In as much as AI is here to assist us i still feel people find it hard to think this days, I recently heard this from someone who said he saw a medical doctor asking chatGpt for prescriptions and ideas. It just tells you the era we live in, and how bad people abuse Ai. Critical thinking is very important when it comes to exercising our brain, but when we allow ChatGPT do all the work we tend to forget things a lot which is very bad.
I think it is completely inappropriate for a doctor to ask AI for advice; that is not the intention. It is also absolutely not the same as digging information out of your memory and recalling that there was an article in one of the recently published medical journals for doctors about a particular medical problem and possible solutions to it. I know that my father and I often spent whole weekends ploughing through medical journals and looking up specific information. We kept up to date with new developments, which we would then read through and compile.
These days, doctors in the Netherlands have barely any knowledge of medicines. A representative from the pharmaceutical company tells them what to prescribe, and for that, the doctor naturally receives a hefty bonus at the end of the year. This clearly shows once again that Big Pharma rules, and this has been going on for decades. Doctors here now also have an app where, as a patient, you have to register online to make an appointment, but first you have to list everything you’ve done yourself to resolve the medical problem. I don’t think this is even feasible for a great many people. People can’t think things through, let alone clearly describe whether they’re in pain, or what that pain feels like, is it a throbbing, pulling or stabbing sensation? These are all clues you need to be able to make a diagnosis. I can still remember how, during the Covid-19 lockdown, doctors suddenly went online, or rather, were forced to, and how many of them said it was impossible to make a diagnosis online. Nowadays, with so many doing it, it suddenly doesn’t matter that physical examination is no longer possible, that the camera’s lighting can give a misleading picture, and that blood pressure cannot be measured or the heart and lungs listened to. If online is the doctor of the future, then the doctor can be cut from the budget. They will then be superfluous.
I think that young people in particular have already forgotten a great deal, simply because you have to be mindful of certain substances and actions, and they were never taught this.
Ahahhahah so that means pharmaceutical companies dont get any penny from the bonus ?
Doing diagnosis online doesn’t really make sense in most cases, and it shouldn’t be the standard except when the issue is a minor one. To me a proper physical examination is very important.
Here, not all hospitals offer online appointments. Most times, you have to show up in person. They check your vitals first, then you see a doctor, and after that, they may book another appointment for you.
In Nigeria, so many doctors are leaving the country, and nurses too. 😪
I even have an uncle who moved to London he hasn’t been back in decades.
The health sector in my country is in a state of emergency. We have everything it takes to be great, but bad leadership and corruption keep damaging the system. And when those in power have medical issues, they travel abroad for proper care.
Honestly, living here means you have to be extra careful with your health every single day because of how weak the system is. It’s almost like a survival skill you’re forced to learn.
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