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operation theatre, refuses to let you go inside and see him, and wants your signature on the consent form for "an emergency operation to save his life," it is likely that your patient is already dead. The "emergency operation" is for inflating the bill; if you agree for it, the surgeon will come out fifteen minutes later and report that your patient died on the operation table. And then, when you take delivery of the dead body, you will pay OT charges, anesthesiologist's charges, and many more fees that were unwarranted. What an insult to take advantage of the sick and grieving."
Doctors are humans too. You can't trust them blindly. Please understand the difference between young surgeons and older ones. The young ones who are setting up nursing homes, for example, have heavy loans to settle. To pay back the loan, they have to perform as many operations as possible. Also, to build a reputation, they have to perform a large number of operations and develop their skills. So, at first, every case seems fit for cutting. But with age, experience, and prosperity, many surgeons lose their taste for cutting, and stop recommending operations.
Physicians and surgeons, to a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Surgeons like to solve medical problems by cutting, just as physicians first seek solutions with drugs. So, if you take your medical problem to a surgeon first, the chances are that you will unnecessarily end up on the operating table. Instead, please go to an ordinary GP first. Now you decide, is this behavior consistent with ahimsa?
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In India, Jains own many businesses ranging from simple trading to big manufacturing factories. As a result, they employ a large number of people as shop floor workers. Since all life forms are equal and all feel pain and pleasure, Jains are taught to have compassion for all forms of life. But in
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