Medical Regulator
Inspired by the super success of one of the regulators, the government decided to appoint more regulators – Eating regulator, Exercise regulator, and a Medical Regulator.
The highlights of some of the recommendations of the MR are as follows: (this is just a summary, the whole document is about 2654 pages). Here is a one page summary:
- doctors will have to disclose how much income they earned last year
- the doctor will not be able to recommend any medication
- the doctor can only diagnose the patient and recommend that the PHARMACOLOGIST see the symptoms and recommend
- the patient will have to pay a fee to the doc and to the pharmacologist
- the patient will have to take the recommendation of the pharmacologist and go to the pharma shop and buy it.
- the pharma shop keeper will have to tell the patient that the same medicines are available white labelled and it costs less
- the pharma shop keeper should show all the medicines, and the commissions that he gets on each medicine
- if the patient so desires he can ask for his last 3 years Income tax returns
- the doctor will not /cannot talk to the medical rep except in the presence of the PHARMACOLOGIST
- the doctor will have to charge his fees only by cheque or credit card or debit card,
- the doctor will keep a recording of all his recommendations..
- dentists and Opthals should display the cost of the machinery that they use
- dentists should inspect the teeth and then recommend a line of action
- the dentist who recommends will not be able to execute the process – that will have to be done by another dentist
- dentists should recommend what is to be done – another dentist will have to execute it
- the patient should buy all the medicines, etc from a shop other than the dentist’s shop
Don’t worry doctors and dentists….this is just a HUMOR COLUMN….RELAX…IT is a dig on the equity markets regulator…that is all..
umang jain
Its high time that the medical and educational sector should be regulated. They are going out of control.
subra
yes tomorrow I’m in Delhi..will tell NaMo about this.
mpsingh
???hahaha