[Walrus]

It is nice to know that there are still those who find time to go thru what is written in Codes and Ethics.

And, the father and son who had come after 7 days walk. It has been long that so called 'democracy' had been 'restored' in 'our' country but what was government doing and what were people doing that

1. To recieve treatment still they have to come to KTM
2. To go somewhere they still have to 'walk' for 'days'

These 2 aspects of your story already tells us where we stand. When rest of the world is thinking how can they go to moon someday for a vacation, people in Nepal still have to choose between going to the city for treatment with the little money they have walking for days or staying home and working so that rest of the family can eat something that night.

We lag behind a lot everywhere, that is mainly because of poverty but to be a little descent and respect each other does not cost U money.

U read so much but I think U missed the duty part. It writes

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3.1 Obligation to the Patient
A physician is not bound to treat each and every patient asking for his services except in emergencies, but s/he should be ready to respond to the calls of the sick and injured in conformity with the high character of medical profession.
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So, are the doctors who are on strike not doing what they are obliged to do?

They are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are still providing the emergency service and if things get ugly I think doctors can even deny that. All that people understand these days is revolution.

This father and son reach kathmandu. We should be thankful. They were not stopped anywhere because of some stupid bandh for some filthy political agenda.

And, Hippocartic oaths and all the other ethical guidelines - scan thru them and see how practical that is. Still, doctors are accepting those. But if U read it carefully, those are responsibilities of a 'doctor' to a 'patient' not everyone. So, until I establish a doc-patient relation with someone, I am not obliged to help that person - HE IS NOT MY PATIENT UNTIL I ALSO ACCEPT HIM/HER AS MY PATIENT.

So, what doctors are doing now is not recognising this father and son as their patient unless it is emergency.

What is happening in the country is a revolution. People have to suffer if they want it and it is not only doctors who chose to bring this revolution in the country.

If they can boast that they could come out in curfew and cause so much political and social stirr then why are they not accepting one more revolution.

If U go by law, even patient's and their relatives don't have any right to manhandle a doctor nor even to raise their voice. Everyday there is death in hospitals, doctors cannot stop that. But, if it is because of negligence then there is a place it should be questioned and the proper way is to approach it legally.

Ok next you will say if U go to police or somewhere and try doing this legally then it will never work out. Does that mean U should go back and beat up the doctor or vandalise the hospital, burn tires out in the street and demand for a heavy compensation?

Ask ur logic what should be done to them.

I think we should look back in our recent past. There were a few such incidences and the relatives after so much vadalism were able to fish out quite handsome amount of money too.

If we really want proper tomorrow, it is time to punish those bast"!&%! also. They rooted this evil. It is not fair that they walk out just like that with so much money. If wrong had been done by the doctor, why were they not punished by law but only paying compensation was ok? Those relatives who got the compensation should be hanged if country wants revolution. Why spare them? Whatever is happening is because of the path they made.

Few hours of chakka jam in one part of the city can cause more trouble than 3 days of strike by doctors. Doctors are selectively imposing this. Those who need urgent help are not denied and nor those already admitted denied of treatment. If country understands only language of strike then I think 3 days is not enough. And it should be extended to cover even the emergency and inpateint service. Then will only people able to respect out profession. Doctors are not demanding respect, they just want there to be a working environment and are asking people to respect this noble service we are providing.

Chakka jam for an hour can stop a student from sitting for some exam he had prepared his life for, he can miss his career just by matter of minutes. Why don't you also question them?

People of Nepal are being irresponible day by day and I think it is even worse than UP/Bihar now.