who suffer from renal failure; however, some hospitals charge Rs. 2500, 3500 every time. Aadarsh Mishra also said he had to pay Rs 3500 every time for the dialysis in NMC, Birgunj.
Around 6000 people all over Nepal are getting treatment from more than 50 hospitals for free dialysis. After 2016, Nepal Government provided free lifetime hemodialysis. Yet, there are problems despite the facilities.
Aadarsh’s father, Binod Mishra, is a tragic example of the problems hidden inside Nepali health institutions. Although he was ensured free treatment according to the law, he did not get it. Let’s hope there would be no other Binod Mishra’s suffering in the hospital to get the treatment.
According to the Legal policies of organ transplantation in India: Basics and beyond, cross-border organ trasnplation is a complicated process.
A Twitter user wrote a thread: “It is a different matter to be in the pain of losing a father, but there are no problems in Nepal’s organ transplant law. The main problem is that since the donor is Indian, many procedures have to be completed in India first, according to the law there. In this, his aunt is not even eligible to donate organs to his father”.
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