Doctors eluding for facade of greater good

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.