A government hospital in rural had an almost zero mortality rate (death rate of the admitted patients).
When one doctor asked the hospital’s medical officer-in-charge how did they save so many patients even in a rural area with limited resources he replied, “It is all due to God’s grace!”
The inquiring doctor was amazed that such miracles are possible in today’s world. The doctor-in-charge explained, “It is not what you think it is. The facilities and doctor’s expertise in our hospital are as in other similar hospitals. We live in a pretty backward region where religious belief and superstitions are very strong. There is Mandir (Hindu temple) just near our hospital. It is the belief of the local population that if a person dies in that temple, he will attain nirvana or salvation.”
“So whenever it looks like some patient is going to die, the relatives get the patient discharged or LAMA (Left against Medical Advice), take the patient to the nearby temple to take his last breath. As the patient is dying in the temple outside the hospital, the hospital death rate is officially very low.”
Statistics may not give the complete picture. Sometimes even the average result can look great due to certain favorable factors.
(Based on true incident)
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