Doctors and Their Selfless Service
As India went into a lockdown a year ago to
restrain the expanse of COVID-19, doctors, therapists, and healthcare workers
battled the virus on the frontlines, protecting the lives of victims while
endangering their own.
As a universal lockdown to curb the expanse
of COVID-19 started on March 25, 2020, most people had to confine themselves
under the roof. But for frontline workers like doctors, therapists and
healthcare workers, that was never a choice.
This prodigious public health emergency has
indicated that health facilities, medical transport, patients and even the
health care workers and their families can become victims everywhere. This
trend augments the need for revised measures to shield health care from acts of
brutality.
During the COVID-19 pandemic more than ever,
guarding the health and lives of health care workers on the frontline is
crucial to enable a better global response.
They endured long shifts using personal
protective equipment (PPE), their working situations were often less than
satisfying, and they were constantly at risk of developing the coronavirus
disease. But through it all, they remained resilient and saved the lives of
many victims.
Why
do we need Doctors in our life?
Before the exploration of advanced medicine,
life was fleeting for humans. The scene was replete with unseen perils in the
form of illness and medical conditions.
Then medical system changed into an
authorised profession, and humans encountered a significant enhancement in the
quality of life.
Getting aided by modern scientific
innovation, the boundaries of medical technology increased to unbelievable
limits.
Nevertheless, even with all these
technological discoveries, the position of doctors in society hasn't
depreciated; doctors remain indispensable.
Doctors and healthcare workers responded to a
global health crisis by trying to guard individuals, families and communities
in adverse circumstances with resources, lack of personal protective equipment
(PPE) and other equipment.
Unfortunately, they have found themselves as
unexpected targets in the fight against COVID-19. There have been numerous
reported occurrences of such violence against them during this pandemic time in
India.
Although the numbers of cases cannot be determined,
there are a few glaring examples:
On 8 April 2020, two junior doctors in New
Delhi were ostensibly attacked by a neighbor who blamed them for increasing
the disease.
On 19 April 2020, the funeral of a
neurosurgeon who had died after contracting COVID-19 in Chennai was intruded by
a mob who attacked the cremators. The citizens’ complaint was due to a
misconception that the contagion may spread in the community if the surgeon was
buried there.
Increasingly, reports pour in of doctors
being quarreled on, hurled abuses at and are driven away. Yet, they are the
ones who save our lives by leaving their health at stake.
Doctors form an indispensable part of an
efficient response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The society argues that they must engage in pandemic
response due to their special skills. But honestly, these skills vary between
diverse doctors and their duties are restrained by other competing rights.
I think that doctors should be encouraged to
meet the request for medical aid in the pandemic and those who make the
sacrifices and elevated efforts are owed to get reciprocal obligations in
return.
When their reciprocal obligations aren't met,
doctors are further supported in opting out of distinct tasks, as long as this
is proportionate to the unmet obligation.
What
does a doctor do?
Doctors protect lives, but their greatness
goes far beyond that. Doctors also make a variation by healing patients lessen
their pain, recuperate from a disease faster or learn to live with a disabling
injury.
A victim's ability to enjoy life even when
they can't be cured makes a huge variation to them and their families. If the
patients can go back to work after a sickness, that benefits their employer,
too. And, to explain about their job clearly, it's only a quarter part of what
makes doctors important to society.
The
selfless service of doctors:
Their contribution to human wellness is far
beyond comparison besides that the rich culture of the medicinal society is
still in its glory in this era.
1. Saving
life
This occurs during the event of an emergency
procedure or a voluntary procedure for rather a time-sensitive or serious
illness. An unintentional injury and troubled labour also account for the same.
2. Extending
life
Unfortunately, not all diseases can be cured
completely. But with doctors efforts, medicines and therapies, the lifespan of
the patient or the worst effect of a disease can be prolonged significantly.
Though this time varies from ward to ward and
patient to patient, the efforts behind the cause are praiseworthy.
3. Improving
lives
Not all diseases are life-threatening.
However, living with the distress for a lifetime is not an acceptable option
either.
The efforts of the doctors make it probable
to alleviate these discomforts and help them to live their life to the fullest.
4. Controlling
the epidemics
Some infections claim an entire community
than just a handful of people. Contagious illness and other epidemic conditions
are a tremendous threat to the health of people living in that mundane boundary.
Timely actions and awareness by doctors can
curb such catastrophic circumstances.
Doctors endure high levels of work pressure
even under normal circumstances. But numerous people would be reluctant to
disclose mental health struggles or seek help for them, with stigma an
often-cited reason.
The coronavirus infection 2019 often called
COVID-19 places further pressure on doctors and the healthcare practice in
general. Research shows that such anxiety brings a vaster risk of psychological
distress for doctors.
For this reason, I request that the officials
and healthcare executives should show influential leadership, support for
doctors and their families during the COVID-19 outbreak and call for efforts to
reduce mental health stigma in clinical workplaces.
This can be facilitated by voluntarily adding
the ‘healthcare workers mental health support method’ as an agenda item to
high-level management planning meetings.
I also request you, readers, to not show your
hate to doctors as they are under serious pressure of saving the victims. Some
may succeed and some might not so you need to know that the lives of the
victims are not in their hands. Let's respect our doctors as they help us to
lead a better and happy life.
Written By – Bennet Vini.R
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