It is not qualitatively different from running a lodge. In any event, the patient is paid little attention and is not treated as he ought to be. Many doctors, particularly those owning large nursing homes, are desperately keen that their sons or daughters become doctors. If the offspring fails to get admission in a reputed medical college on merit, the parent pays huge donations to ensure admission even to a relatively poor private medical college. Unnecessary tests on blood, urine and other bodily fluids are another form of unethical practice.
Some doctors insist that their patients go only to a particular pathologist.
Accuracy in the report is not the criterion for such a choice. It is a shame that earning commission and exploiting the patient are the primary motives. One has to sadly confess that with rapid advancement in technology, doctors have further means at their disposal to extract money from their patients. In addition to the traditional unnecessary requests for X-ray films are added those for ultrasound scan, computerised tomography, magnetic resonance studies and so on. In most cases such studies make no difference to the treatment.