In English
Specialist Doctors Must Also Be Knowledgeable In General Medicine
A neurology doctor specializes only in neurology. Similarly, each specialist is confined to learn only one subject. One doctor says, “I am an ENT doctor.” Another doctor says, “I am an orthopaedic doctor.” In the name of specialization, they are dividing the body into many segments. We must strive to learn that which gives us the knowledge to treat the human body as a whole. With this system of segregation, patients are put to a lot of troubles. When someone approaches a cardiologist, he asks him (the patient) to go and get the blood tested. After going there, they ask him to get the urine tested; and undergo so many other tests. The patient is thus losing taste in life because of these endless tests. Therefore, one should strive to become a doctor who can treat all ailments. Most doctors are looking to their convenience, but in the process forget the convenience of the patient, with the result the patients feel harassed.