There is a general
feeling in our country that Doctors as a
profession are exploiting the common
people . Here is a poem trying to clarify that
misunderstanding. I am not a doctor
.
Our misunderstandings of
the profession of a doctor
By
P.R.Ramachander
(Based on a
whatsapp post that I received. Acknowledgements
to anon)
1.We all feel that
Doctors are doing service to
humanity,
And hence they should not
bother about the fees that they get,
But the truth is,
to every doctor , his job is a profession,
By which he earns money and looks after his family and
parents
2.We all feel that
a doctor due to his great profession,
Should be greatly
honest and we get disturbed, if
he is even slightly dishonest,
But we forget that
doctor is a human being like
judges, Generals,
Ministers and police and if they can be dishonest he too possibly can be.
3.WE all feel
that the only job that a
doctor does well,
Is to order for
thousands of unnecessary tests,
And prescription of
costly drugs by firms which can
make him happy,
But we forget that he cannot gamble with our lives, just based on his
hunch.
4.WE all feel
that Doctors are
next to the silent Gods in our temples,
But we forget he
too is a human being like us , who have
to look after his family,
Get upset and angry some times and
suffer diseases like us at any time,
And if we want
only God to treat us , we better
go to temples rather than hospitals.
5.WE feel that
every doctor , to make
himself immensely rich,
Hikes his
fees for consultation and surgery
so that,
Ordinary people like
us have to prefer death rather than treatment,
But we forget that, he is a human being like us and wants
to live like us.
6.WE feel
that doctors are careless
and commit errors and kill many,
But if a
careless doctor kills
one individual due to error or tension,
A careless driver
kills dozens per day and a
careless engineer,
Kills hundreds
daily by causing breaking of bridges and
accidents.
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