THE Hippocratic Oath is a pledge that every doctor takes to practice medicine ethically, honestly and to never turn away a patient without treatment or advice. Regretfully, the doctors of Balochistan are protesting on the abduction of eye specialist Dr Saeed Khan. The abduction has been slammed by our entire society.

The strike by the doctors has put the backward and socially ignorant masses of the ailing society in misery. In this regard, it is worthwhile to mention that kidnapping of doctors has become the most profitable business in Balochistan. This has exposed the provincial government.

But doctors have brushed aside their Hippocratic Oath by boycotting the emergency and OPD services. The patients are suffering because of this strike in the government hospitals. Doesn’t the family of the deceased have a right to ask for justice in cases when their patient died owing to lack of treatment in hospitals?

I request the doctors to call off the strike and abide by the oath they have taken for services to humanity because no one suffers more than patients owing to these strikes.

SHARIF KHAN Zhob

Opinion

Editorial

Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...
New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.