Doctors provide service but are threatened by negligence suits. |
DOCTORS, PATIENTS AND LAWYERS Life is so ephemeral That It is not certain Whether we’ll see tomorrow Or, at all breathe again. Though they see too much of death, Doctors do it avoid. In spite of their best efforts, Life often gets destroyed. But it pinches when they are Told they were negligent And are even asked to feel Guilty and repentant. Doctors are human beings, They’re not angels of god. How can error of judgment Be ever called a fraud? Medicine is getting more And more commercialized Making it necessary That it be legalized. As per the consumer law Doctors give services In which the patients try hard To find holes, crevices. They are aided in this task By the greedy lawyers. Into defendants are turned The patients’ defenders! • Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format • Initially written as item 730685, which was deleted on 12 March 2005 and replaced by entry 351051in the book—SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOUR, CHILDREN, "SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN" . Posted as the present item on 2 May 2008. * The author is a doctor turned lawyer, specializing in medico-legal cases M C Gupta, MD, LL.M. 4 August 2003 |