"Some doctors are greedy who prey on the needy"
PROBLEMS
- Some private hospitals take inexperienced doctors as they can be hired for less salary leading hospitals to gain more profits.
- Doctors have a heavy rush of patients so may become greedy.
- Private hospitals take a fixed and high amount of fee for everyone.
- Doctors in private hospitals provide medicines which are grouped in high cost range.
- Doctors ask patients for unnecessary tests and treatments to earn more profits.
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
- Clinical Establishment Act
- Consumer Protection Act
- Government has set up several dispensaries in all over India which charge no or nominal fee.
SOME NGO'S
- Smile on Wheels
- Rural care foundation
- Lepra
WHAT CAN BE DONE (AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL)
- We can post wrong deeds about the hospital on social networking sites to spread awareness among a large number of users
- We can send our views in newspapers.
Although we cannot control what can happen to our health, but we should maintain our health and be careful at places where we can be harmed . That would reduce our chances to become patients and be charged very much.
