http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:04:05 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-256552 Any attempt at analysing the psyche of a so called 'Terrorist' is fraught with several prejudices and biases. To be able to judge the intentions of a doctor involved in a terrorist act is even more complicated. I wholeheartedly agree that a doctor is no more and no less moral than any other member of society. I have personally resisted any attempt to wrongly shove me to a pedestal simply for my choice of profession. For the same reason, it is wrong to judge a doctor more harshly because of his/her profession. A lot of the initial outcry following the arrest of the Australian Doctor in connection with the Glasgow bombings stemmed from the fact that he happened to belong to the medical profession. The allegations against him, the vary basis of which seems to be crumbling with every passing day, may be completely false but he'd still carry the stigma of this throughout his life and his career once jeopardised may never take off again bacause this profession more than any other will crucify him. 256552@desicritics.org Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:04:05 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-252026 #9, not at all, none taken!, thank you for your comment! :) cheers bd 252026@desicritics.org Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:04:07 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-252025 #8, arab.... Most certainly not, my point is that while doctors are humans like us with incompetence, mistakes and issues just like us, but explicitly causing torture and terror is not acceptable at all, because they are causing harm to persons who are simply not connected at all with medical issues. The glasgow passengers had nothing to do with being a patient, an euthanasia patient, a death row prisoner, or what have you. No connection at all. Hence, this was totally against all all rules. 252025@desicritics.org Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:03:24 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-251623 In response to #7 bd, may I reiterate that I did't throw mud at the medical profession collectively. My father was the first medical doctor in our village before I was born in 1945. I have washed the wounds of many people as a young boy. I respect that profession, I have some relatives working with operation smile and other non-profit organizations. In the U.S., many remote areas don't have general practitioners because a vast majority of Doctors like only city life and fat income. Giving lakhs of Rs as capitation fees in Indian medical colleges is due to the income potential in the future. I am very cautious not to use the blog for hurting anybody, but when I write about the issue in plain coscience, it might have caused offense to some. Please forgive me. 251623@desicritics.org Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:08:35 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-251439 bd - I'm not sure I understand the point of your article. Are you saying that we should be less shocked that doctors could be suicide bombers because their are so many previous examples of doctors who have taken life? 251439@desicritics.org Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:16:26 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-251314 Mathew i think people have become reconciled to the fact that doctors are in this to make money as well. In certain countries, such as India and USA, there is hardly any other alternative as the public health system is atrocious in terms of remuneration or non existent. But yes, those doctors who join medicine without frontiers and and and are quite praiseworthy. Mind you, even doctors in USA do put aside certain amount of their practise to poor patients! cheers bd 251314@desicritics.org Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:51:50 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-251102 The common people have a tendency to look at Doctors and religious leaders as "divine entity" but in reality, that is a total mistake. How many Doctors have chosen medical profession for the sake of serving the humanity in their suffering? Now even 1%. It is a money making business and some of the Doctors are too ruthless to butcher people for getting rich too fast. On the other hand, I salute those Doctors who are working in mission hospitals and remote areas of the third world countries to heal the sick and to give them hope for another day through the love of God. 251102@desicritics.org Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:51:25 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-250826 Hi dan thanks for the update! Not very clear about the link, but ok! :) smallsquirrel. I know the god complex, mate, I have been in two of them myself, lol. But that's where the challenges lie. But thanks for the compliments! 250826@desicritics.org Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:04:53 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-250691 The medical profession will have the same percentage of unethical people as the general population. They will have their foibles, their problems, their addictions, their delusions, their attitude problems, etc. I think certain professions do tend to foster a "god complex" more than others, but others feed into that as much as not. I do not know why we'd even expect doctors to be any better/worse than the rest of us. Coming from a long line of them, I certainly know better. They are just human and eat and shit and cry just like everyone else. nice article. thanks for writing it. 250691@desicritics.org Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:34:32 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-250625 Hi Bhaskar, That was a funny piece and yet opened the eyes too. I wanted you to know, however, that Americans Have Friends In India Three Americans living in Mumbai (Bombay), India for 20+ years formed a company called Americas's Medical Solutions www.americasmedicalsolutions.com . There are no fees as the Indian hospitals pay them to hold your hand from getting the necessary passport or visa to seeing that your every comfort is met while having major surgery. They can even plan an excursion for you, if you're up to it, either before or after the surgery. No medical need is too sophisticated, from in vitro fertilization with long term stays, to in and out dental veneers or implants in one day. LASIK surgery to hip resurfacing is all available by the most experienced doctors and sterile hospitals in the world. They are Joint Commission International Accredited and Harvard Medical International associates, etc., with unbelievably affordable prices for those with or without insurance. These Americans know exactly what Americans need and expect, but as one of their directors said, "Americans can't believe what they get, as our surgeons and technologies are the finest and most experienced in the world. It's a pity the US hasn't had the equipment and technology as long as India has, and the US has simply priced themselves out of the market." They are negotiating health plans with major insurers and employers. Most credit card limits will allow a person to get on a plane and get all his medical needs solved within the time of a vacation. 250625@desicritics.org Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:44:37 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-249863 Steve the idea being that doctors have done wrong, in abu gharib as well, but torture and terrorism is beyond the pale. See? 249863@desicritics.org Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:07:45 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/07/14/080317.php#comment-249861 I am curious why you think that the "The storm of vituperation which broke over the USA is, in my opinion, partially because of the shocking news that some doctors were complicit in the torture of the prisoners. This was a step too far." These doctors designed torture, concealed it, failed to record torture, and returned tortured prisoners to their torturers. (See Miles SH, Torture Medical Complicity and the War on Terror, Random House 2006.) Do you think that this just bad manners or boorish behavior? Seems to me that vituperation rather than a war crimes indictment is great plea bargaining. Steve Miles 249861@desicritics.org Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:03:37 EDT