It is very disturbing and frustrating to read and watch almost daily, the painful stories of fast deteriorating patient-doctor relationship, in print and electronic media. The increasing incidents of attacking doctors or hospitals by patients are bound to cause irreparable damage to ages- old historical sacred relationship and bring it to the lowest ebb in near future if remedial measures are not taken quickly. Our people and we the doctors can’t afford this tense relationship for long.
There is an urgent need for the medical fraternity and the society at large, (the community leaders and opinion makers in particular) to discuss threadbare, analyze and sort out the problem at both ends. Moved by recent unfortunate happenings across the country, I am writing this article from a doctor’s perspective. During my medical career spread over 40 years, I have attended to and served my patients…
