India: children dying from other than stray dogs

[Guest guest]

Sadly though media banks on spicy news, and that is unfortunately what

sells best in todays competitive world if we are to believe the media

and the press.

Also although both the tragedies of families losing their children by

electrocution or dog mauling are equally gruesome, but for the reader

of a newspaper or the viewer of a channel it's the 'dog mauled death'

that would appeal more.

 

Azam

 

On 3/29/07, Weintraub <weintraub wrote:

> I am not saying that showing other children dying of other causes is a PR

> strategy at all for the recent 7-8 month old baby being killed by stray dogs

> but just between all of us, isn't is interesting that the stray dog death

> story appeared on the front headline as national news for the Deccan " Boy

> dies after Dog Attack: 29 March, and below one for electrocution appeared

> inside as city news for Hyderabad. For anyone who missed Azam's post about

> the 7-8 month old baby death, the link was

> http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070007132

>

> So how many children are dying from electric shock, if one is counting, the

> toll might be just about even with stray dogs currently and should be just

> as " shocking " , this is not an isolated incident. So where is the public

> outcry to clean up the electricity, etc.?

>

>

http://www.deccan.com/City/CityNews.asp#3-year-old%20boy%20dies%20of%20electrocu\

tion

> 3-year-old boy dies of electrocution Hyderabad, March 28: A three-year-old

> boy was electrocuted in Begumpet on Tuesday.

> Yuvaraju, son of Raja Ba-hadur of Motilal Nagar, reportedly fell on an

> electric pole while playing with other children of the locality. As Yuvaraju

> fell unconscious, the other children carried him to his home and his mother

> Urmila rushed him to a private hospital where he was declared dead. The body

> was sent to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem. Police, who suspect that the

> boy died of electric shock, are awaiting the post-mortem report to confirm

> the cause of death.

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Link: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070007208

 

AP: Inquiry ordered into boy's death

 

Tejeswi Pratima, Uma Sudhir

Thursday, March 29, 2007 (Hyderabad)

A baby in Hyderabad died on Wednesday after being attacked by a stray dog.

 

An official inquiry has now been ordered to find out why the baby had

to be rushed from one hospital to another and was denied what could

have been life-saving treatment.

 

" They gave an injection and sent us to Niloufer. They refused

admission and sent us to Fever Hospital, " said Meera, mother Ritesh.

 

Ritesh's mother ran with from one hospital to another before he died

of excess bleeding on Wednesday evening.

 

At Hyderabad's Osmania General Hospital the baby was given first aid,

anti-tetanus injection and directed to the specialised children's

hospital Niloufer. But Niloufer told them to get an anti-rabies shot

at the Institute of Preventive Medicine.

 

The doctor on duty says the baby was bleeding with multiple bites on

the abdomen and hips. But since the hospital does not have an

in-patient ward, he was referred to go to Niloufer hospital for

further treatment.

 

Another detour to Fever Hospital and by the time the baby boy returned

to Niloufer four hours later, to be put on a ventilator, it was too late.

 

" It is alleged that the baby had been referred to three or four

hospitals. Why was he referred and why was there so much delay in the

treatment. According to what comes out of the inquiry approriate

action will be taken, " said I V Rao, MD, Director Of Medical

Education, AP.

 

Critics say the question is who killed Baby Ritesh, a stray canine or

an insensitive public healthcare system?

 

 

aapn , " AZAM SIDDIQUI " <azam24x7 wrote:

>

> Sadly though media banks on spicy news, and that is unfortunately what

> sells best in todays competitive world if we are to believe the media

> and the press.

> Also although both the tragedies of families losing their children by

> electrocution or dog mauling are equally gruesome, but for the reader

> of a newspaper or the viewer of a channel it's the 'dog mauled death'

> that would appeal more.

>

> Azam

>

> On 3/29/07, Weintraub <weintraub wrote:

> > I am not saying that showing other children dying of other causes

is a PR

> > strategy at all for the recent 7-8 month old baby being killed by

stray dogs

> > but just between all of us, isn't is interesting that the stray

dog death

> > story appeared on the front headline as national news for the

Deccan " Boy

> > dies after Dog Attack: 29 March, and below one for electrocution

appeared

> > inside as city news for Hyderabad. For anyone who missed Azam's

post about

> > the 7-8 month old baby death, the link was

> > http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070007132

> >

> > So how many children are dying from electric shock, if one is

counting, the

> > toll might be just about even with stray dogs currently and should

be just

> > as " shocking " , this is not an isolated incident. So where is the

public

> > outcry to clean up the electricity, etc.?

> >

> >

http://www.deccan.com/City/CityNews.asp#3-year-old%20boy%20dies%20of%20electrocu\

tion

> > 3-year-old boy dies of electrocution Hyderabad, March 28: A

three-year-old

> > boy was electrocuted in Begumpet on Tuesday.

> > Yuvaraju, son of Raja Ba-hadur of Motilal Nagar, reportedly fell on an

> > electric pole while playing with other children of the locality.

As Yuvaraju

> > fell unconscious, the other children carried him to his home and

his mother

> > Urmila rushed him to a private hospital where he was declared

dead. The body

> > was sent to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem. Police, who suspect

that the

> > boy died of electric shock, are awaiting the post-mortem report to

confirm

> > the cause of death.

>