Shanti- Shanti is 55 yo, pts husband passed away a few years ago; due to his death patient became severely depressed. pt has two daughters which are both married. Pt was left alone, and her sister decided to play DOCTOR and administered her Diabetic medication to the patient in the hopes of making her feel better. The medicated reacted in such a way, that it caused a mental break down for Shanti. Shanti started to become anxious, walk around, talking senselessly, and taking her clothes off. Without thinking to take Shanti to a doctor, the family dropped her off at Pingalwara and never came back to get her again. It has been 8 years since she heard from her family. Shanti is on psychotropic medications. She is possibly living with a schizo affective disorder.
Bindu- (AKA Laughing Patient) Bindu was asked a series of questions, and the answers to all were "HAHAHAHHAHAHHAH" Uncontrollable laughter!
Kamali- Kamali was dropped off to Pingalwara 7 months ago by the sarpanch (town leader) for being disruptive, taking her clothes off and inappropriate behavior. After a full examination of the patient, we came to know that she is Pregnant. The patient cannot respond to any questions, and in return when you pat her belly and ask her where this came from, she starts to Smile and starts to hit her belly. Kamali is due next month on April 18, 2009.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
A Thought to Ponder...
Just a thought to ponder......
-Why do children leave their parents, when the parent(s) have become mentally unstable? whether it be a son or daughter!????????
Coming from the South Asian community, we tend to believe that we, and only we, are the only people who can give proper care to our parents. The thought of putting our parents in nursing homes is completely out of the question…or is it?
The thought of putting your parents in an American standard nursing home is still bearable- although how could one leave their parents in Pingalwara? Drop them off and Never take them back. Only because they are out of control with their mental state of mind?
I have many cases where my patients children have left them in Pingalwara, and they are residing in a ward with some severely mentally ill patients, just because they are unable to care for their parents.
I thought only Americans were CRAZY!
MISCONCEPTION- for those of you who think that Indians are not Mentally Ill, YOUR WRONG!!!!!
In fact at least Americans are able to get the proper Psychiatric care needed to function and live a high quality life. India has hidden away their Mentally unstable patients in Pingalwara and other organizations.
-Why do children leave their parents, when the parent(s) have become mentally unstable? whether it be a son or daughter!????????
Coming from the South Asian community, we tend to believe that we, and only we, are the only people who can give proper care to our parents. The thought of putting our parents in nursing homes is completely out of the question…or is it?
The thought of putting your parents in an American standard nursing home is still bearable- although how could one leave their parents in Pingalwara? Drop them off and Never take them back. Only because they are out of control with their mental state of mind?
I have many cases where my patients children have left them in Pingalwara, and they are residing in a ward with some severely mentally ill patients, just because they are unable to care for their parents.
I thought only Americans were CRAZY!
MISCONCEPTION- for those of you who think that Indians are not Mentally Ill, YOUR WRONG!!!!!
In fact at least Americans are able to get the proper Psychiatric care needed to function and live a high quality life. India has hidden away their Mentally unstable patients in Pingalwara and other organizations.
Back to work....
Hello Everyone.... IM BACK!!! Im very sorry for being out of touch... actually I took a small vacation from Pingalwara and went to Delhi while Aman was visiting in India for 3 weeks. This week has been especially hectic, getting back into work mode! But IM BACK!!!
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