Why are doctors not coming on home visits

Some good habits are becoming extinct over the past few years, and doctors’ visit to patients, particularly those suffering from serious ailments, is one of them. Earlier, doctors used to come to a bedridden patient’s residence, at least during critical moments, and used to give advice, perhaps more out of compassion for a fellow human being than for other considerations.

Regrettably enough, this practice had vanished over the decades, raising much concern among the older generation.

Even now, in cinemas of the bygone era, one can see the family doctor visiting patients for consultation and health advice. I am afraid medical ethics and codes in the world may have led to the end of such type of visits.

Is this the way we are progressing? Is there no value for human beings in distress. Is it all right to leave them to their fate?

I request the medical fraternity to view this with sympathy and compassion and serve humanity in a noble and generous manner.

srkarry@yahoo.com