Most doctors are like most of us - honest, ethical and happy to earn a comfortable living. Most doctors would rather not give cuts if they have a choice - after all, who likes doing something which is dishonest and underhand ? And I am sure no one wants to give away their hard-earned money in the form of a kickback ! Yet doctors in Mumbai do this all the time, routinely. How do they justify it ? The truth is that the brain is wired in such a fashion that it's possible to justify practically anything and everything.
The commonest excuses are: I need patients and cannot survive if I do not give kickbacks Everyone else does it, so why shouldn't I ? What's wrong with being corrupt ? This is a corrupt society, so why should doctors be held to a higher standard than everyone else ? Why should I be expected to be God ? The truth is that doctors give cuts against their better judgment. They do…
