Sir,
The first of July each year has been earmarked as Doctors’ Day in India. Each family wishes their child to become a medical doctor. But due to some longstanding communication gaps between the Medical Doctor and the community, the overall corrupt practices at the state and national levels, the status of medical doctors has declined . It is evident by the clashes that occur between the doctors and the patients and their relatives . The time is, therefore, ripe that they rebuild that confidence as existed as doctors are a classical example of a Karamayogi whose basic objective (Dharma) in life is to provide selfless service with no expectation towards its fruits. The medical doctors should attempt to gain their status of being a spiritual healer and not merely a physical healer.
It is a fact that there is so much difference in the earning structure of a medical person in the government sector and the commercial sector, and most of the doctors end up doing illegal private practice within and after their hospital hours making them indifferent towards their legitimate duties. This spreads a wrong message in the community. Therefore, doctors need be well paid so that they do not even think of indulging in corrupt practices and are always available for patient care.
It is right that the doctors are required to care for the community but, in turn they need to live a comfortable, decent and respectable life. The way resident and junior doctors, are exploited in various hospitals is pathetic. They are made to work for 36 hours. Such long uninterrupted working hours make them irritable and short tempered. The result is further communication gap between them, the patients and their relatives.
Taking a doctor to the court of Law under the Consumer Protection Act, to my mind, is not fair and just. There is a vast difference between “negligence” and “difference of opinion.”” Difference of opinion” is not a crime, but “negligence” is. One cannot put a judge behind bars because he happened to give death sentence to a person, which got revoked in a higher court in due course of time. Unfortunately the media always supports the emotionally charged relative of a patient. There is no reason why the public or the media should take the law in their hands and give a verdict even before the actual case is filed in the court of law.
I wish the medical doctors well on this day!.
Yours etc….
Predhuman K Joseph Dhar,
Jammu
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