Chennai doctors - my opinion

Chennai doctors- MY REVIEW

Once doctors were are considered next to God. They heal the wound; treat the sick and needy. The doctor’s words cures most of the problem. Patients gain confidence speaking to them. But now the things have changed. This noble profession is corrupted and became a profession, in which doctors can reap money.
The idea to make a point about medical profession came when I happened to meet a doctor for my friend. We went there to consult whether my friend needs any tests or identify he has nerves disorder. The doctor hardly spent 2 minutes took a wooden hammer like tool , stroke in my friend’s knee . said ok and demanded Rs 300/ as fees. I was astonished and made a mind set that doctors in Chennai demand more. He had his clinic in Mugappair,Anna nagar and hence he charges more. What matters for a patient? His clinic’s location or the treatment?
Recently I made a visit to a lady doctor’s clinic along with my family member . The doctor practices next to sakthi murugan hotel of camp road , East Tambaram,Chennai . The purpose of visit was only to know the blood pressure and no consultation or advice was sought from the doctor.
The doctor spent less than two minutes to find out the blood pressure and charged Rs 50 as fees. I can neither justify whether her fees is nominal nor understand the ethics followed by the doctor. Still India has millions of people who make less than Rs50 per day for their family.
The second experience is from a doctor who practices near Mahalakshmi nagar ,selaiyur, Chennai who hardly spends less than a min for a patient and decides the course of action for his treatment. He charges Rs 60 per patient and treats at least 40 patients per hour. I wonder how a doctor can decide in fraction of minutes about the health of a patient. He neither maintains a case history nor listens to the patient’s words for more than 30 secs. During my previous visit to the same doctor I had another bitter experience. That time I was accompanying a heart patient who had surgery 15 days before the visit. She was referred to meet the doctor who is near by. We had no option other than visiting the doctor whom we are discussing about. The patient needed rest. Also it was difficult to transport her in Auto . Still we brought her to meet the doctor for the health review. But he was not courteous, not kind enough and had little patience to go through the medical records. He used his stethoscope for checking the heart beat and said ok you can leave. He took not more than 3 mins for the patient. My point is that he was worried about the time he missed to treat other patients.
Thirdly I met a doctor along with one of my family member,. The doctor practices opp to Sakthi murugan hotel in velachery main road near camp road junction . He is an ortho specialist. This time he prescribed three tablets for the problem and said "Everything is fine".If that was the case why should we meet the doctor ? . I wonder how doctors maintain time per patient . It was not more than 3 mins and still he does not want to spend time to inject medicine. [ he may be right in his diagnosis , who knows ]. As usual when I gave the fees of Rs 50 he told fees is Rs 100/- . [ The fees for noble profession ]. I wonder how an ordinary person can afford to pay the fees for consultation. Later I brought the prescription to the medical store and a next shock came to me. The medicine is worth of Rs 220/. Readers may think that some big problem might be there for the patient and hence he prescribed costlier medicine.It is important to make you understand that he was met to treat the gastric trouble [ heart burn and tongue soreness- boils ].

I can’t conclude that all doctors are money minded [ Particularly in chennai ] .There are doctors whom I still respect; the doctors near Rajeswari theatre- Ranipet ,vellore district- Dr.Palanisamy and Dr Rajeswari- who sacrified their life for service of man kind. With their facilities and fame they could charge higher. As far as I know them they wanted to help and do service. I admired their commitment for their profession. I also heard that a doctor still get Rs 5/- as his fees for all patients and his service is still available. A big salute for his service. In this world is he an odd man out or a person committed for service ?

Readers may share their experiences and comment my view point "Most doctors concentrate on money rather than patients". Is my allegation right. ?

Life is all about unfair things

Around two weeks ago, Sam was called to judge a talent contest at one of the city colleges. He noticed all the participants were given slips of paper with a topic written on it and told to come up and speak for three minutes. Lots were drawn as to who would be the first speaker and the next and the next. The first contestant, he noticed, looked a little disgruntled as he got onto the podium to address the others.

"My fellow students and respected judges," he said loudly, "this is an unfair contest!"

Sam, along with other fellow judges looked up surprised. "I have been given this paper," he continued, "to speak on a subject with just a few minutes preparation whereas those after me have more time to work on their speech. This is unfair!" He then proceeded to leave the stage and stormed out of the hall.

Nobody missed him and the contest went on smoothly. Later Sam met him on the landing as he was being escorted out later. "Who said life is fair?" Sam asked him with a smile. He looked at him startled and Sam asked him to walk with him to his car.

"Life," he told him, "is fighting the unfair and still winning! Do you read automobile magazines?"
"Yes," he said eagerly, "I do."
"Have you seen statistics shown when a new car is being introduced into the market? They talk about speed and torque and transmission and horse power."
"Yes," he nodded.
"But there is a line they put after all these figures. They say all this data is when there are ideal road conditions!"
"Yes," he said again.
"Show me ideal road conditions?" Sam asked him and the boy smiled. "The car that sells well," he continued is the car that will deliver power and speed and durability in the worst of roads, in potholes and mud and slush. That car is a winner!"

They had reached Sam’s car and the boy stood by Sam’s side as he got in. "Don't look for ideal playing conditions," Sam said. "Fight the unfair and come out a winner!" When Sam looked back in his rear view mirror as he saw the boy smile and wave him goodbye and knew that he would fight the unfair from now on.

The fight never stops. Ask all the successful people in our own country. They fight regardless whether the battle is fair or unfair. Stop telling the world about the unfair deal you've got out of life; start battling the unfair, come out victorious..!