Well looking at the present situation, I doubt if
people now have the same respect for doctors as it used to be before.
I can’t tell exactly the
situation in other countries and rural areas of Nepal; but for sure in the
urban areas ---- the patient-doctor relationship is definitely worsening day by
day. The present situation in Nepal where anyone can do anything breaking the
rules, regulations etc. is a key contributing factor to this situation.
Well another significant contributing factor
is the growing tendency of giving compensations in case of death of a patient
on being accused by the patient party of a wrongdoing by the doctor in absence
of any investigations. Well, this trend
is going on very fast and this is definitely taking the relationship to a
negative side.
Also there are many examples(heard on the
radio or read in the newspapers or seen on television) where a doctor gets some
beatings(sometimes has risk of his own life too) by the patient party in case of natural patient’s death in spite of
all attempts by the doctor to save the life of the patient. Moreover this act
of giving compensations in any matter could make few doctors feel less
responsible towards their job.
All this hampers the
mutual faith and understanding between the doctor and the patient thus at last
the treatment may not be as effective as it could be. For a patient, it has
been said that the words and touch of a doctor eases the pain by 50 percent and
the rest 50 percent by drugs.
What’s the solution??? From my point of view, the only remedy is the
strong implementation of rules not only to be written----as happens with many
cases in our country. There must be strict rules regarding the punishment to be
given to the patient party for ill-treating/beating the doctor depending upon
the injury sustained by the doctor. Also rules must be made for penalizing the
doctor concerned in case there’s found to be some wrongdoing from the doctor’s side
too.
This matter is important because the
main base for good doctor-patient relationship is TRUST and if such things
happen the trust can’t be built on…….…….
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