Offended doctor cancels operation<\/p>\n
If you happen to live somewhere in Klaten, Central Java,
\nbeware when you go to Diponegoro Dua Satu hospital for some
\nmedical treatment. If you are a surgery patient refrain yourself
\nfrom asking too many questions, especially if the doctor
\nattending you is Dr. P.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 7, 2000 my mother was going to have a kidney stone
\noperation. In the last minutes before the operation, Dr. P wanted
\nto talk to some people representing her and I was one of them. It
\nis my habit to ask a doctor a lot of questions and on that
\noccasion I did likewise.<\/p>\n
When Dr. P, a urologist and head of the hospital, compared the
\nX-ray photos of my mother's kidney stone, which were taken five
\ndays prior to the day set for the operation, and those taken some
\ntime before the operation, I, as a layman knowing nothing about
\nhow to interpret X-ray photos, asked questions about the photos.<\/p>\n
The dialog ran more or less as follows:<\/p>\n
(There are two kidney stones to be removed, as shown in the X-
\nray photo taken five days prior to the operation, but the x-ray
\nphoto taken on the day of the operation showed that the position
\nof the stones had changed).<\/p>\n
Question: Doctor, which part will be operated on?<\/p>\n
Answer : This lower part. This will be cut open.<\/p>\n
Question: What about this other one, doctor?<\/p>\n
Answer: Well, we'll find it. We'll slit open a bigger area.
\nWe'll find it. This is unusual. I don't know why this one would
\nmove upward.<\/p>\n
Question: How long will it take for my mother to recuperate?<\/p>\n
Answer: Well, quite a while, considering she is already old.
\nBesides, the heart is swollen.<\/p>\n
Question: Really, doctor? Is it true that her heart is
\nswollen? How to diagnose it, doctor?<\/p>\n
Answer: Look here, the picture is not clear, is it?<\/p>\n
Question: Doctor, I have heard that there is a pain-killer.<\/p>\n
Answer: It depends on the patient. In fact, it can be harmful
\nto her nerves.<\/p>\n
After giving this information, which was not satisfactory to
\nme, he said: \" Okay, no operation\".<\/p>\n
We were all shocked. To make sure that I had heard correctly,
\nI asked, \"Doctor, how is it now?\" He said, \" Just take her home
\nnow.\" At that time my mother was already prepared for an
\noperation. Without any explanation, all instruments were removed
\nfrom her and she was taken to her room. All this made my mother
\npanic, obviously.<\/p>\n
Then I asked the hospital officer in charge for the status
\nfile of my mother but the request was refused. We also could not
\nget any information about how far my mother had been treated so
\nthat a new doctor would find out the whole thing about my mother.
\nWorse still, we could not use the ambulance. In fact, it was idle
\nand we offered to pay.<\/p>\n
I question Dr. P's professionalism. In his oath, a doctor
\npledges to help even an enemy. Legally, this doctor has obviously
\nviolated the code of conduct for the medical profession.<\/p>\n
My mother is now being treated in another hospital. It has
\nbeen found that the left kidney no longer functions and must be
\nremoved. She is now taking a blood transfusion because her
\nhemoglobin level is declining. Very obviously, Dr. P gave a
\ndifferent diagnosis.<\/p>\n
WULANDARI<\/p>\n
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