WHITE COATS GETTING BLACK DUE TO INSECURITY

(A group of about 40 rush to casualty to assault doctors in Silchar Medical College)

A few days back it was Kanpur and now it’s Silchar (Assam). Doctors are beaten up, Govt. properties are destroyed. There it was an MLA and here it’s a common man.

A patient dies at 7pm and at 8pm a group of morons come to hit doctors. It’s what just happened in Silchar Medical College.  Not just insane?

Digging into the matter, I found that they just think that the doctors are responsible which cost the patient’s life. They never thought that these doctors are the reason that they are having at least a new member in the family. It’s not new, everywhere patient dies, it’s doctors’ fault and when survives it’s God’s grace. Why can’t they digest that God sometimes calls even.

Here, Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) has no security as such for students and doctors. From hostels bike vanishes, a few scoundrels manage to break into the girls’ hostel at midnight; a few attendants just hold collars of on duty doctors….

A few days back when we were just displaying a black ribbon on our apron protesting against Kanpur incident, a fellow mate desperately kept his view to call for a complete shutdown of services in SMCH. I advocated against his view that Assam Govt. no way can take any decision on Kanpur’s matter. So it’s illogical (and unethical too) to let our common men suffer here. But I am questioning myself now, ‘was I right?’

Even Govt. sometimes shows no mercy to medical fraternity. It comes up with all possible policies to harass doctors. And they always complain doctors are not serving well. Listen, like an oath over holy book makes a witness truthful in the court; the Hippocratic Oath makes doctors binding towards services. And if any doctor found disobeying medical ethics, he is nothing but a criminal. So there’s no need of coming up with policies. Just pick him up but please don’t harass the innocent doctors.

‘Like a driver who cares for the passengers boarded in the bus, a doctor cares for his patients,’ a senior brother said. Well said. Said is the truth.

Anyway, we shutdown all the services except indoor and emergency services for a day to let people know what negligence from doctor’s part really mean. Support Kanpur, support Silchar Medical College or else you suffer next…