Namcha and Doring
Normal day in the hospital, amongst
hustle and bustle, lot of commotion, staff brushing shoulders with each other,
patients in agony, attendants moving in and out of hospital in the simplest
pretext. Amidst all these, our ambulance arrived in the parking with case of ‘retained
placenta’. We immediately shifted the patient to delivery room and assessed and
I was shocked to see that the cord was tied to a stone like structure and
someone said it is called Namcha and Doring. I still now don’t know
in which language but the principle behind that is to pull the cord outside or
to prevent from cord stump from receding back to uterus. (Picture can be posted upon viewer’s request). We all will agree
that 50% of our time is gone talking to these people and trying to educate on
safe practices if not advising them on compulsory institutional deliveries,
yet, there are people like these people who would opt to do things as they
believe.
And I came across a case where the cord
stump was tied to a small wooden peg where the cows are tied (in sharchop we
call it Phur). It may sound funny and
unbelievable but I have seen these. So, occasion such as these indicates that
Nurses shouldn’t stop talking on health issues, till our communities practices
only the ‘safe practices’ to stay healthy.
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