බුකියේ තිබුන පැහැදිලි කිරීමක්
1. Doctors in Sri Lanka are bound by the oath of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) and are not bound by the Hippocratic oath.
2. There is no directive to treat your enemy, or treat anyone else at their personal risk. Any doctor may choose to do so, or not to do so.
3. The doctor is only bound to treat when there is a doctor - patient relationship. By refusing to see this person, the doctor has refused to enter into a doctor patient relationship. So there is no breach of duty of care.
A doctor-patient relationship is a clinical and legal relationship. It is entered into through mutual consent. Similarly, either party can terminate the relationship. During special situations it can be implied consent - emergencies, prison patients etc.
Doctors cannot be legally or morally expected to treat every patient. For example a violent patient, or in a situation where the doctor may also be harmed. The decision is the doctor's.
The exception is for emergencies, and even then a doctor may refuse (e.g. on the roadside, where due to lack of equipment or drugs or equipment means the best thing is to get the patient to hospital without delay).
4. There may be a moral obligation to see a patient during an emergency or if no other path to treatment exists.
Lanka Hospital has plenty of provisions and top government hospitals are less than 5km away
කොහොමත් කට්ටියට ඉස්සරහට ලේසි වෙන්නේ නෑ...
3 days ago
1. Doctors in Sri Lanka are bound by the oath of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) and are not bound by the Hippocratic oath.
2. There is no directive to treat your enemy, or treat anyone else at their personal risk. Any doctor may choose to do so, or not to do so.
3. The doctor is only bound to treat when there is a doctor - patient relationship. By refusing to see this person, the doctor has refused to enter into a doctor patient relationship. So there is no breach of duty of care.
A doctor-patient relationship is a clinical and legal relationship. It is entered into through mutual consent. Similarly, either party can terminate the relationship. During special situations it can be implied consent - emergencies, prison patients etc.
Doctors cannot be legally or morally expected to treat every patient. For example a violent patient, or in a situation where the doctor may also be harmed. The decision is the doctor's.
The exception is for emergencies, and even then a doctor may refuse (e.g. on the roadside, where due to lack of equipment or drugs or equipment means the best thing is to get the patient to hospital without delay).
4. There may be a moral obligation to see a patient during an emergency or if no other path to treatment exists.
Lanka Hospital has plenty of provisions and top government hospitals are less than 5km away
කොහොමත් කට්ටියට ඉස්සරහට ලේසි වෙන්නේ නෑ...
No channeling of specialist docs on Friday as they are supporting hartal
Published3 days ago
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) had decided to support the proposed hartal campaign on 6 May 2022, AMS President Dr. LakKumar Fernando said yesterday.
“The exco of the AMS discussed the above proposed action and decided on the following as the AMS way of supporting the proposed protest campaign. Action will be taken to minimise the inconvenience caused to the general public,” he said.
Members of the AMS will work in the government hospitals as normal and attend all emergencies.
However, they will participate in the protest campaigns at hospitals during lunch hour with other healthcare workers
They will also refrain from channel practice on that day whilst attending any emergencies in the private sector.
Members may also visit already admitted inward patients in the private sector.
AMS is planning to take this action in collaboration with private sector medical specialists (IMSA) and university medical specialists (FMTAs) and are hopeful about their support and participation,” he said.
Dr. Fernando also made an open appeal to the general public not to seek channel services to see a medical specialist on Friday.
“We have also asked members to take necessary steps to take this message to potential patients(specially OPD/Channel patients in the private sector) early to minimize inconvenience to them,” he said.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) Dr. Senal Fernando told The Island that they would decide today (05) whether to take part in the hartal.
The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) had decided to support the proposed hartal campaign on 6 May 2022, AMS President Dr. LakKumar Fernando said yesterday.
“The exco of the AMS discussed the above proposed action and decided on the following as the AMS way of supporting the proposed protest campaign. Action will be taken to minimise the inconvenience caused to the general public,” he said.
Members of the AMS will work in the government hospitals as normal and attend all emergencies.
However, they will participate in the protest campaigns at hospitals during lunch hour with other healthcare workers
They will also refrain from channel practice on that day whilst attending any emergencies in the private sector.
Members may also visit already admitted inward patients in the private sector.
AMS is planning to take this action in collaboration with private sector medical specialists (IMSA) and university medical specialists (FMTAs) and are hopeful about their support and participation,” he said.
Dr. Fernando also made an open appeal to the general public not to seek channel services to see a medical specialist on Friday.
“We have also asked members to take necessary steps to take this message to potential patients(specially OPD/Channel patients in the private sector) early to minimize inconvenience to them,” he said.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) Dr. Senal Fernando told The Island that they would decide today (05) whether to take part in the hartal.
