Are they doctors?
As my illness became a menace to my parents, they did not dare to give me the new medicine and decided to wait for the results. When the reports came, there was only urine infection found in the examinations. Seeing the report the doctor felt ashamed and asked me not to take the pills that he had prescribed earlier. Then he gave the name of a medicine for treating the infection.
But nothing worked out eventually. And my condition took such a bad turn that I was taken to a hospital under the treatment of another specialist doctor. Seeing the previous records and the nature of the illness, this man thought that I had an attack of typhoid and said that medicines won't have any effect on me and I would have to take injections. He too advised to do the same tests as done before. Without waiting for the report , I was given injections. Thanks to the Almighty, my third doctor's 'prediction' was right.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The purpose behind narrating my experience is to show the state of medicare in our country. All my doctors, including the last one, have a brilliant academic career , with a lot of higher degrees from abroad. But I think they only acquired degrees for the sake of degrees and glossy academic awards. They are not good as doctors. For this, many people are going through the ordeal that I have undergone. I survived but everybody may not be that lucky!