Passage 13

In English

Free medical aid

The hospital which began in a single room, has now grown into a big complex. The doctors have to meet the growing demands on their services, The numbers of patients coming to the hospital are growing all the time. All services are totally free. Not a is collected from the patients. Such free medical treatment is not given anywhere in the world. This applies to the Super Speciality Hospital in . Elsewhere hospitals have become big business. In fact, in every sphere commercialization is rampant. Education is a business, music is a business, health is a business. The whole world has become a market place. Welfare services should be free for all. There are numerous people who cannot afford the costs of medical treatment. Doctors should render free service to such persons. My words should not be misunderstood. Even in the earning of incomes there should be a limit. Many doctors lack determination. They join a hospital on a good salary. But after a month or so, when another hospital offers a higher salary they go over to the new hospital. How long are you likely to stay in the other hospital? When you go like this, you forfeit the confidence of hospital managements. Even workers behave in this way. They shift from place to place. The right thing is to stick to a job for three or four years. Then your work will secure automatic recognition.