Seeing the same
group of patients makes IVF doctors well aware of the professional expertise and
competency of their colleagues. Doctors can often tell the most incompetent and
dangerous of their colleagues from the proficient ones. Doctors are comfortable
referring their patients to their proficient colleagues. But what do they do
with the knowledge that one of their colleagues in the hospital is incompetent
and likely to cheat? Most
frequently, this remains an open secret of the professional staff in the
hospital which is carefully concealed from patients.
Most doctors prefer minding their own business instead of being proactive about this fact. They decide that their best course of action would be to stick to their own job and avoid intervening in others’ work. By turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to this fact, they escape from talking publicly and openly about this wrong. (For instance, a dermatologist is in charge of running one of the most sought after IVF clinics in India. This is an open fact widely known to all doctors , but seldom debated).
There are several reasons behind this attitude. Keeping with the norms of the profession, it is difficult for doctors to condemn other doctor colleagues. This is because being a whistleblower could result in their being shunned by others , and thus they could end up losing a lot on their own career front. To compound the problem, there is no way for a doctor to lodge complaints against their problematic colleagues. As a matter of fact, it is an arduous task for them to complain to the medical council or the hospital management. Being busy themselves, no doctor would willingly expose his/her role in complaints against other doctors . Most will never bother getting into this issue, because they feel it may end up becoming a sordid mess, and they don’t want to be party to this. They feel that it is an unnecessary bother , and since most doctors have their hands full tackling their own problems , they feel it is unwise to tackle an additional controversy. However, this is a dis-service to society; to patients; and to the profession.
Most doctors prefer minding their own business instead of being proactive about this fact. They decide that their best course of action would be to stick to their own job and avoid intervening in others’ work. By turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to this fact, they escape from talking publicly and openly about this wrong. (For instance, a dermatologist is in charge of running one of the most sought after IVF clinics in India. This is an open fact widely known to all doctors , but seldom debated).
There are several reasons behind this attitude. Keeping with the norms of the profession, it is difficult for doctors to condemn other doctor colleagues. This is because being a whistleblower could result in their being shunned by others , and thus they could end up losing a lot on their own career front. To compound the problem, there is no way for a doctor to lodge complaints against their problematic colleagues. As a matter of fact, it is an arduous task for them to complain to the medical council or the hospital management. Being busy themselves, no doctor would willingly expose his/her role in complaints against other doctors . Most will never bother getting into this issue, because they feel it may end up becoming a sordid mess, and they don’t want to be party to this. They feel that it is an unnecessary bother , and since most doctors have their hands full tackling their own problems , they feel it is unwise to tackle an additional controversy. However, this is a dis-service to society; to patients; and to the profession.
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