23/10/2022
All our mourning and crying can’t bring Hadi back nor can it undo the damage done, but this has to be said so no other mother and child goes through what my mami and Hadi did.
My Mami had been a booked patient at Patel hospital, under the care of Dr Ayesha Hussain. My mami was on time for all her antenatal checkups and got all the tests done which were prescribed, she was compliant and followed the doctor’s orders, putting her trust in her for the most important thing a person can lend their trust to someone for; their child. Yet when the most crucial time came, for which all the preparation had been for the doctor not only failed to recognize a very obvious complication but also did not take the necessary steps which she should have the skills for, that could have averted this tragedy.
Now coming to the more technical details, The baby weighed roughly around 4.3-4.5kgs at birth, as was seen on his antenatal scans, and despite there being previous histories of precipitated labor it rang no bell for her when labor failed to progress. The doctor was alerted several times that this is not in accordance with the history of the patient, something is very wrong, yet no action was taken. You say you have 16+ years of experience, but of what use is your experience if you couldn’t connect the dots and take a timely action? You were the one calling the shots! It was your duty to intervene, yet you chose to stand idle and let tragedy strike. This could have been averted had you done your job. The case is a textbook case of cephalopelvic disproportion, even after giving trial for labor you had sufficient time, had you made the decision to intervene this could have been avoided. But what was said? That you don’t do anything after 10 pm till morning? Then why call it a tertiary hospital with a working emergency? You took everything into account but the wellbeing of your patient and her child, you refused to take an action when time called… so you’re basically a doctor of convenience? But that’s not a thing.
The only reason I can call you out is because I myself am a doctor. People make mistakes, even doctors do, misjudgments and miscalculations, but yours was none of these, you are negligent by omission and by commission, not by a single action, but by actions you took week after week. You knew the risk yet you didn’t act or plan. Why? Everyone makes mistakes, but not only did you consciously act on your ill judgment, you refused to acknowledge the burden of the outcome, you refused to take responsibility when every bit of the way it was you who was responsible. Why? My mamoo signed the emergency c section consent yet not only not carry it out you hid it and denied the consent ever being signed! You removed his CTG from his file although it is a part of all other patient files who have received care there, why? After Hadi was born a doctor from your team came and told mami this was expected per her health complications e.g. hypertension and Diabetes, which my mami immediately corrected and told the doctor to check the files because she had none of those, all her vitals and lab reports during her pregnancy had been normal, and mami was right, she had none of those. You continuously tried shifting the blame, which you wouldn’t have to, had you taken a timely action.
Hadi had meconium aspiration of grade 3, a collapsed lung, and broken mandible, fractured humerus, suspected erbs palsy, hematoma and what not, because you failed to show up when duty called. Why?
I have so many whys going around in my head, none of which will ever be answered, it feels impossible to wrap my head around this, it feels absolutely unbelievable. After all this you had the audacity to try and put the blame on our little baby, you said “kitna mota bacha paida kia hai ye”, who says that s**t? Why did you do this? Why did you steal from Hadi his right to live and from his parents their child? Did it ever occur to you the power and responsibility of your position and the impact your decision can make? Kyun?
I would not have written this, and let the matter rest in the court of Allah, but I feel like coming from a place of insight I have to so no other parent and baby suffers like Hadi and his parents did, I have to write this because you show not an inkling of remorse, I have to because if you’re left unaccountable you will continue to be reckless and upon your convenience shift the burden as you will.