Dr. Kafeel Khan

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Dr. Kafeel Khan secured all India 30th Rank in medical entrance test. He completed his MBBS & MD (Pediatrics) from KMC, Manipal, Karnataka.

He worked as an Assistant Professor in SIIMS, Gangtok (Sikkim) before getting permanent commission on 08.08.2016 as a lecturer in BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur – Uttar Pradesh.

The unfortunate & tragic incident of shortage of liquid oxygen at BRD college due to non payment to the vendors , led to death of 63 children and few adults. When Dr. Kafeel raised his voice demanding justice for the deceased, the government made Dr. Kafeel Khan the prime suspect and imprisoned him for twenty months in a span of three years.

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August 2016

Dr. Kafeel Khan worked as an Assistant Professor in SIIMS, Gangtok (Sikkim) before getting permanent commission on 08.08.2016 as a lecturer in BRD Medical College.

August 2017

Unfortunately the BRD oxygen tragedy happened on 10th August 2017, which killed many children. The reason for this tragedy was the stoppage of supply of liquid oxygen due to non-payment of dues to the vendor. The government in order to hide its failure and divert public attention made Dr. Kafeel Khan a scapegoat and imprisoned him for nine months. This was very untoward, as it was Dr. Kafeel Khan who in spite of not being the ward incharge came forward to help and left no stone unturned in saving the lives of kids on that day. Later, Hon'ble Allahabad High court categorically stated that there is no evidence of medical negligence against him.

September 2019

In September 2019 a Departmental inquiry done by Principal Secretary also stated that there was shortage of liquid oxygen for 54 hours in BRD Medical College on 10th, 11th, 12th of August 2017 and Dr. Kafeel Khan indeed arranged jumbo oxygen cylinders to save dying kids and absolved him on charges of medical negligence and corruption and accepted that I was the junior-most consultant who was not involved with supply, procurement, maintenance, order, payment of Liquid oxygen.

Jan 2020

He was again arrested in Jan 2020 and slapped with National Security act (NSA ) for his alleged inflammatory speech at Aligarh Muslim University and was behind the bar for 7 months.

September 2020

On 1st September His NSA and all 3 extensions quashed by Hon'ble High Court Uttar-Pradesh, India which called the whole process illegal. The Hon'ble Chief justice observed: "Dr.Kafeel Khan's speech at AMU, Aligarh, UP, India does not disclose any effort to promote hatred or violence. The address gives a call for national integrity and unity among the citizens"

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Doctors On Road

DoctorsOnRoad is an initiative by a group of doctors where they are travelling to rural parts of India where the health infrastructure is completely broken. Patients suffering from Covid19 are given medication, and those with non-covid medical emergencies are given treatment.

Health for all

With a team of health activists from all over India,Dr. kafeel has started a “Health for All” campaign to demand the “Right to Healthcare” a justifiable right through the enactment of appropriate legislation.Under this campaign he demands that each citizen of the country should have access to a primary healthcare center within a radius of 5 kilometres, offering adequate treatment and diagnostic services, as rural population still travels to it’s nearest metro cities to avail healthcare facilities which puts them under mental & financial stress.

Publications

Manipal Manual of Clinical Pediatrics

This manual provides a quick revision of good pediatric history taking and examination in a very simple manner. It contains numerous mnemonics, tables, charts, diagrams, formulas and easy to remember principles to enable easy registration and recall of the clinical aspect of pediatrics. In this edition many sections have been revised and enlarged such as growth and development, nutrition, immunization, neonatology, common and essential used drugs, instruments, and X-rays. This pocket-sized clinical manual is very handy to carry in the ward and refer to immediately when required. It is a concise yet comprehensive, easy to use, manual designed to serve the felt needs of undergraduate students and residents.

The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy - A Doctor’s Memoir of a Deadly Medical Crisis

A HARROWING MEDICAL CRISIS.

A DOCTOR IN THE EYE OF THE STORM.

HIS ACCOUNT OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

On the evening of 10 August 2017, liquid oxygen ran out at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College’s Nehru Hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Reportedly, over the next two days, more than eighty patients – sixty-three children and eighteen adults – lost their lives. In the intervening hours, Dr Kafeel Khan, the junior-most lecturer at the college’s paediatrics department, went to extraordinary lengths to secure oxygen cylinders, perform emergency treatment and rally the staff in order to prevent as many deaths as possible.

As the news of the tragedy grabbed national attention, Khan was called a hero for working ceaselessly to control the crisis and drawing attention to a healthcare system in dire need of repair. But a few days later, he found himself suspended and that an FIR had been filed against nine individuals, including him, for corruption and medical negligence, among other grave charges. Soon after he was summarily carted off to jail.

The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy is Kafeel Khan’s first-hand chronicle of the events of that fateful night in August 2017 and the gut-wrenching turmoil that followed – a suspension without end, an eight-month-long incarceration and a relentless fight for justice in the face of extreme apathy and persecution.