Some questions
Dr. Ahmed Badawani, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Today (16/7/07) on the last page, a picture caught our sight: The Hon'ble adviser or the Health and Family Welfare Ministry examining a child in a Dhaka Medical College Hospital bed with deep sympathy (one can find his affectionate hand over the child's hand). As a physician and guardian of the health system and health of the people of Bangladesh, he has every right to be there. One must also honour and appreciate his endeavour and dedication. He has passed a considerable amount of time beside these unfortunate children despite his busy schedule as the adviser of three ministries (from 12 noon to 200pm). Definitely the families, victims and the physicians treating them are boosted by his gracious presence.As a physician the question arises in my mind- what he was trying to find in the lungs of a patient with mass hysteria? To the best of our knowledge there is nothing as such. Moreover, while scanning through the picture, we also find him standing on the left side of the patient. In the examination methodology, as is written the most of the standard medical texts, one must stand on the right side of a patient while examining. In medical colleges, many students fail to score pass marks while adopting this wrong technique during his or her final year exams and had to appear in the exams again in the next session. Now a medical student might ask their teachers: " Sir, why I was punished for this mistake?" As a teacher, he/she would have 'no' answer to the question and the act! Last question: was this an important national event of the health sector that warranted our adviser to pass more than two hours of his peak office period beside these patients?
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