The Tamil Nadu Medical Council has issued letters to doctors, saying that they're not allowed to list their names on online doctor listing platforms because they believe that this is tantamount to advertising. They have asked doctors to remove their names or they will take action. This has become a sticky issue for many reasons. Doctors have always been considered to be trusted professionals, and one of the jobs of the medical council is to make sure that medicine is practiced ethically.
Lots of senior doctors believe that listing names on directories cheapens the medical profession, because then doctors will be treated as business men rather than professionals. They feel that this is below a doctor's dignity , and what doctors should focus on is taking good care of their patients. Their reputation , earned after a lifetime of taking good care of their patients, will help them to…
