Being a doctor....

Is being a doctor crime now a
days? Slightest of a mistake and
there you go….abuses by everyone.
          Everyday thousands
of patients are being treated no
one says a word….but let there be
one small mistake and its almost
like his life is in danger. I am not
saying that doctors should make
mistakes …but i just want to bring
to light one thing….that we doctors
always give our best to do what we
can for a patient but even after
that if a patient fails to improve is
it our fault? After all we are also
human beings…only God has the
power to give someone life or
death.
        Its really sad to hear that
doctors are being attacked by
public for d slightest of the
reasons. I mean first investigate is
the doctor wrong…has he
committed an act of negligence
after that you decide how you will
handle this. If the doctor has not
committed any negligence an still
he is being attacked by mobs its
really sad. And thats whats
happening most of the time.
          There are incidents of a
doctor's hands being amputated by
the public since he could not save
a lady who just delivered a baby. I
wad shocked when i heard this.
What happened was this she gave
birth in her own house….they didnt bother to take her to the hospital…but when they noticed that she was bleeding heavily(in medical terms a case of post partum haemorrhage) and her condition was detoriating
then they decided to take her to
the hospital…and before they
reached the hospital she already
died. Now tell me is it the doctor’s
fault? Why was the doctor
punished for this?
          I would like to state another
major problem that occurs mostly
here in India. Superstition…… there are people who dosent go to the doctor but goes to quacks…and God knws what treatment they give to the patients….the patients
condition inproves for a while…so
the patient happy…D problem
arises after few days when the
disease flares up even more… twice 1or thrice more intensity than before. Again they will go to the quack and the vicious cycle
continues for a while….untill the
disease reaches its extreme. Then
they will come to the doctor. On
asking at first they will deny taking
herbal medicine…and since the
disease is already out of control
now so doctors are not able to
save the patient now… Then the
patient dies….and in the eyes of the public now the doctor is the
reason behind the death….the
lamest excuse i have heard till now is “the patient died after the
doctor gave him intravenous
saline”…. There are plenty of cases
like this and the list is endless.
           My message to you is please think once before attacking your doctor. He is the one trying to save your life…how can you beat him up?