Physicians' fees
In Bangladesh patients are frequently cheated by doctors. When a patient meets with a doctor to get rid of a disease or to reduce health related trouble one has to pay very high fees. A top bureaucrat of government gets Tk.45, 000 as monthly salary, that is, Tk.1, 500 (in average) per day. In the same economy a specialized doctor after regular job earns additional Tk.10, 000 every evening. It is collected from 20 patients @ Tk.500.00. Some Doctors attend more than 20 patients every evening. More than Tk.100.00 should not be charged from a patient per visit. A Doctor can earn Tk.50, 000 in 25 working days in a month in addition to his regular salary.
Doctors are not greedy traders! Those aiming to earn huge money should not come to this profession. It is a common complaint that at every first appointment a doctor suggests a long list of diagnostic tests. Suppose ten tests are performed following the advice of the doctor, it is commonly observed that in most events all tests show normal results.
In a few events one or two test results show some deviation from the normal (standard). After looking at the reports, the doctor usually smiles at the patient and says, “Thank God your tests results are good'. So, the common men think that on most occasions doctors advice unnecessary tests. So, there must be a nexus between the doctors and the diagnostic centres. Bangladesh Medical Council can change the situation by advising and by censuring the doctors.
The fees of the doctors must be re-fixed at a reasonable level so that common men can get the service of the specialists doctors.
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