Are we concerned with the medical expenses? I am a doctor from an old school of thought. Making a diagnosis from Clinical examination and history taking used to be and is still the dictum. We were taught 90 percent of the diagnosis will be correct. Not much heavy on the part of patient.
Investigation comes next and few basic investigations are needed to solve a puzzle in 80 percent of our OPD patients. In far off places and in rural areas still the same practice exists. But now in urban areas the accessibility of specialized investigations and lot of advertisement in form of good health packages are changing the practice of medicine. Now the patient that come to Doctor's office with a booklet of investigations already done and ask the doctor to look into this and diagnose the ailment and treat them? Sometimes it's irritates me and I ask them -do you want me to treat the report or treat…
