Death of patient discharged on request, lynching of healers highlight healthcare gaps in Gadchiroli

Death of patient discharged on request, lynching of healers highlight healthcare gaps in Gadchiroli

Some cases of witch-hunting in the tribal pockets of Maharashtra appear to be linked to a term for patients in medical records — DOR, short for ‘discharged on request’. Doctors and other medical staff at primary health centres and hospitals in Gadchiroli, one of the State’s most underdeveloped districts, which borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana, say … Read more