Is medical profession becoming a sunset career -?
DEBATE
The commonest question asked to candidates entering the medical
profession was ,”Why I chose to become a Doctor? “and the commonest
answer used to be “I want to serve the humanity.” This was four decades
back when I aspired to enter this noble profession full of noble
professionals’–While valley is busy in celebrations for applauding
their new heroes , two would-be promising doctors are lost to
Non-medical services -Have the preferences changed now? questions Dr
Fiaz Fazili
Medical profession is considered as the noblest one. Here you can help needy and serve mankind better. People look up to doctors as saviours and with the advancement of science and technology, the profession has experienced a vast change. The very thought of a doctor reminds you of a spotless white coat. It reminds one of virtues like devotion and commitment plus a zeal to serve helpless and destitute.
We have a galaxy of doctors who have earned a name the world over. Can you have the likes of Dr.Ali jan, Dr Allaqabnad , Dr.Guru or Dr. Khuroo.....etc. for Kashmiris. Can you compare any chief secretary with them. I address to those doctors who have made it to civil service that perhaps they have not understood the value of medicine in true sense. We salute your talent and intelligence, that even if you hail from a remote village, but you did what others could not do, commented Dr AMB an eminent Surgeon from Gurez .
It takes a lifetime to fix a goal and follow it. Setting goals and just believing do not always work for everyone. For many of us, finding a career that we deem fit is in itself a long journey. What career is right for me ? That question involves a lot of time and effort to answer. Moreover certain negative developments have brought a bad name to a noble profession like this.
No matter what you do for a living, job hunting can indeed be a daunting task. We must think beyond and we must not hanker after some traditional professions. It is high time that organisations like the IMA/MCI do some introspection to realise why people have lost faith in the medical profession. No technology can replace the bond of faith between a doctor and a patient. That is what patient care is about. This bond of faith is solely dependent on ethical values. The use of high tech medicine without ethical standards can be detrimental to patient care as well as to society at large. We have to have these questions answered so that the dignity of medical profession is restored.
(Dr Fiaz Fazili is a Kashmiri doctor based in KSA)
Lastupdate on : Wed, 12 May 2010 21:30:00 Makkah time
Medical profession is considered as the noblest one. Here you can help needy and serve mankind better. People look up to doctors as saviours and with the advancement of science and technology, the profession has experienced a vast change. The very thought of a doctor reminds you of a spotless white coat. It reminds one of virtues like devotion and commitment plus a zeal to serve helpless and destitute.
We have a galaxy of doctors who have earned a name the world over. Can you have the likes of Dr.Ali jan, Dr Allaqabnad , Dr.Guru or Dr. Khuroo.....etc. for Kashmiris. Can you compare any chief secretary with them. I address to those doctors who have made it to civil service that perhaps they have not understood the value of medicine in true sense. We salute your talent and intelligence, that even if you hail from a remote village, but you did what others could not do, commented Dr AMB an eminent Surgeon from Gurez .
It takes a lifetime to fix a goal and follow it. Setting goals and just believing do not always work for everyone. For many of us, finding a career that we deem fit is in itself a long journey. What career is right for me ? That question involves a lot of time and effort to answer. Moreover certain negative developments have brought a bad name to a noble profession like this.
No matter what you do for a living, job hunting can indeed be a daunting task. We must think beyond and we must not hanker after some traditional professions. It is high time that organisations like the IMA/MCI do some introspection to realise why people have lost faith in the medical profession. No technology can replace the bond of faith between a doctor and a patient. That is what patient care is about. This bond of faith is solely dependent on ethical values. The use of high tech medicine without ethical standards can be detrimental to patient care as well as to society at large. We have to have these questions answered so that the dignity of medical profession is restored.
(Dr Fiaz Fazili is a Kashmiri doctor based in KSA)
