{"id":4010,"date":"2015-07-15T08:38:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T03:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicosplexus.com\/?post_type=topic&p=4010"},"modified":"2015-07-15T08:38:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T03:08:25","slug":"medias-irresponsible-reporting-criminalizing-doctors-no-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicosplexus.com\/medias-irresponsible-reporting-criminalizing-doctors-no-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Media\u2019s Irresponsible Reporting Is Criminalizing Doctors For No Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Falling ill in India is often like standing in line for an all-you-can-eat buffet. Suddenly, you are spoilt for choices \u2013 Allopathy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Homoeopathy, Unani or Siddha, religious leaders and rites, amulets, charms and potions etc.. Put that against the backdrop of the public\u2019s lack of awareness of general health and medicine, and it can rewrite one\u2019s fate to anything from complete revival to avoidable death.<\/p>\n
This is where the media can intervene and make a difference. By bringing to light the advances of medical sciences and what people stand to gain from it, they can help people in taking informed decisions about their well-being. But lately, the fourth estate has taken to a disappointing trend of criminalizing doctors merely for, what appears to be, sensationalist headlines.<\/p>\n