Dr.Amar Udare – Communicating Information to the Patient- The Right Way

Dr.Amar Udare graduated from the Seth G.S.Medical and K.E.M. Hospital, Parel and is now working at Tata Memorial Hospital as a First Year Resident in Radiology. K.E.M.H. and Tata Hospital are both premier institutes of the country and these hospitals handle a huge load of patients on a daily basis. Having worked at these Institutions, I have realized that a lot of complications arise because of the lack of the Information with the patients; or rather due to the failure of the concerned doctor to convey the Information. At a Tertiary Care Centre such as K.E.M. H. we deal with patients predominantly from the lower section of the society.

This coupled with the huge patient load that they handle, patients end up left uninformed and feeling helpless. Also the recent rise in the assaults against doctors can be attributed to the failure of doctors to
convey the appropriate information regarding the complications of the procedure involved. So, Is am of the opinion that a lot of problems concerned both with patients as well as doctors can be ironed out by help the patient understand his disease. I feel the solution lies in communicating information to the patients at the right time in the right way.