Criticism in the time of COVID-19

From Mk Sastry 

Visiting Physician  17 Hospitals 

Dear Friends 

I have heard enough of criticism about Physician or Doctors during this war time . But few facts. 

- Hospitals are corporate bodies and we has Physician has no role in management. We are just health workers and if we don't follow instructions they will chalk us out. 

- All bills of the patient are made by the hospital. What we get is consultancy from where 20% is deducted as Tax 

- Profit of Pharmacy bill goes to the hospital not to the Physician. 

- Today's patient are very alert and Google guidelines are available for any diagnosis,  so we can't burden the patient with extra diagnosis. 

- If anything goes wrong , we are called as criminals. Not only by society but also by family 

-Many times we pay the patient bill from our pocket.  

- We get them discount from the hospital , having the worst embarrassment of the Hospital. 

- We take many type of obligation while to refer patient to next Physician. 

- we risk our life both by infection of the Hospital , work stress , day night study , and at end a simple mistake spoils our career 

- We take a fee of 5 dollars and yet we need to pay fines for 10 million Indian currency. 

- during this COVID, many Hospital staff family members and physician life was sacrificed so that few life's are saved. 

- we deny our fees from poor people. 

But than why don't media, public goes and questions the Physician why not the Board of management. Why Physician are criminals, I think because they safe life's. 

I can also stay at home, but than when phone call comes to us.  We get a inner voice be on duty. And we all are on duty.  Because we all believe this the time that people needs us and we all must be on duty.  

With regards 

Mk Sastry .