In India today, there is increasing trend or you can say fashion of consulting specialist directly at the drop of a hat, especially in major cities. Irrespective of the economic status of patients, more and more patients are unnecessarily consulting specialists. About 70% outdoor patients are consulting specialist directly. This is especially more prevalent in routine medical patients and children.
Even for just 1 day or 1 hour old, common ailment like fever, cough, and cold, patients just rushed to a specialist. This is common with both adults and kids. It is my assumption that at any given day, in most of physicians and pediatrician’s outpatients, more than 50% patients are such who do not require specialist consultation or care in the outpatient department. For minor ailments already mentioned to High blood pressure , diabetes etc and in pediatrics vaccination etc which can be…
