‘Failed system’ blamed for death of Milandhoo heart-attack patient
A 57-year-old victim of a heart attack from the island of Milandhoo in Shaviyani atoll died yesterday before boarding a plane to the capital after an oxygen tank ran out. “We are all destined to die someday. Some naturally and some by others’ fault. My mother died because of a failed system,” her son said.
18 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
A 57-year-old victim of a heart attack from the northern island of Milandhoo in Shaviyani atoll died yesterday when her oxygen tank ran out just as she was about to board a plane to the capital.
The victim’s son, Mohamed Shiyam, told The Maldives Independent that doctors at the island’s health centre had recommended that his mother, Sameera Mohamed, be taken to the regional hospital in Haa Dhaal Kulhudhufushi, a population hub in the north.
“I asked them why we should go to the Kulhuduhfushi hospital first as doctors could not treat her there. They said it is the procedure if we were to use [the government’s health insurance scheme] Aasandha,” he said.
“This is discriminatory, patients with different political ideologies have been treated differently before. Instead of sending to Kulhudhuhfushi, some others are taken straight to Malé.”
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