is your doctor a schoolo drop out!!

hi all,

have u ever thought of asking your Doctor his or her credentials? at least, have you tried to take a look at his degrees? surely you must have at some or the other time.

but what about those people who are illiterate, or may be literate but ignorant.

In the past few years of my practice I have seen that people here are least bothered about the skills and knowledge of the person whom they call 'doctor'

this anecdote dates back to around a year ago:

I operated upon an elderly lady for a cataract. The operation was successful and she had good vision post operative.

i was talking to her relatives after the surgery. the subject drifted to schools, education system and syllabi's.

I told the patients daughter that I don't know what changes have been made is the syllabus as its been 19 years that I have left school.

So what should she ask.

"so you did not learn after 10 th standard?"

if you come to know that your doctor is actually a school drop out, you would faint on the spot.

but this lady showed no remorse for getting her mothers eye operated from a person whom she thought to be school drop out. for her any person who successfully does any sort of medical work is a doctor.

here they call the optician a doctor, the local medical laboratory technician is also a doctor. well, the opticians and technicians conveniently show their 'inability' to bring forth the truth.

to continue the story further:

"no", I said, " I have done junior college after that and than further education to..."

before I could complete my sentence, pop came the question," so you did go to college. what have you done. did you do a B Com or a BA?"

for this lady college only meant B Com or BA.

I was left wondering at her ignorance and lack of knowledge.

I sat through half an hour and explained her the medical education system. how much she understood, is another part!!

This lack of knowledge and ignorance if what helps quacks to establish their flourishing practices. The fact, that people are not ready to learn, that they are happy in their ignorant world, is what helps these quacks more!!