tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338180660689120932.post7120431517490451044..comments2023-08-27T16:15:21.687+05:30Comments on Gentian Violet: Nasbandi and Indian Chemists and... other stuff...Aayushi Mehtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360324719537614250noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338180660689120932.post-47840273549409505852011-09-20T17:57:30.305+05:302011-09-20T17:57:30.305+05:30Working in Andhra Pradesh must definitely have bee...Working in Andhra Pradesh must definitely have been a good learning experience :)<br /><br />I am going to start making notes of my stories whenever they happen so that I don't forget them from now on!<br /><br />The first story had hindi, the third one had marathi.<br /><br />That is a wonderful, and of course 100% true observation about how much influence the doctor's have in the patients decision making. Things are changing in the private sector with more educated people with access to internet coming in, but in a Govt. setup, we still see a lot of people who would blindly follow the doctor's advice. Actually most of them don;t even do that, they just do as much as they can afford monetarily and time and effort wise. A lot don't even change their unhealthy practices or take complete courses of medication as advised. <br /><br />Your comment actually warrants an entire post! You should write one. You said it perfectly in that last paragraph, there are very few doctors who actually put the patient first, and circumvent a lot of administrative and social hurdles to ensure the patient gets complete treatment.Aayushi Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360324719537614250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338180660689120932.post-85668561025367189702011-09-17T23:15:50.020+05:302011-09-17T23:15:50.020+05:30Bullseye post Aayushi!! :) Loved reading it, so in...Bullseye post Aayushi!! :) Loved reading it, so interesting. I remember on work experience in a rural health centre in the middle of nowhere in Andhra Pradesh when a patient was not at all concerned by something the doctors found very serious (cannot remember what now.. maybe a diabetic foot?) because all she wanted to know was how to get relief from her back ache or something, because she could not afford to get any treatment for anything else. That was my first introduction into health inequalities (as a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year old... lol) and it opened my eyes a little to the realities of medical practice in India. I guess money is everything in these equations, sad ain't it... if you can remember any of the other stories, I would love to hear them.<br /><br />Was the language in the first story Marathi?<br /><br />I love the way you (as in general you, not you you!) just shooed off the guy wanting the nasbandi ha ha!! If it was the UK, he would have had a full consultation with a doctor or a specialist nurse explaining the full meaning of the procedure and the advantages and disadvantages of it and blah blah. It was actually really interesting to observe how much influence the doctors had in the patients' decision-making while I was in Mumbai, guess with poor education doctors tend to have a bigger say. And the patients don't seem to mind it. Over here, patient autonomy is always a huge thing to consider!! If a patient wants to see JUST that ONE doctor in particular, there is no way we can shoo him off, we will (internally) grumble about it and find a way to fit him into the doctor's schedule... for free, of course. As this is the NHS and private clinics are quite rare.<br /><br />Isn't it crazy to think there is so much that still needs to be done in India (in terms of healthcare at least) and everyone can see it but no one can start because it is a team effort and every finds someone else to blame? How doctors deal with the daily politics of healthcare while trying to fight a medical battle for their patients is beyond me! Takes so much strength to look past all the murk and just do what needs to be done for the patient... especially when there is so much murk around you!--Sunrise--https://www.blogger.com/profile/10612586355249296658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338180660689120932.post-22724176798455864882011-09-14T17:28:04.703+05:302011-09-14T17:28:04.703+05:30Oh the MO shooed him off and said he can't get...Oh the MO shooed him off and said he can't get it done, told him to get his sister admitted to our hospital, or to contact the charitable dept of the hospital where she was admitted.Aayushi Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360324719537614250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338180660689120932.post-35371627129906813602011-09-14T08:17:08.733+05:302011-09-14T08:17:08.733+05:30How did 'Nasbandi' encounter end?How did 'Nasbandi' encounter end?mkknoreply@blogger.com