The brutal assault and murder on a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical college Kolkata has made doctors preparing for a career in the medical profession worried. This shameful act on a lady doctor reflects that doctors are serving an uncivilized society. Such news is viewed by medical community anxiously and is a poor advertisement for younger generation to take medicine as profession. Aspiring medical students need to think- whether they should enter the ring-on-fire, opt to become doctors to serve an uncivilized society.
Strangely media, courts, prominent people, celebrities, human right commission, woman right activists and women commission are little concerned about the blatant injustice done towards doctors. This again brings forth the hypocrisy of these people and organizations, who otherwise cry hoarse about woman rights and empowerment. Whenever a female is assaulted, there is an outrage, but the same support is not extended to a female if she is a doctor. Such bestiality should create havoc in minds of civilized people but this apathy to such incidents repeatedly clearly indicates otherwise. Can’t we see that such incidents are harbinger of many more in future? It is important to realize that this is the time to unify and condemn such episodes vehemently and prominently so that the miscreants realize that they cannot get away with it.
Brutality against doctors reveals a deep prejudice and lawlessness. Everyday violence against doctors is common merely on the basis of perceived negligence. Government is either unwilling to act and establish a strong culture of deterrence, so justice been elusive for medical professionals.
Even murderous assaults on doctors in the past are not enough to shake administrators, courts and doctors’ organizations out of slumber. Such violence, if unabated will be poor advertisement for next generation to take medical profession as a first choice.
Media and celebrities have proudly projected in films and television that doctors can be beaten and assaulted, in case there are unexpected results or in case of dissatisfaction. The “Reel Heroes” depicting violence against the doctor is seen as a routine and looked as an easily do-able- adventure due to unwillingness of Government to take stringent action. As patients will continue to get treatment in hospitals and few cannot be saved, so every death declaration may be a harbinger to such attacks in future.
After such big hue and cry after this incidence, Courts and Government have woken up and there is a hope that real culprits and preparators will be caught. People need to know the truth and not merely hanging the scapegoats.
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