ARE DOCTORS TREATING ONE DISEASE OR GENERATING OTHERS?

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It is an insight to all patients, attendees and especially practitioners. Hope this will help patient's in understanding that who is friend, benefiting you and who is foe, leeching your health for money. 


"Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient"


- Epidemics, Book I, Hippocrates

Back to the date from 17th century the Latin phrase Primum Non Nocere (PNN)—“First Do No Harm”— carried over the years with the principle of ethics taught to its disciples, i.e. “in an existing problem, it may be better not to do something, or to do nothing, than to risk causing more harm than good”. It is such a splendid way to presage a healthcare provider to seek Primum Non Nocere when considering use of any intervention or investigation that holds either no benefit or at times carries potential risk.


But sadly this has become a mere formality to physicians to practice Primum Non Nocere. On contrary opponent physicians follow over-utilization or unnecessary medical treatment or investigations, they often advice unnecessary medications that push the patient into a trench of many diseases. The medicines like antibiotics, analgesics etc are generally misused arbitrarily in every case.  Say a case of acute sinusitis or flu etc. may not require antibiotics even then patient is loaded with antibiotics or NSAIDs without second thought of First Do No Harm that these medicines carry bunch of side effects. This malpractice is not just demon to the patient but to the society as a whole.

It is very unfortunate to hear that owing to injudicious execution of treatment procedures by un-sighted physician may land the patient into the swamp of diseases and also surrender body to the obnoxious virus or bacteria. An unnecessary medical intervention of a self-limiting condition or that requires only limited treatment may culminate the disease into more damaging one (Physician Induced Iatrogenic Disease), disease which is far more difficult to uproot than the natural one.


The advanced technology of modern medicine though has conquered many deadliest life taking diseases (mortality) in the past but it has also invited more destruction and injuries to the patients (morbidity) by injudicious unnecessary medical treatment ("over-utilization," healthcare provided with a higher volume or cost than is appropriate) resulting from a physician's decision, medical errors (inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, infection, or other ailment), negligence (failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances), use of contaminated instruments, and last but not the least complications arising from a medical procedure or treatment.

A study released in 2016 found medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer. It is extrapolated that over 250,000 deaths (9.5%) per year were consequence of medical error in the US, analysis of medical death rate from 2000 to 2008 (Frellick, Marcia, 3 May 2016).

Human error is inevitable, but still it is in our hand, we can control it by endeavoring Primum Non Nocere and providing a safe treatment without side effects, while dodging unnecessary medical treatments, negligence, medical errors to its patients and do justice to this noble profession.

We have a responsibility towards the patient and we have to be idealistic in the application of our professional standards our prime directive, Primum Non Nocere. First and foremost, if we can’t help, we must never harm a patient.

Remember “patient safety is imperative responsibility of all healthcare system”.

Disclaimer
The contents herein are for informational purposes only to understand health and treatment conditions in a better way. It should not be taken as the substitute of medical diagnosis. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. 

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