Attitude of Media towards Doctor in Public Health Emergencies
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
Public health emergencies are medical emergencies in which a large number of people suffer from a disease as well as disease have high mortality. This scenario of having public health emergencies in India is an iceberg phenomenon as majority of times the hidden portion of iceberg is not appreciated by anyone except public health professionals. Media has developed a habit of making a hue and cry whenever there are multiple mortalities due to a single disease confined to a region. In this scenario, doctors are the softest target for media as they don't have any control over infrastructure, material and man power. In a country like India where the health care delivery system comes under state responsibility, it is no wonder that the system is crippling in these kind of scenarios and the Government doctors who always work under resource starved conditions becomes easy prey to media as well as to public.
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Harivansh Chopra
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