While the IMA has castigated Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate for asking him to apologise for misrepresenting doctors, two other medical institutions the Medico Friends Circle (MFC) and the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) have thrown their weight behind the actor.
Talking to a reputed daily, Dr Abhay Shukla, member of the MFC said, “We need to listen to the central message of the show and take steps to address the issues.” The MFC and FMES have written a joint letter to the IMA urging them to re-think their stance and try to see the core issue. Tagging Aamir’s show as a “wake up call” and advising IMA not to “silence the messenger”, the MFC and the FMES believe that people from the fraternity should focus on bettering the health care system and thus earn the good will back.
The letter drafted by the two bodies read, “Instead, the IMA should try to reverse the current widespread unregulated commercialisation of healthcare in the country, and contribute to the process of health system reforms for eliminating the distortions in medical practice. This would prove to be beneficial to patients and would also raise the dignity of the medical profession.” The MFC has been in operation for long in the country and have health professionals, social activists and scientists working towards upgrading the healthcare system in the country. The FMES has doctors and other health professionals on board to campaign for reforms in the medical system.
Aamir Khan had earlier said that he had no reason to apologise and was even ready to face legal action.
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amir sir i have some imortent topic to our satyamev jayate tv show sir i teling you its very imortant so please give me a chance to meet with you………….
WITH DUE REGARDS, RESPECT AND APOLOGIES TO DEDICATED SINCERE ETHICAL PRACTITIONERS
I appreaciate and congratulate the section of the medical practitioners who have taken right message from Amirkhan’s show.
The discofiture of IMA is understandable and for that matter any Indian doctor gets upset when encountered with queries on his deeds.
I only wish tht IMA had taken the information as a feed back from the community and applied its collective mind to initiate corrective measures to minimize the agony, if not to totally eradicate the menace of exploitation in general.
I give further additional feedback that might help in bettering the system.
well, with my close association with the profession, observation and experience I feel the profession should adopt much more transparency in practice:
1. Write the prescription in the way it is taught in the medical school: Name with qualification, Reg No, adress, prescriber’s contact No, Patient’s name, age, sex, Special status like Pregnancy, lactating mother etc, Name of the medicine (in caps), strength, dose and dosage regimen.
2. Prescribe the low priced brand or generics to make treatment more affordable
3. Insist on the manufacturers that their product will be prescribed only if their prices are competitive.
4. Shun the attitude that Doctors are ‘No wrong doers’ and cannot be questioned.
5.Referal doctor should come to the rescue of the patient or their well-wishers if there is a real medical negligence.
6. There is a check and counter check for every system of activity which is totally absent in medical practice.
- Please understand that It is essential for minimizing prescription / medication errors.
There were days when people were never addressing or talking of the doctors in singular.
There is a need to restore the old glory and make the legendary ‘VAIDHYO NARAYANO HARI’ true.
I congratulate MFC and FMES. The members of these both the organizations are educated,cultured ,civilized and patriot. All the Indians should encourage such organizations and not IMA.
Excellent work. People should understand that the focus is towards the malpractices happening in the industry and not towards the entire medical fraternity. Truth will always triumph inshallah.