The discussion consisted of ethics in medical practice, with no reference to patient care. Besides the classroom sessions, senior doctors would give instances of unethical practice, and contemporaries would share 'hospital gossip' on their seniors' behaviour. Often senior doctors disregard the discomfort of patients or ignore relatives' complaints. Moreover, even in an emergency , they tend to act rather slowly, often at the cost of the patient's life. Of course, we are not at liberty to discuss these issues with the seniors.
Ethics has to be at the centre of all our work.
For this, the subject should be discussed from the very beginning of our medical education so that it is ingrained into our later work.