I am usually amused when I watch debates in public and media fora where various disciplines in the health sector argue about parity in professionalism and remuneration. The truth about this is that when you look at the persons involved in these debates, they have one thing in common: they work for or in government establishments where the paymaster is an omnibus cookie jar and where things take political and various colorations.
In organised private health and diagnostic facilities, every individual knows his job description and where he belongs. One undeniable fact is that right from the very first lecture a medical student receives in Anatomy to his last viva voce questions in his final exams, he/she is being groomed for one thing: making a diagnosis. This is the ability to tell what health challenges the patient has and the organ system involved. Every other thing thereafter falls in line towards making the patient better, which includes various tests that need to be…
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