Recently we had Amitav Ghosh launching his book “The River of Smoke” here at Kolkata and there was a nice cover story about the event in the Graphiti section of “The Telegraph”. Among many things that the author spoke, one thing that he mentioned just struck me and that was when he said ,”Writing a book is like growing a tree, you need to give it that time to blossom” well Amitav is an avid gardener himself, so no one would know it better than him. But I was trying to draw a parallel with his comment in what’s happening in medical profession today…every other day we have news out in media talking about various instances of medical negligence and the innovative ways that current age medicos adopt to fleece their patients. There was one such news piece which spoke about the manner in which a 17 yr old young lad had expired out of pancreatic ailment, for which he was admitted in a reputed hospital, but the doctor attending him had gone on a vacation without assigning appropriate attention in his absence. The problem lies with the system, the so called corporate compulsions and the targets that are set by the management goons in most of these premier health care hubs. On every instance the doctor or the other allied health care professional is pushed and pulled to extreme level of volume game, as a result end of the day the doctor is left tapping his laptop or PC calculating the number of patients he had seen or the surgeries he had done, instead of really contemplating on the quality of care rendered.
Fortunately we still have a few rare doctors who not just treat their patients but also look at them with a humane approach. I know personally a few doctors who instead of taking consultation fees from their patients, even give them money for purchasing their medicines if they realize that they lack resources. Might be that’s one of the reasons our generation might atleast survive another Tsunami or an Earthquake.
Let this Tree Grow and Blossom without hindrance….but the reality is there are more reports coming in media about the mangoes getting injected with Calcium Carbide to ripen them much faster!!
Essh….ki awosta….
Fortunately we still have a few rare doctors who not just treat their patients but also look at them with a humane approach. I know personally a few doctors who instead of taking consultation fees from their patients, even give them money for purchasing their medicines if they realize that they lack resources. Might be that’s one of the reasons our generation might atleast survive another Tsunami or an Earthquake.
Let this Tree Grow and Blossom without hindrance….but the reality is there are more reports coming in media about the mangoes getting injected with Calcium Carbide to ripen them much faster!!
Essh….ki awosta….
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