Medicine is not a trade
The other day, I was reading an article online where I found a quote from Padmashri Prof. Dr. P. V. A. Mohandas, founder of the Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (M.I.O.T), Chennai, India. I would like to reproduce it here with the hope that the learned physicians of our country would take a note of it: “Medicine is not a trade; it is a calling where the physician thinks not only with his head, but also with his heart.”
I strongly feel that a physician should listen to the problems of a patient and treat him/her with reassuring words, affection and sympathy. In our country, one would find some physicians saying to elderly patients – “As you’re old there is no effective treatment for you” or “Your immune system has become weak or this is your psychological problem” etc. The physicians should realise that they have a sacred responsibility upon their shoulder to treat patients to the best of their abilities and with total dedication and sincerity.
Professor M Zahidul Haque
SAU, Dhaka
Shielding the offenders simply unwanted
Sixteen year old Fareez Rahman is guilty on three counts. He did not have a driving license, he was driving the car in a drunken state, and left four people injured in the capital’s Gulshan on October 12, 2015.
One of the offenses is enough to arrest him on the spot but police did not do so because he is the nephew of a former Awami League law-maker, though a police officer who visited the scene immediately after the accident told the media all the details. But the officer in charge (OC) of Gulshan Police Station denied it.
We detest this attitude of the police. They should not try to shield offenders who belong to the ruling party. It is simply unwanted.
Nur Jahan
Chittagong
