Doctors' responsibilities and negligence
When people fall ill or meet with an accident a doctor's helping hand is just like a lamp in a dark tunnel. People throughout the world respect the physicians from their core of heart for their services. But these days we see that doctors in our country are only running after money and service is not the first priority to them.
Failing to get proper treatment in our country a good number of people are crossing boarders in the hope for better medical service. Many people even go abroad selling their land or other valuable properties.
Such doctors can be seen are running from one hospital to another hospital/clinic. They attend hundreds of patients a day. So, how do they treat patients properly?
My father died of throat cancer. He had gone to a famous doctor at his chamber at Green Road, Dhaka before knowing his disease. Within a minute the doctor was correctly able to diagnose his disease and referred him to Cancer Institute, Mohakhali. But when my father wished to ask some questions/ information, the doctor rebuked him rudely as well as loudly and my father came out of the room with a heavy heart. Actually, there were about 40-50 patients in the chamber and the doctor could not spend more than a minute for a single patient.
The relatives of Film Star Manna have filed a case of negligence against doctors of a renowned hospital. As the case is under trial, we will not comment on it but it is true that the negligence on the part of the doctors is very common. Poor and general people do not venture to lodge a case against doctors' negligence or wrong treatment.
We know that the doctors are able to earn well enough but isn't it unethical to earn money anyhow and become a "Bill Gates" within a very few years? This profession is not like other trading houses. It has certain ethics and all doctors have to take the oath for the care of sick people. The oath was written by Hippocrates (469-377 BC), the Father of Medicine and if a disciple of Hippocrates breaches his/her oath, he must be awarded penalty for the offence.
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