Dr Jyotirmay Datta hanged
himself after being unable to
cope with his 2,500 patient
workload
Posted on 08/13/2008 9:10:20 AM PDT by yankeedame
Dr Jyotirmay Datta hanged
himself after being unable to
cope with his 2,500 patient
workload
A family GP hanged himself after being unable to cope with his growing workload of patients, an inquest has heard.
Father-of-two Dr Jyotimrmay Datta, 58, crumbled under the pressure of working until midnight some nights - and regularly at weekends - for an astounding 2,500 patients...
He penned two farewell letters to his wife Anne...of 19 years.
He then hanged himself from a bannister at the family home while Anne and their two children slept soundly upstairs.
His horrified wife found his body in the early hours of April 21 this year.
Giving evidence at the inquest in Hull, Anne described how her husband had hinted that he was finding it impossible to cope with his staggering workload.
Speaking through tears, she said: 'He was under a lot of pressure at work, he had 2,500 patients to deal with.
'Some nights he didn't come home til gone midnight. He was also working many weekends....'
Just four days before his death he said to Anne...'I don't know how much longer I can keep doing it.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
He should have immigrated to the U.S. and found a more profitable, more reasonable practice. Sad, may God comfort his family.
Interestingly, here in the US more and more MD’s are opting out of treating Medicare patients. Evidently, the pay doesn’t equal the workload.
It’s not uncommon these days for Docs and hospital staff to be assaulted by patients. Some Docs have been attacked in their offices for refusing to sign a “sick note” for example.
"The saddest words
Of tongue or pen
Are the simple words:
'It might have been.' "
Dude. Quit. Buy a hotdog cart. Make a couple of bucks. Be happy.
So what is the normal workload both there and here in the U.S.?
You get what you pay for.
“Evidently, the pay doesn’t equal the workload.”
That is true for many of the reimbusements we receive from medical insurances.
Patients seldom realize what a “good deal” they are getting, EVEN WHEN (horrors) they have to reach in their own pocket because of a high deductible.
Not 100% sure they would have allowed him to. His skill set makes him the nearest thing to state property.
$ related suicide. Or should I say £
I hope Hillery! and Obambi see this. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll wake up.
Please add me to your socialized medicine ping list.
P.S. I’m not illiterate. I know your post said to freepmail you, but I’m at work and the computer system blocks access to any form of e-mail other than the company’s e-mail, and catches even FReepmail in its net.
Socialism is a grand idea until you have to implement it.
Not sure if socialism is the issue or his messed up personal finances.
It’s an “idea” that, like most Liberal “ideas,” is divorced from reality.
“Dude. Quit. Buy a hotdog cart. Make a couple of bucks. Be happy.”
It’s not that easy.
Making a good living can trap a man like poverty. He probably could not see any way out of the trap he was in.
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