Yesterday a male patient aged about 62 years walked into my clinic with the help of his wife. His main complaint is pain in his back area just behind and below the left armpit. He is suffering since last three days.. When I further inquired he told me that he sustained the injury in the toilet in one of the choultries ( wedding halls, Kaylana mantapa) . Just he fell on his back and he has applied some pain relieveing balms and there was no relief. On examination there was only bruise and no evidence of fracture and very deep other injuries. I treated him on OPD basis and asked him return afte two days for the follow up.
My question is who is responsible for such falls in toilets or bath rooms in public places like wedding halls, Govt or Public offices among the people who are aged or senior citizens. It is the common experience that most of the time toilet door locks are tight and very difficlut to open after locking it from inside, or sudden gush of water when you turn tap in the toilet, too slippery floor and most important is the inadequate light. There are municipal building laws to cover all these problems but very rarely few owners of the buildings will apply this.
It is fortunate that there was no serious injury to his back , legs or head. Unnecessarily patient had to pay fees for his no mistake but using the poorly built toilets. Last week there was a news item in the leading newspaper regarding the old couple got locked up in their own bathroom and spent three days there and ultimately they managed to come out .
If you are suffering from High BP, senior citizen staying alone, Diabetes neurological complications, epilepsy , heart patients, visual problems in poor light be careful while using public toilets including the trains.
My question is who is responsible for such falls in toilets or bath rooms in public places like wedding halls, Govt or Public offices among the people who are aged or senior citizens. It is the common experience that most of the time toilet door locks are tight and very difficlut to open after locking it from inside, or sudden gush of water when you turn tap in the toilet, too slippery floor and most important is the inadequate light. There are municipal building laws to cover all these problems but very rarely few owners of the buildings will apply this.
It is fortunate that there was no serious injury to his back , legs or head. Unnecessarily patient had to pay fees for his no mistake but using the poorly built toilets. Last week there was a news item in the leading newspaper regarding the old couple got locked up in their own bathroom and spent three days there and ultimately they managed to come out .
If you are suffering from High BP, senior citizen staying alone, Diabetes neurological complications, epilepsy , heart patients, visual problems in poor light be careful while using public toilets including the trains.
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