SRINAGAR: President Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan Wednesday castigated government for blocking internet services. We are pushed to stone age and we feel we are back to medieval times, he said.
In a statement DAK said that a doctor without internet access in modern age is like a boat without an oar. Medicine is changing fast, every day, every minute and doctor has to be updated for efficient and quality patient care which is a fundamental right of every person. Every day doctor needs internet access to look for new diseases, newer diagnostic tools, newer medicines, newer surgical techniques for modern and advanced care, Dr Nisar said adding that at times doctors need to discuss patient problems with other doctors across the world for a better and second opinion and this is done through internet.
Doctors have to be in knowhow of latest research projects/papers to keep themselves abreast and apply that research to their patients for scientific care, he said.
DAK said that doctors in peripheral health care in state at times seek opinion from tertiary care hospitals for patients but because of internet blockade patients have to come from far off places for just an opinion creating lot of inconvenience to poor patients.
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