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Doctors should never try to be judges

• JitKiat

  26 Mar 08, 09:27

  Extracted from today's My Paper (www.mypaper.com.sg):

  HE HAD only five days in Myanmar
  but, within that short span
  of time, renowned cardiologist
  Leslie Lam and his team accomplished
  a great deal.
  They conducted eight complex sugeries,
  including angioplasty and stenting,
  and set up a new cardiology unit in
  a hospital catering only to monks.
  The 65-year-old consultant at The
  Cardiac Centre in Mount ElizabethMedical
  Centre has been visiting Myanmar
  with his other cardiologist friends since
  1991 to render help to the local medical
  fraternity, in terms of training and
  equipment.
  In 2005, the heart specialist was conferred
  the Honorary Fellowship title by
  his alma mater – the University College
  Dublin in Ireland. Adding on to his already
  long list of professional achievements,
  Dr Lam is also currently serving
  as Honorary Consultant to health ministries
  in Seychelles and Brunei.
  Just on Sunday, Dr Lam returned
  from his latest trip to Myanmar, where
  he helped out at a charitable hospital
  for monks – Jivitadana Sangha Hospital
  in Yangon – for the first time.
  What made it more memorable was
  that it was also his first collaboration
  with Venerable Shi Fa Zhao of the Buddha
  Tooth Relic Monastery in Chinatown,
  who donated medical equipment
  worth $218,688.
  “This amount doesn’t sound very
  much in Singapore, but you must remember
  the earning power (in Myanmar)
  is so low, it will take them many,
  many years to earn this sort of money,”
  Dr Lam said.
  To illustrate his point, Dr Lam explained
  that the equipment they donated
  would “cost the average top US doctor
  $138 to $207 a month”.
  While the veteran volunteer, who has
  helped in Vietnam and Brunei, was
  hardly surprised to see 30 patients in
  one day, he was startled by the health
  condition of the monks.
  “I thought monks, being on a vegetarian
  diet, should not have coronary heart
  disease, but I was so shocked to see so
  many of them with severe coronary
  heart disease,” he said with disbelief.
  Dr Lam, a firm believer in giving
  back to society, is already planning his
  next trip there in four months’ time.
  “They keep on inviting us to go,
  that’s the most important thing. They
  feel that they benefit from us going,” he
  said.
  While there may be many who would
  welcome him and his team, some detractors
  like the Voice of America (VOA) –
  the official external radio and television
  broadcasting service of the United
  States federal government – have questioned
  the intent of his endeavours.
  The VOA had criticised the volunteers
  for the aid they delivered in Myanmar,
  as it felt that by treating patients
  there, Dr Lam and his team were helping
  to prop up the Myanmar military regime.
  Despite the criticisms, the spritely
  grandfather of a four-year-old girl said
  he will continue his work until Myanmar’s
  “economy improves”, hopefully
  “in two to three years’ time”.
  Dr Lam is not one to mix politics
  with medicine.
  He said: “I will treat Osama bin Laden
  just as I will treat George Bush.
  “Doctors should never try to be judges.
  It’s not our job.”
  

• JitKiat

  26 Mar 08, 09:34

  Sincere (真诚），impartial （平等）and compassionate （慈悲）, let us learn from Dr Lam

• JitKiat

  27 Mar 08, 12:38

  Tang dynasty's famous TCM doctor, 孙�邈 (Sun Si Miao) is a Buddhist:

  他在其所著的《大医精诚 》一书中写é�“：“凡大医治病，必当安神定志，无欲无求，先å�‘大慈æ�»éš�之心，誓愿普救å�«ç�µä¹‹è‹¦ï¼Œè‹¥æœ‰ç–¾åŽ„æ�¥æ±‚救者，ä¸�得问其贵贱贫富，长幼研茧，怨亲善å�‹ï¼Œ å�Žå¤·æ„šæ™ºï¼Œæ™®å�Œä¸€ç­‰ï¼Œçš†å¦‚至亲之想。亦ä¸�å¾—çž»å‰�顾å�Žï¼Œè‡ªè™‘å�‰å‡¶ï¼ŒæŠ¤å€Ÿèº«å‘½ã€‚è§�彼苦æ�¼ï¼Œè‹¥å·²æœ‰ä¹‹ï¼Œæ·±å¿ƒå‡„怆，勿é�¿é™©æ�¶ï¼Œæ˜¼å¤œå¯’暑，饥渴疲劳，一心赴救，无作 功夫形迹之心。如此å�¯ä¸ºè‹�生大医，å��此则是å�«ç�µå·¨è´¼ã€‚夫大医之体……å�ˆåˆ°ç—…家，纵绮罗满目，勿左å�³é¡¾çœ„ï¼›ä¸�竹凑耳，无得似有所娱；ç��羞迭è��，食如无味；é…� 禄兼陈，看有若无。夫为医之法，ä¸�得多语调笑，谈谑喧哗，é�“说是é�žï¼Œè®®è®ºäººç‰©ï¼Œç‚«è€€å£°å��，訾æ¯�诸医，自矜己德，å�¶ç„¶æ²»ç˜¥ä¸€ç—…，则昂头戴é�¢ï¼Œè€Œæœ‰è‡ªè®¸ä¹‹è²Œï¼Œ 谓天下无å�Œï¼Œæ­¤åŒ»äººä¹‹è†�肓也。”

  上述的寥寥片语，已将孙�邈的高尚医德情�，展示在人们��。

• Herzog_Zwei

  1 Apr 08, 04:49

  Originally posted by JitKiat:

  Tang dynasty's famous TCM doctor, 孙�邈 (Sun Si Miao) is a Buddhist:

  他在其所著的《大医精诚》一书中写é�“：“凡大医治病，必当安神定志，无欲无求，先å�‘大慈æ�»éš�之心，誓愿普救å�«ç�µä¹‹è‹¦ï¼Œè‹¥æœ‰ç–¾åŽ„æ�¥æ±‚救者，ä¸�得问其贵贱贫富，长幼研茧，怨亲善å�‹ï¼Œå�Žå¤·æ„šæ™ºï¼Œæ™®å�Œä¸€ç­‰ï¼Œçš†å¦‚至亲之想。亦ä¸�å¾—çž»å‰�顾å�Žï¼Œè‡ªè™‘å�‰å‡¶ï¼ŒæŠ¤å€Ÿèº«å‘½ã€‚è§�彼苦æ�¼ï¼Œè‹¥å·²æœ‰ä¹‹ï¼Œæ·±å¿ƒå‡„怆，勿é�¿é™©æ�¶ï¼Œæ˜¼å¤œå¯’暑，饥渴疲劳，一心赴救，无作功夫形迹之心。如此å�¯ä¸ºè‹�生大医，å��此则是å�«ç�µå·¨è´¼ã€‚夫大医之体……å�ˆåˆ°ç—…家，纵绮罗满目，勿左å�³é¡¾çœ„ï¼›ä¸�竹凑耳，无得似有所娱；ç��羞迭è��，食如无味；é…�禄兼陈，看有若无。夫为医之法，ä¸�得多语调笑，谈谑喧哗，é�“说是é�žï¼Œè®®è®ºäººç‰©ï¼Œç‚«è€€å£°å��，訾æ¯�诸医，自矜己德，å�¶ç„¶æ²»ç˜¥ä¸€ç—…，则昂头戴é�¢ï¼Œè€Œæœ‰è‡ªè®¸ä¹‹è²Œï¼Œè°“天下无å�Œï¼Œæ­¤åŒ»äººä¹‹è†�肓也。”

  上述的寥寥片语，已将孙�邈的高尚医德情�，展示在人们��。

  
  Sadly, Sun Si Miao didn't live to see the state of the world today or he'll retract his words.