Well, I disagree with the last line - "It happens only in India". This could have happened just about anywhere in the world. You cannot anticipate such things.
Only in india do people have such inferiority complex like this author. If India is not respected in the International arena that mostly because of people like this author who think everything is good in foreign countries and everything is bad in India.
Feasible to keep specialised things on board? Cold chain, permits, laws...
I am not a Doctor but I know that some US medicines are Illegal in India because Indian doctors have not cleared them. Same is for say German medicines not fully tested in USA and not allowed to be kept/sold in USA.
If I have a known heart condition then I will keep 1-2 weeks supply with me. I know one woman with thyroid removed who does not keep her daily pills in purse etc.
Re: Possible to keep all medicines on board?
by LK Advani on Dec 12, 2009 07:42 PM
there should be some rules to keep medicines being onboard. i am sure the local rules doesnt apply always in case it is afterall someones life. USA/India/Germany at least someone will have the drug. The aircraft did this just to cover their **SS
Re: Re: Possible to keep all medicines on board?
by common sense on Dec 15, 2009 04:21 PM
But the question is who should know which and how to administer the drug. Air hostess? or the pilot him self? Or all air travellers should compulsorily know how to hold syringe? give injection? Let us be practical here.
Re: Possible to keep all medicines on board?
by LK Advani on Dec 12, 2009 07:36 PM
but here it is not only the medicines which were not found, but the patient or the person who had the heart attack was dead onboard and not while being taken to hospital. In India anything can be changed to ones own favour.
Re: Possible to keep all medicines on board?
by Phaltu Ulloo on Dec 12, 2009 09:22 PM
Even Indian Railways stocks every medicine for use in Emergency. At least, thats what is always discovered during annual audits. Of course, its another matter that the first-Aid box is empty and medicine supplies are always unavailable when needed. But, available or no, purchases are recorded in books. Eh! How's that!
Re: airlines
by common sense on Dec 12, 2009 12:08 PM
How can you hold air line responsible? In what way they can prevent heart attacks? Why should any air line keep drugs on board? How can they anticipate requirement? each time requirement is likely to be different; this fellow writes that the doctor kept screaming for some injection; suppose air line did indeed have this drug; suppose there was no doctor on board that day; do you expect flight stewards/air hosteses to administer injection? or do you expect that all air lines/flights should necessarily have doctor on board? or do you expect pilots or any other air line crew should be trained medical practitioners? Do you expect that while travelling in bus/train if some one suffers heart attack, the conductor should give one injection? You may argue that you pay high amount for air travel; but then my dear Sir, you are paying only for speedy travel and nothing more; people equate air travel with traveling in Air Force One. sorry, the truth of the matter is air travel is only just another mode of transport thats all.
Re: Re: airlines
by LK Advani on Dec 12, 2009 07:39 PM
dear mr. whatever, you need to understand that you have to take responsible for the passengers in every way that is why you have rules and regulations for flying an aircraft. you cant compare aircraft with a govt bus. you must be the pilot of that aircraft. you dumbo. check the rules and flying. you will also find first aid box in a bus why not necessary medicines in an aircraft. quality should supercede there always. but it is India isnt it. who cares
Re: Re: Re: airlines
by common sense on Dec 15, 2009 12:29 PM
You double dumbo; you check the rules; before that try answering my questions as above; if you come up with satisfying replies please let us know; other wise dont show your ignorance/stupidity here by being sanctimonious
Re: Re: Re: airlines
by nagendra singh on Dec 15, 2009 11:53 AM
Go look in a small street corner medical store. They have like 5000 medicines stocked there. They need a pharmacist to sell those (They hang the certificate on the wall somewhere). Try fitting that in on a flight. The rule is, if you are not fit to fly then don't.
Re: airlines
by Mike Doot on Dec 13, 2009 08:27 AM
Please tell me, Mr. HRM, that you are kidding. You want to hold the airline responsible for this guy having a heart attack on that flight?! You are right of course, they should have had a complete emergency room on standby for just such an occasion, what were they thinking?! Let's see, who else can we sue . . . . I know, let's also sue the gate agent because she should have known the guy didn't look well and shouldn't travel. How about that Doctor? Perhaps you could get a few bucks out of him too . . . why was he traveling and didn't bring all the medicine that he might possibly need in an emergency. Your "sue anybody we can because it can't be my fault" attitude depresses me. On another subject . . . airlines don't like to have someone declared dead in flight, it's often "enroute to the hospital" because the paperwork hassle for dieing in flight is crazy . . . is that right? No, but you can thank the lawyers for that too . . .and people like you that want to sue any one they can for any misfortune that comes your way.
Re: Re: airlines
by nagendra singh on Dec 15, 2009 11:56 AM
One OT, one GP, one ONT, one child specialist, one gynaecologist, one dietician, one heart surgeon (Actually three of these) plus some nurses etc.
Few lawyers as groundstaff because some operations would fail as they do on land.
Re: Tell us which airline is that?
by send on Dec 12, 2009 11:38 AM
hehehe...It is a private airline...Yeah..Patel's binam! owned Airline...that is why they didn't come out with the name of the airline.All well in politics man...If it is a govt airline(public property),everybody has the right to question it and they do so and tell the name also to spoil it's image.
