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It is dreadful but a fact.Most medical practitioners qualified or otherwise in
our mother land have no respect for the patients poor or rich and poorer they
are, the worse treatment they get.They have no respect for the patients and have
very little sympathy and understanding of their feelings and worries.I do not
fully blame the practitioners for this but the training system is flawed in
medical schools and colleges.They are not taught the human values and
undrestanding,caring and communication skills as part of the curriculum. They
are merely taught diseases and treatments and produce excllent doctors but not
caring and understanding doctors. The whole training methods need re think and
modification to suit the present day expectation of patients to be treated with
respect and dignity.
As regards the present day state of affairs, the govts need to take immediate
steps to regulate and monitor the practices of all doctors and quaks.They can
take at least few steps to protect patients and public in general immediately;
1.Register all practioners in particular quaks and monitor their activities.
2.Restrict the sales of medicines from the pharmacists and chemists by
prescription only by qualified practiotioners only except some simle
medications.
3.Intravenous therapy should only be advised by qualified and registerd doctors.
4.Vacant doctors' posts at the Block and PHC levels should be filled and make
sure they stay there.
5.Primary health care workers in village level should advise and offer help and
support to the poor villagers and direct them to the appropriate practitioners
available there.
There are many things that need to be done but for now that's enough for
consideration.
Dhuni
Dr. Dhuni Soren
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