It is the hospital’s and the physicians’ responsibility to provide world class healthcare to our esteemed patients because this not only a basic need but a also a fundamental right enshrined in the country’s legislative framework. Provision of this service poses to numerous challenges to the healthcare system at large. The paper shall address some of these challenges and foreseeable barriers to implementation.
Allergic reactions are a common occurrence in any medical set-up. It is common practise that presence or absence of allergic reactions be mentioned by the primary or referring physician and such information should be available in the patient’s medical history. On rare occasions, the patient can volunteer such information but their credibility is usual suspect and hence the delay of including information about allergens in the patients medical history. A possible solution is that both the referring/primary physicians should be given a form to feel to divulge such information about allergens prior to admission so inconsistencies can be noted and addressed in good time. However in case the hospital has in stock only medication that triggers allergic reactions in stock then nothing much can be done.
As far as insensitivity is concerned, physicians are generally care givers. As such it is only ethical and standard for them to treat their patients as humanely as possible. This involves physicians bonding emotionally with the patients, sharing in their pain and treating them with respect among other things. However, it is important to note that physicians too are human beings and therefore are prone to deviate from the norm for many reasons including both profession and personal ones. No one ca thereby confidently state that they can control human behaviour, all that can be done is to hope that the physicians are motivated by positive intrinsic and extrinsic factor in the line of duty. Regardless of this, it is the prerogative of the management to create a working environment that stimulates sensitivity to the patient’s plight and needs amongst the physicians.
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