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Expense – The Biggest Hurdle In Patient Treatment

moneyAs a doctor, one is trained to treat the disease. We are trained on disease diagnosis that begins from history and then clinical examination followed by required investigations.

I find it very painful when someone in the need of investigation refuses because she cannot afford it.

What do you do?

Investigations are costly. The investigations require equipments and gadgets that come at phenomenal cost.

It is a smooth work up when one nods yes and get investigated.

But the problem is for not so privileged ones.

This becomes a difficult situation. [Read more...]