Encouraging decision

The Himalayan Times

21 September 2017

Encouraging decision

It seems to me that the government’s decision to make the doctors accountable and lawfully punish if found guilty of negligence during the course of treatment may not be palatable to all the doctors whose professional expertise might be questioned due to poor quality of medical education (“Govt for stern action against negligent doctors” Nov. 19, Page 1). Many doctors were found possessing fake certificates as found out a few months ago by the Criminal Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and even were sent to jail. We do not know now what happened to these quack doctors. Did they return to their duties and started their practices? Were they relieved from their jobs? Are these doctors behind the unwanted incidents that are happening in the private hospitals? This has been an urgent issue to be researched by the research journalists and bring out the findings.

It’s good to see that the people have been more vocal these days if they suspect any foul play in the death of their kin during the course of treatment and started raising their voices against such incidents. It has also been seen that the hospital management does not seem to be considerate towards the sudden death of patient and console the family members rather than protecting the incompetent doctors. It may be a harsh word towards the hospital administrations which are oriented towards profit making business rather than providing quality services. This is entirely due to lack of regular supervision and monitoring from the government and its concerned authorities. People are found paying enormous amount of money in the name of medical expenses in the private hospitals. Time has come for the government to establish some criteria to categories the private hospitals according to their trained human resources, and availability of infrastructure.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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