Medical ethics
In a decent society, physicians do not advertise in the mass media showing their names, professional degrees and subject of specialities. Not only is it an indecent act, but it is also considered a violation of universal medical ethics. In a recent issue of DS, there was an advertisement of a hospital with photographs, all the degrees and respective specialities of four physicians.
In other countries, the medical profession itself regulates its own behaviour with the clients and ethics. Unfortunately, the BMDC (Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council) which is the custodian of our medical ethics is so weak and ineffective in this respect, that it can easily be called a silent partner of various unethical activities of our medical profession.
An appeal to the BMDC would be useless. I would appeal to the press not to publish such unethical medical advertisements in newspapers for the sake of those physicians who are still keen to follow medical ethics.
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