An economic superstructure cannot be built on weak social foundations. The criterion for measuring the lines of advancement must not be private profit, but social gain. The pattern of development and the structure of the socio-economic relationship should be so planned that they not only result in considerable increase in national income and employment, but also in greater equality in incomes and wealth of the masses. The private and corporate sectors are impelled by profit and least interested in the overall social and material uplift of millions of poor people or any of the social or welfare programmes. Hence, rather than selling them, the public entities should be turned into vibrant banks to serve agriculture, trade and commerce. It is not just the question of selling government holdings in PSBs, one should look at the colossal amount of deposits which the government seeks to expose to private sharks. Vajpayee refused to listen to people who pushed him to denationalise banks. The government may be owning a major portion of stocks, but it does not own the deposits. It is bound to obtain the consent of the depositors before attempting to sell banks. Nationalised banks did, and are still doing, a lot to uplift socially and economically backward people.īehind every ill that plagues the country is the prevalent politics (‘Reforms aren’t sell-offs’). If in the true spirit of democracy, people are to be empowered, Indian politics needs immediate reforms. The medical profession is considered a noble profession because it helps in preserving life. Thus, a doctor figures in the scheme of God as he stands to carry out His command. A patient generally approaches a doctor/hospital based on his/its reputation. Expectations of a patient are two-fold: doctors and hospitals are expected to provide medical treatment with all the knowledge and skill at their command and secondly they will not do anything to harm the patient in any manner either because of their negligence, carelessness, or reckless attitude of their staff. Though a doctor may not be in a position to save his patient's life at all times, he is expected to use his special knowledge and skill in the most appropriate manner keeping in mind the interest of the patient who has entrusted his life to him. Therefore, it is expected that a doctor carry out necessary investigation or seeks a report from the patient.
Furthermore, unless it is an emergency, he obtains informed consent of the patient before proceeding with any major treatment, surgical operation, or even invasive investigation. Failure of a doctor and hospital to discharge this obligation is essentially a tortious liability. A tort is a civil wrong ( right in rem) as against a contractual obligation ( right in personam) – a breach that attracts judicial intervention by way of awarding damages.
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