Something has blinded our senses. We are not scared of the consequences that may entail for doing wrong practices. Engineers openly demand cut money and scoff at those, who cannot meet their demand. Teachers neglect their duty and indulge in other activities all for earning extra money. How much one needs? It is really shameful a doctor refused to perform operation on a patient for not bringing medicines from the pharmacy of his choice. Pharmacy and doctor collusion should be shattered. In future if any doctor is found recommending a pharmacy of his choice for buying medicines by patients he or she should lose the licence cancelled. And if they are Government employees their services should be ended. The right of an individual cannot be curtailed. Now a patient had exposed all that transpired between the patient parties and the doctor. For a few hundreds of rupees a doctor could stoop too low. Now all his prestige and image have been dragged down. This is eye opener for all those, who matter. Always remember some of the patient parties are as smart as those engaged by intelligence agencies. They can easily weigh the pros and cons of every single word uttered by a doctor. The system of a doctor recommending pharmacy must be abandoned. In the event of a patient or a party asking out of curiosity where medicines are available a doctor can recommend the pharmacy of his choice. That situation may not arise. Because patients are really scary of talking to doctor. The report has revealed that there is a huge gulf of difference in the prices of the medicines quoted by the pharmacy in question and the others scattered here and there. Hard earned money cannot be wasted without any reason. Instead of recommending the pharmacy the doctor could openly say he wants a few hundreds of rupees. That sounds more reasonable than making prolonged procedures of recommending a pharmacy and sharing the profit. The patient had no alternative other than moving out of the hospital as the Doctors have refused to carry out operation. He was taken to another hospital for the operation. A question will arise how the patient was discharged. There is a system for discharging a patient. Or was the patient expelled. The authority owes an explanation. The matter requires thorough investigation by the authority. Why Doctors engaged by the Government should neglect their duties. Then there is also large number of Government doctors who despite getting hefty pay perk and perquisites remain confined to private clinics for earning extra money. Investigation if any should cover all.
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