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'Patients in vegetative state important too'
Updated On: 30 November, 2009 08:07 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho
Jaslok, Hinduja hospitals continue to treat two victims of 2005 train blasts, who are still in coma, saying it's their responsibility
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Jaslok, Hinduja hospitals continue to treat two victims of 2005 train blasts, who are still in coma, saying it's their responsibility
Even though neurologically disabled patients remain at hospitals with little hope for improvement, let alone complete recovery, they continue to be the responsibility of institutions struggling to make ends with limited beds, a stretched workforce and the growing burden of patients.
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In Sunday MiD DAY (Should Aruna die? March 29), we revisited the story of 62-year-old nurse Aruna Shanbaug who was raped 36 years ago and to this day lies in a vegetative state at KEM hospital where she was employed.
Dr Gustad Davar, director of medical services at P D Hinduja Hospital that is home to 7/11 serial train blasts victim Parag Sawant (29), bemoans the lack of rehabilitation infrastructure in the city.
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