Why do doctors behave as they do?
The medical profession
is rushing towards its destruction as the people discover it is the greatest
threat to health.
Ivan Illich the great
thinker and critic has written his famous treatise Limits of Medicine and
Medical Nemesis highlighting exactly
what is wrong. He had prophesied that change will not come unless social goals
and priorities are set right. He stressed that over industrialization is the
bane of society.
We have the best of
brains seeking medicine as a career. What happens to these brains when they qualify
and emerge from medical schools?
Medical education is
a form of unparalleled hypnosis. Medical jargon, verbosity and the ambience of
professionalism are the tools that aid this hypnotic state. The lure of a
lucrative practice is the blindfold that never comes off.
But yet the silence
of the profession and its eagerness to pursue the misguided path remains a mystery that needs
delving into.
- It begins with
medical education. The student is numbed by the volumes he has to rote. It
provides absolutely no space to contemplate and question. Disgruntled doctors
have written about how they have been rebuffed if they had dared to raise
serious issues
- The pharmaceutical
industry decides what the students read. There is no sanctity in medical texts.
The authors are in bed with the industry and rewarded handsomely
- Medicine is not the
engineering subject that students are forced to learn. It is the art of
observation, experience, and minimal intervention that students remain ignorant
about
- The industry cozies
up to the students in the form of sponsorships. The bond operates throughout
the life of the pass outs.
- Medical education
is prohibitively costly. The ambience encourages returns. A father wants his
children to earn handsomely in return for his investment. The pass out seeks to
earn enough to cover the costs. The industry welcomes such ambitions with open
arms
- Continuing medical
education is another industry dominated model. You earn credits as you are
brainwashed into believing that toxic drugs are not toxic if they are
administered into people
- Medical workshops
and seminars are overwhelmingly sponsored events. The speakers are glorified medical
representatives. The ubiquitous medical advertisements and the sumptuous
benefits would entice even the Sages
- The system has
wholesale Govt backup. Everything is legal. The public is kept ignorant. Other
systems are dumbed down to the extent possible. In this atmosphere anything
goes as there is no responsibility and accountability
- The medicos are
actively targeted by the pharma representatives. The target and commission game
is everywhere and at every level. Commissions are paid in advance and therefore
fulfilling them is the greatest burden that dominates every other concern
- Not only the pharma
industry, the entire marketing set up is after the successful doctor. As a
result the doctor is burdened with EMIs and credit card loans
- The 5 star hospitals
are the coffins where medicine takes its last breath. The serving doctors are
slaves to the fortnightly targets on which their hefty salaries depend
- On matters of
curtailment of reproductive health the coercion comes in the form of high
ranking health officials breathing down the doctors necks. They are abused and
threatened if they do not comply. In the medical empire agendas rule
- Many doctors seek
an escape. Not all enter the profession in search of a lucrative career. There
are still the dreamers and good souls who have been bamboozled into thinking
that modern medicine can lead to good health and wellness. These souls tend to
revolt. They are put into place and restrained by the medical associations
- If the doctors
still do not comply their medical license is always in threat. Dr Andrew
Wakefield is a glaring example. He dared to question vaccines by presenting
fool proof scientific studies. So was the case with my Guru Dr Herman
Fudenburg. But this brave immunologist continued to practice without his
licence being renewed!
- Those mavericks who
have crossed the point of no return have found themselves suicided with double
gunshot wounds directed at their heart and heads
Medicine is not the
altruistic venture that the public believe. It is a world of terrible deception
and violence. The doctors are the pawns in the overall game. As they are the
visible aspect of medicine they get mauled in the crossfire. There should be
awareness about the role that the mighty pharmaceutical industry plays. Even
more worthy of investigation are those that frame the rules of the industry and
finance it with their money and hold over the systems
that rule the world.
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