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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