brainless..

Tell me what do you think about the following 3 scenarios..

1. Threaten to ban doctors who are working 36-hour shift from using mobile phones COMPLETELY because the public complained that the doctors are always busy "texting their friends"...
2. Conduct spot-checks on doctors' quarters and give doctors warning letters for, among other things, not tidying up their rooms and for having TWO pillars on their bed!!
3. Banning doctors from wearing jeans because it is NOT formal...

When I heard these from my sis, I wasn't surprised at all.. these are the sort of things that our civil service and government are good at.. nitpicking over superficial and unimportant stuff, while avoiding REAL problems..

My thoughts on them..

(1)
It is good to remind those who are working from being too engrossed with sms-ing or playing games on their phones but banning mobile phones altogether is NOT the solution. Unless there is serious medical oversight caused by rampant irresponsible usage, mobile phones are crucial in ensuring every doctor on duty is contactable..

If the administration truly wanna ensure no misuse or overuse of the mobile phone for non-work purpose, then they should provide a designated mobile phone to ALL doctors on-duty in ALL wards/departments. That require lots of $$$ which this hospital clearly do not have, since departments here often run out of lab testing solutions, gloves, face masks and other medical supplies..

(2)
Seriously, this is a MAJOR violation of basic rights! The hospital has no right to go into doctors' quarters (within the hospital's compound) without permission. These are professional working ADULTS, not some underage juvenile. So what if their rooms are dirty? The hospital administration should look into the reason WHY the rooms are untidy. Frankly, who wants to live in a messy shack? It is administrative incompetence that the doctors do not have sufficient rest time, much less time to do housekeeping.

Also, a warning letter for having two pillows on the bed????? If 2 pillows meant having someone over for the night (which in their dirty mind meant illicit affairs/sex outside marriage/etc.), 3 pillows would then meant having a threesome!?!? Hello!! These are DOCTORS for goodness sake! They must have seen enough penises and vaginas to be struck blind thousand times over if we were to follow the (twisted) "theory" of these high-level narrow-minded moronic bigots.. What consenting adults want to do AFTER office hours behind closed doors are NONE of the hospital's business..

(3)
Before they start nitpicking on doctors for their attire, the hospital administration should think things through. If the hospital wants to uphold its professional image, they can decree no torn, low-cut or loose jeans. They should not ban it totally. Cos frankly, jeans are much more comfortable and suitable for female doctors than skirts or other long dresses. Do they want the doctors to be more worried about their attire than their patients?? Jeans and pants allow female doctors to move around more freely without having to worry about issues of "indecency" or "wardrobe malfunction".

Doctors are employees, not slaves. They are in the hospital to save lives, not to look good. If their attire is not hindering them from doing their job, we should leave it to their discretion on what to wear. Doctors are making life and death decisions all the time, yet we can't trust them to make rational decisions regarding their own wardrobe??? How ridiculous is that??!!?


Possible scenarios if these "bright" ideas are implemented:

• A patient couldn't be saved in time because the nurses can't get hold of the FEW doctors who are on-duty (especially at night) as mobile phones were prohibited.
• A patient couldn't be saved in time because the doctors on-duty had to go back to their quarters to clean it up as they do not want to be getting warning letters.
• A patient couldn't be saved in time because the doctors can't react fast enough as they were suffering from chronic pain caused by stiff necks/stiff shoulders/bad backs/etc (due to being allowed only one pillow).
• A patient couldn't be saved in time because the doctor was trying to make sure her skirt/dress was properly rolled up first before she could get onto the patient's bed to do CPR or whatever that was required to keep the patient alive...
• A patient couldn't be saved in time because the doctors had to take time to make sure they are "properly attired" before going out and face the public, less they get complained and blacklisted.

When death happens, who is going to answer and be responsible for them?? The doctors, of course! So they are stuck between a rock and a hard place...

With all these absurd hogwash being imposed onto the doctors, compounded with the sadistic working hours, is there any surprises why doctors kept leaving the government hospitals once they received their practicing licenses?? DUH!!!