Unsafe Medical Test at Deira Municipality health clinic, Dubai- My experience on 16th December, 2007
Yesterday (16th December, 2007) I went to the Deira Municipality health clinic, Dubai for my Medical Test (Blood Test) for the purpose of Residence Visa on behalf of Al-Futtaim Group. As per the instruction of the officials there, at around 1:45 P.M. one Lab Technician took my blood sample at the counter no. 7 (Just in front of the reception counter). My coupon no. was 1449.
Just before he was ready to take my blood I saw that the syringe he was using was not sealed and at a glance I saw that some amount of blood was stick to it. Suddenly I could not tell him anything and before I could protest he pushed the syringe into me.
But following that, I have been suffering from too much agony and worry. Can anybody please write to me why this kind of unsafe behavior is practiced in a place like Dubai? And if anything negative or any infection happens to me who will be responsible for the same. Whom will I catch and how?
This I could not expect from a place like Dubai and that’s the reason why I could not even say anything to the Lab Technician who was attending me yesterday.
Anyways after around 3 months from now, I will do a blood test for HIV again to check whether anything happened to me and also report to the world regarding this unsafe behavior from a medical professional in a Government Health Clinic. Waiting for your comments regarding this unfortunate incidence I came across.
whoever
you should have informed the concern authority then and there !! with the name of the lab technician so that he would not repeat the same. It usually is not the higher level managment who are interested in shaving the penny. It is not always all the people doing the same thing which you have come across. So if there is someone playing around with life’s of people just to save his own afford in doing things in right way, the higher managment people should be informed immediately, irrespective if this was done to you or not. A small mistake from the part of lab assistant could cost some one a life.
Take good care of yourself,
Regards,
Whoever