Cuts and kickbacks for doctors

It's a fact of life that kickbacks , cuts and commissions have become an integral part of the healthcare system in India. In fact, this is one of the reasons why healthcare has become so sick. However, you disguise them – in the form of referral fees ( the euphemism which corporate hospitals use when they pay family physicians to send patients their way); or consultancy fees ( the dignified term which pharmaceutical companies use to incentivize doctors to prescribe their brands), commissions are ubiquitous have become an accepted norm in the medical profession. A lot of this was started by pharmaceutical companies , who provide doctors with freebies in order to influence them to prescribe their drugs. Doctors have become so used to getting so much stuff for free from pharmaceutical companies - ranging all the way from trips to go overseas to cars and even apartments , that most of them take these gifts as their right. They feel they are entitled to them , and do not even question the morality of their behavior. While all doctors know in their heart of hearts that it's unethical to take these kickbacks it's extremely easy for them to justify what they do !  All doctors , including the leading lights of the medical profession do it, so why shouldn't I ?  I can't afford to take a holier than thou attitude – how will I be able to afford to pay the capitation fee to send my children to medical college ?  Since everyone else in society is doing it , rangin...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs