There is a very thin line between increasing awareness and generating panic. Most of the discussions, especially on electronic media, on epidemics of diseases of larger public interest manage to cross this line. And like in so many discussions the anchor forgets his role and assumes the role of dictating the discussion rather than moderate it. There is such a forceful attempt to force personal views that the spirit of discussion is the casualty.
For most of the epidemics of infectious diseases, the end point of delivering health services that a doctor is cannot be held responsible for everything. Availability of beds, manpower, and infrastructure in government sector is not in the hands of a treating doctor. Logically a civic body should be held responsible for diseases related to poor sanitation, unsafe drinking water, festering sewage lines, inefficient disposals of wastes. Diarrhea,…
