Deposit the money…before treatment.

In old days medical setups or Institutes were never even thought of taking money in form of advance…but with changing world…now almost all medical setups demands money deposits from relatives of patient.

There is nothing wrong in it as no medical health setup refuses emergency treatments on this ground…rather emergency treatment is the task of medical professionals even without thought of money.

There are few noticeable cases where relatives of critical patients had refused the charges of treatment…and abused Doctors…and this could have frustrated medical professional…and slowly the norm of taking money in advance of planned treatment has entered in medical profession…and now become a standardized trend.

But Doctors needs to be very couscous about this issue as unsatisfied relatives may weigh you in balance of money…raise the question of humanity…and demoralize the profession as a whole.

We have seen Doctors visiting houses of patients door to door begging for credit money…So rather not offering credits and demand for money in advance has saved Doctors status.

The norm is like – your patient has Risk.

Mind Well - Your Patient Has Risk…

Previously Doctors were giving assurance to patient. Don’t worry!

You will get well soon…

But  now a trend is that Doctors  tells patient or their relatives regarding true nature of the illness along with likely complications and prognosis of the disease.

Previously Doctors were using the language like – Nothing to Worry!

But Now Doctor explain the Risk of morbidity or mortality to patients relatives & then only proceeds for treatment…  Law demands this from them …It is like Must.

Previously patients were least bothered as far as knowing the name of the disease & it’s causes…

Now Doctors are made to answer all their queries like nature of disease & Risk involved.

They even may ask a question to a Doctor:

                        Are You capable?

So Doctors are coming with New Trend of Explaining Risk rather than Assurance.

Future Likely Trend….

Future Likely Trend….

Concept Family Doctors is almost vanished…

And Now on the background of increased  cases of Violence against Doctors the current trend of One day stay clinics, Day care centers, Small Nursing Homes & Small Hospitals will vanish slowly & slowly...

And new Trend will be the Practice under one roof.

That is Practice of Multi-specialty Hospitals in real sense.

Doctors are trying to tune their mental setup towards it.

It will reduce the Stress on Doctors & Also will be benefited to patients, particularly in Rural Area…

Family physicians are practicing multispeciality.

Some General Practitioners Behavior – beyond the limit ?

1.Doctors referring patients to Consultant only when they are in trouble or all measures are over or  patient is not responding to line of treatment. Late referral

2. Doctors doing general practice / OPD practice are now believe in IV fluids – one day stay practice. That is the new concept of Day care Center.