TLK
July 22, 2010, 10:57pm
17
disgraceful..
it is and it is not..
what is the tipping point?
a doctor has to make money too, and sadly in a country where there is rampant poverty and no real health insurance, if you start performing services, sometimes using expensive drugs and supplies as part of the procedure and then find out that the person can not pay, how will you feed your own family?
so do they take in one person who has no money (at that time or no money in general) or 2, or 20?
dont get me wrong, we have had to rush to free up funds for services or answer calls to help out very quickly so some urgent surgery could take place, so I completely understand the patient and family perspective and it is very cruel.
but..
can we just blame the doctors?
Not to mention that if doctors start taking care of patients before taking the fee, just imagine how many people will abuse the system. I am thinking that 50% of them wont pay full or maybe any amount and disappear.