Pathetic : Delhi doctor fined for refusing to help dying man

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A consumer court has asked a Delhi doctor to pay compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the family of a seriously injured soldier who died outside his clinic two years ago and reminded him of the Hippocratic Oath he had taken to "render help to a dying man".

This is pathetic...
Once fined way back in 2008 ... the doc argued in higher court that he was a private doctor and had no obligation to attend to any injured person lying outside his clinic. Totally inhumane

Reference : Ibnlive
 
Some docs are like that only I have a recent event in my family in which my "FAMILY" doctor just said can't come sorry :( Even my mom's family comprises of all doctor's but never saw anyone of them refusing medical aid to anyone and anytime.
 
same thing happened to me also , he said sorry if it is so urgent , take her to hospital , that he wont come home to check on a patient ... sigh
 
Although the Hippocratic Oath is called up and quoted everywhere, it also allows the doctor to choose his patients and this part is usually conveniently forgotten in times such as these. What motivates a doctor to treat each and every patient he/she sees is their own morality.

Agreed it was immoral of that doc to not see that patient, and he could have possibly saved his life, but it was not unethical with those ethics solely described by the Hippocratic Oath.
 
Hippocratic oath is a guideline only in spirit, not only for a single doctor , but o fthe whole medical system. What I mean is that detailed laws are required to protect both patients and doctors. Which is not present or practiced. For eg. In US, doctors are protected under "good samaritan law" where no court could vindicate/trouble the doctor if he provides care out of the way. In India it is not present and judiciary or law enforcer could twist situations either way.
 
i think there is a rule in the hospitals, like we have to fill some forms and then only the patient would be admitted.. i've seen this in movies and recently a case happened in delhi.. now wtf does that mean?? even if the person is dying, the form should be filled.. seriously, outta ma mind..
 
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Without proper documentation people will start filing cases against doctors everywhere. It is a necessity in this day and age. And the doctors also reserve the right to care for their hides you know.

If you report to the ER, then care is usually provided first and then the documentation is done, in most hospitals anyway. Unless of course the doctor suspects malingering. For example, if a doctor suspects a heart attack or an impeding one, the patient will be treated first as it is a matter of life and death and only after the patient is stabilized will the doctor talk about documentation and forms. On the other hand, if the doctor deduces that the condition of the patient is not life threatening and the patient can be managed conservatively, then he is well within his rights to offer paperwork first followed by treatment.

We can discuss all about how doctors 'should' practice medicine, but lets not stray too far from the topic here, that what that one doctor did was not a good thing. It ended up harming someone and that is unacceptable.

Lastly, doctors are human beings too, and they make mistakes just like any other human being. Their line of work brings with it more responsibility and all doctors should strive to live up to it.
 
While I completely agree with phoenix, in that doctors indeed need to save their ass...more often than not, their actions are not motivated by a cover-my-ass factor but who'll-pay factor. Others seem totally numbed to human pain, from experience probably.

Doctors are the true bastards. I once carried an unconscious cyclist lying on the road to the Sushruta Trauma Centre in Delhi, around 12 at night. The doctors casually sipped their coffee as the guy bled, and when I yelled and created a scene, I was almost thrown out physically, by the security.
 
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