Before attacking Drs, read this.. " Medical science has its limitations. Thus if Doctors cannot be worshiped as God, they cannot be condemned as Devil too."

Beat the Wrong-mindset and not the Doctors :

BHU incidence ia horrific. Before that A Sr. Doctor at Cooper hospital, Mumbai faced with violence...
Few months back, The Doctors at D.Y. Patil Hospital Pune were recently attacked by patient's relatives as the Doctor declared that the patient succumbed to death and could not be saved, has stirred up the hornet's nest amongst the Medical Fraternity.

Then JJ hospital attack horrifying video we saw. Unfortunately this Article has to be amended for adding new incident of attack on doctors.. Will it ever stop ?😢

On and average every month, one will find such incidences pan India. Overall medical fraternity is going through panicky. Why such incidences are happening ? what's the remedies to be taken by the Government ? Let's discuss about it.

It reminds me that few months back Hon. Shri. Pranav Mukherjee, the then Hon. President of India also expressed his deep concern over incidences of attacks on Doctors.  While speaking at the inauguration of the Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences (IILDS), Kolkata, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee described attacks  on Doctors and Hospitals as  “unacceptable” attacks  and vandalisation of hospitals by angry relatives of patients, saying they too have some responsibilities to ensure a better healthcare system.

 At the same time, he urged medical professionals to bring in that “human touch”, saying a smiling face can cure a thousand lives.

What we have to beat is our wrong mindset, and not the doctors. The Law has taken enough care for dealing with wrong committed by Doctors. There are enough criminal remedies as well as civil remedies available  in negligence cases. In some of the cases, Courts have started awarding compensation depending upon age of the  patient. In appropriate cases, Courts have awarded compensation in Crores to the patients. Thus at one hand the Doctors are under pressure of being prosecuted and at other end they are under constant fear of being attacked.  No other professional would be under such pressure  like medicos.

The Central Act for curbing the menace of attack on Doctors is a must. the general IPC provisions are there, but the procedure is time consuming and Doctors are found reluctant to take recourse thereof.  There may be very few States having enacted such Law. 
Hon. Apex Court has also observed rightly that a doctor with fear in his/her mind of attacks or  legal action, cannot hold the scalpel with shaky hands. If one has any grievances against Drs, Law has taken ample care for that, but violence against Drs is not at all acceptable.

The Society will not change its mindset. We don't want to stop smoking, stop over-drinking, stop bad food habits, but we want quick results from Docs, otherwise what ? Blame it on Drs and beat them.. ,

Swami Vivekananda once very rightly said, "The medical science has its limitations. There is no technique or method which will tell you 100% correct " Medical Bhavishya" of anyone. Thus Drs., who on the basis of their skill, knowledge and intelligence treat their patients if not to be worshipped as God, then they are also not to be condemned as Devil too"

It is indeed really very sad that already many of Sr. Doctors are advising their children not to join medical field.  This is an alarming situation. Even if we are moving towards digital India, human intervention on all spheres of life is inevitable. Mind well Internet can not be the alternative to the Doctors or any other professional.

In Sanskrit it is said धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः (Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah) which means if you save the Dharma (good cause), it will save you in turn. Replace the word Dharma with Doctors....

Vicious Circle : To suffer Attacks and if you call a Strike, Strikes  are declared illegal. 

Doctors are caught in  vicious circle. When Doctors are attacked , natural reaction of Doctors is to go on strike. If they go on Strike, Courts have in catena of judgments have declared that there is no right to go on strike. Thus the Govt. Should bring effective legislation to curb the menace of attack on Doctors. 

Thanks & Regards,

Adv. Rohit Erande.

Pune. ©