This year’s MTNL
Perfect Health Mela will have its activities extending over a month.
Announcing this in a press conference, Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National
Awardee Dr. KK Aggarwal president
Heart care foundation of India
said that the activities will start on 29th September World Heart day with a Dil
ka Darbar and end on 31st October with CPR 10 Utsav at DPS Mathura Road.
The main traditional mela will be held at Constitution Club of India from
23-26th October which will have exhibitions, competitions entertainment,
checkups and workshops about all aspects of health incorporating all pathies
under one roof.
Co addressing the
conference Mr Vinod Kumar, GM Marketing MTNL, Delhi; Mr Deepak Chanduka, GM Marketing MTNL
Corporate; Dr. N V Kamath, and Dr. K S Baghotia from DHS; Dr. N K Yadav MHO MCD South, Dr. Ramesh Kumar, CMO NDMC and Dr Shally Kamra, CMO, PNDT said that
the mela will focus on disaster management and prevention.
Celebrity guest for the
event Pandit Jwala Prasad a music
legend released the dates and the theme. He said that music and entertainment
when combined with health can be more healing.
1st July doctors day
Sixty percent of people
do not discuss their sexual behavior and performance with the doctor when they
go for consultation
A survey of 452 people
was conducted by Heart Care Foundation of India and eMedinewS on the occasion
of Doctors Day. The objective of the survey was to assess the perception of
doctor-patient relationship among the people.
The survey included
patients, social workers, RWAs, morning walkers, college students and
government employees from Delhi.
Data was collected using a questionnaire, which the survey participants
were asked to answer.
Elaborating on the observations of the survey, Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy
National Awardee,
Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart
Care Foundation of India said that the data came up with some interesting
changing trends among the people with regard to doctor-patient relationship.
Sexual preferences, choices and behaviors
a. The
survey revealed that only 42% had a family physician.
b. When suffering
from an illness 52% of the people would directly opt to visit a specialist and
not a family physician, which is not a good trend.
c. The traditional concept of a ‘family
physician’, who looked after all the health needs of a family regardless of
his/her specialization, is now changing. Everybody should have a family
physician for better patient care.
d. Even today, 60%
people do not discuss their sexual behavior and performance with the doctor
when they go for consultation.
e. 80% of the ties
doctors also do not ask them about their sexual preferences, behaviors and
problems.
f. This
brings them to seek help from sex quacks and advise from friends and
neighborhood.
g. People are
sexually active even at elderly age. The proportion of man reporting no sex is
20% at age 51-60 and 87.5% at age above 75. In women, reporting no se is
100% after the age of seventy. 16.17% of men reported that they are facing
erectile dysfunction and 17.64% are having premature ejaculation during sexual
act.
h. It is customary
in US medical schools to be taught, when taking a sexual history, to ask
whether someone is sexually active, and if so, what are his sexual preferences?
i. The
questions asked in the history include as a routine:
Sexual
history: "Do you feel comfortable with your sexuality?"
Sexual
preference: "Are you sexually attracted to men, women, or
both?"
Sexual
high risk behavior: Do you have multiple partners
Young vs old doctors
a. 57% of people check the credentials and
qualifications of a doctor before visiting them for consultation. This is a new
trend in the society.
b. But, even today 63% of people put their faith in
the capabilities of their doctor and not on their dress code.
c. Only 37% felt that their doctors should be well
dressed in a suit and tie.
d. While 65% still feel that senior doctors with
white hair can provide better patient care than their younger fashionable
counterparts as they have more clinical experience.
e. 100% said that if you cannot practice “
compassion based medicine” at least practice etiquette based medicine”
Patients want privacy
40% of people did not
want doctors to be their friends on Facebook. New International guidelines also
warn doctors not to be connected with their patients on face book.
Doc, no smoking please
Eighty-one percent
people reported being disturbed when they saw their doctors smoking in public
and would not like to be treated by a doctor who smoked in front of them.
Write legibly
67% felt that their
doctors should have legible handwriting and favored an electronic prescription
instead.
Please provide affordable, quality and safe medical care
78% people felt that
that medical profession is becoming commercialized today and should be made
more affordable for a common man. 59% felt that doctors’ charging less fee is
not their concern. But, 41% were of the opinion that doctors should charge less
as their profession is a noble one.
Patients want doctors to spend more time with them
a. 49% people I the
survey reported being satisfied with less 15 minutes of a doctor’s time; 26%
wanted their doctor to spend more than 15 minutes with them and the rest wanted
time till they were satisfied.
b. Even today 44%
percent doctors do not advise their patients about adult vaccination. This
needs immediate attention.
c. 55% people reported
that their blood pressure had never been checked in both arms.
d.49% people preferred
to take a dietary advice from their doctor and not from a dietitian.
e. Forty-seven percent
persons did not have any health insurance. 49% of the patients did not know
that when they are hiring a room in a private hospital, the insurance covers
only 1% of the sum amount ensured for the bed.
f. 52% of the people do not know that error of
judgment or difference of opinion is not an act of negligence on the part of
the doctor.
g. 48% are unaware of the fact that a doctor is
supposed to possess only an average degree of skill and knowledge and not the
maximum degree of skill and knowledge when treating a patient.
h. 30% still did not
know that creating violence in the hospital premises is an offence.
Patient wants second opinion from the same doctor
1. 60% would get a
second opinion from their regular doctor if they are not satisfied, while 40%
would like to take another opinion from another doctor
2. 72% of people do not
want doctors to treat them just on clinical grounds but prefer getting
investigated first. When advised investigations, 57% would ask their doctor to
suggest a lab, while the rest said that they would choose their own lab.
.
Patient etiquette
1. 46% people said that
they preferred to call their doctor directly to fix an appointment and not the
secretary.
2. When calling for an
appointment, 53% would choose to call on a mobile number and not the landline,
whether the call is to the doctor or the secretary.
ABC of a good doctor
Where A is availability,
B is behavior and C is capability. 95% of the people said that the will
be satisfied if the doctors is available and has practices etiquette based
medicine.
Etiquette based medicine
Remember
Mnemonic AIEDT
A: Acknowledge
I: Introduce yourself
E: Explain about your
plan
D: define the time spam
of your plan
T thank the patient
