News: 80% of investigations Doctors do, every day is done to satisfy, the self, the science, the patients , the peers & the hospitals or just to label a symptom complex into a disease.Just 20% help us in arrive at a diagnosis. The Irony is, it is not dificult to seperate these two categories. In fact, most of us are very much aware of junk component.
Further bit of a news : 90% of global cost of medicine is spent in prolonging the final 30 days of life of our beloved patients.
Final message
When we enter the medical school as young doctors we were taught that “Principles of practice of medicine dictates , we should always strive hard ,every moment, for an accurate diagnosis before we start the treatment for our patients” Now , after four decades into the profession , something is haunting, and trying to un-do this foundational lesson in medicine.
Post-amble
What a nonsense statement ? Do you want the modern medicine to go back to medieval times?
Dr.S.Venkatesan MD 