Recently
my maternal uncle came to Thimphu for check up regarding his bulged stomach and
I accompanied him in every procedure of the hospital. We were asked to consult
a surgeon after long wait of physician’s queue and brief examination. I went to
the counter to inquiry about the surgeon but they turned me down saying there
is no available surgeon at the moment and arrogantly asked me to come back
tomorrow. We followed the instruction and returned the next day. We were made
to listen the same reason, the shortfall of doctors. My uncle’s irritation of
coming again and again, compelled me to propose him for seeking a special
consultancy services. We finally met
with an surgical doctor who examined my uncle and eloquently explained
his conditions. My uncle was unsatisfied not because of the doctor’s quality
but he thought that if Dr. lotey who knows his case history could examine, then
it would have elucidated his follow ups convincingly. The rumor of Dr. Lotey
resigning soon for joining politics answered his hopes.
The
mentioned incidence is not cooked up or hypothetical as most might think. I am
narrating the fact to make a point here that doctors are imperative and needed
the big time. Aspiring candidate (with medical doctor title), making an easy
choice of fulfilling the wants of political parties and ignoring the needs at
the basic level is certainly not the fundamental right bestowed by constitution.
That is not the expectation of people from ‘most-though-knowledgeable person’
neither from the leader in the first place. Just because of some alluring
policies, evading the responsibility with facade of achieving greater needs of
medical institution is not the way to pay the ransom of huge government
investment I believe.
You
were made aware of the work demand before joining the medical profession but
still some doctors’ escape with the lame excuse of physical work stress. You
could have given the chance who aspire genuinely rather then displaying your
weakness later.
Aspirant
candidates(with doctor title), even express that they could represent medical
institution in decision making with sound background, while, is it sound enough
if there is no one to be represented? You should answer that. I strongly
believe that it’s not the right time to have flood of medical doctors in
Bhutanese politics as there is already dearth in where you actually belong. You
all are well aware of the doctors per person in the County but still you try to
ignore. Is that the trait of good leadership or a good doctor?
Moreover,
projecting your aspiration as for the greater good and using your doctor title
to humble citizens is also not what we expect from our aspiring politician.
What
we expect as a mere citizen from our well invested doctors to simply follow the Hippocratic oath at least.
I
personally feel that, the person who elude from the greater responsibility of
being medical practitioner cannot be a good leader.
My
uncle returned back home with pinch of disappointment, however, to come back
for surgery on advice of paid special service surgical doctor.
With
appreciation and respect for those continuing as medical practitioner at the
time of need.
