Author: Dr Pankaj Kumar

I’m Dr Pankaj kumar, I entered medical school in 1984. postgraduate Int med 1994 and diploma Heath Management. presently a critical care specialist

“What are rights of a doctor?” : possibly None.


       It is time we think and talk about it. I would like the readers to give their input on this topic and let’s consolidate our thoughts and have a clear idea about these.

And of course the next question remains as to  once these rights are defined, will the doctors be able to exercise them?  I am leaving this column blank at present.

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Doctor (including women doctors)assault: Silence of courts, human right commission, commission for woman rights is appalling:


  Human rights of doctor community have been grossly violated by physical assaults. It is painful to see that the authorities that are supposed to take action have maintained a silence all these years about this issue.

Even courts who have vehemently raised concerns about cruelty against dogs have shown no concern about issue of cruelty against docs (doctors).

Despite reports of assault against female doctors,  commission for rights of women have maintained an inexplicable silence till now.

What is role of human rights commission, if rights of a hard working community like doctors are violated and what is it supposed to do? I really fail to understand what else will it take to shake them out of their stupor ?

 If the courts, the commission for women’s rights, and the human rights commission are maintaining silence, is it because the rights of doctors were never clearly defined and outlined.  The duties of a doctor have always been enumerated but the rights have never been discussed. Isn’t it time that we discuss this important question  “What are the rights of a doctor?”

Beti bachao beti padhao vs female doctor assault

woman doctor assault: era worse than MAHABHARATA for female doctors

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West Bengal clinical establishment act- Objective analysis of objections needed


In  view of government inability to provide basic and essential services, private hospitals are required to render services as government set ups are inadequate in their facilities to handle the emergency, since obviously the patients cannot be left without treatment. Provision of basic and emergency services should be made available to whole country’s population and which the government has strived to provide since years without success. This act, though may have  a noble intention in mind, should be analysed by all stakeholders in a objective manners and raises some questions.

I think all the stakeholders should analyse it on the basis of these five fundamental questions:

  1. Will government render some support in any manner to private health organization, which they may need genuinely in order to do this difficult task, which government is unable to do in so many years?
  2. In order to provide these essential services especially emergency and life saving, is government asking the private players  for help for this noble cause or does this act simply dictates its wish onto the private players bulldozing their genuine concerns in doing so?  And that too without shouldering any responsibility?
  3. Will government provide physical and legal protection to doctors and health establishments on the issues arising from the act?
  4. West Bengal clinical establishment act is a democratic action, but is it democratic to doctors and private health players as well? Are their genuine problems and views addressed and accommodated?
  5. What are government’s plans in the long term to have such services? Does it plan to continue forcing the private setups or are there any plans to improve the government health facilities in future to a level commiserate with the need of the hour?

 

 

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Dhule Doctor thrashed: Ten questions in a Doctor’s mind:


A Mumbai doctor who recently took up a Government job in Dhule government hospital was so brutally beaten up by irate relatives of an accident victim on Sunday night that that he is likely to lose vision in his left eye (Times of India). As a doctor, I feel sorry for him since he was doing his duty and was standing there and treating patients in the emergency ward. This brutal act was done by the very same people whom he was trying to save. Such scenarios raise following questions in my mind-

  1. Why this doctor who clearly was trying to help the patient attacked?
  2. Will this doctor ever get justice and how?
  3. What about the fundamental rights of doctor?
  4. Why honourable courts have maintained silence over such attacks on doctors?­
  5. Why Government does not take proactive steps to curb these attacks?
  6. Why human right commission has maintained silence over this issue?
  7. There are commissions and courts who take notice of cruelty against animals, but why not in case of doctors?
  8. Why our doctor associations do not file cases against hospitals and civil bodies who are responsible for not providing security?
  9. If certain facilities are not available in the hospital, who is responsible? Why doctors should be beaten for something for which they are not responsible?
  10. Such incidents are likely to deter children from taking up this profession. How can we expect bright children to take up this profession if such episodes keep recurring?

 

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