Why I don’t agree with munna bhai
Most of you
will be familiar with one of the most popular bollywood film MUNNA BHAI M.B.B.S.
Its huge success was attributed to its unique story where a gangster is
enrolled in a medical college to become a doctor. In this movie there is this
scene where the newly enrolled medical students are addressed by the dean
of the medical college Dr asthana which
was played on screen by Mr. bomman irani.the dean ask individual students about
why they want to become a doctor?? And each of them replies. One girl reply to
the dean that she want to be a friend to her patients and this reply makes the
dean furious to the girl and munna bhai later on give befitting reply to the
dean in the most hilarious way. When I watched this movie for the first time I
was quite annoyed at the dean for being so cold and I am sure that most of them
who watched the movie will agree.
Times have passed and I became a doctor myself.
I have my own tryst with the medical college, deans, patients, anatomy practicals,
viva, exams and results, I have seen it all…a few days back I saw the same
movie again and watched the same scene, where the girl was rebuked by the dean
and this time I was not that annoyed with the dean.i was rather thoughtful
about what he was implying. My own experience with patients was sufficient for
me to say that what the dean was saying is true. After a while I found out that
I agree with what Dr asthana was saying in the movie “I am not a patient’s
friend I am a person who treat them” Though it may sound heartless for others
but I am sure that it is the right attitude towards patients by a doctor.
It is all
about priorities. A doctor’s priority at any point of time should be the
patient’s well being. He should do everything keeping that in mind. If a doctor
become a patients friend there is always a conflict of interest from the
doctor’s side .there are certain limits for us when we are a friend of someone
and there are certain things which we are not comfortable to tell a friend or a
relative because we may lose their friendship or broke the relationship in the
process but if we have a neutral position with them it is easier for us to deal
with the situation. Later on there is a chance that people will realize that we
were saying this for their own sake. In case of a friend or a relative we may not
want to take that risk because the friendship or the relationship is too
valuable for you. I am sure that most of you may disagree with me but I believe
this should be the ideal way. a doctor can be friendly to his patients but
never become friends.
