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Posted on 29-11-2006 18:43 by Gopalakrishnan

Are we acting as enemies to our colleages?

Having worked in the Emergency Department in both the Government as well as Corporate set up, I have noticed marked differences in the way ED protocols are percieved by clinicians from other specialities.
In the Govt. set up appropriate management including practical procedures done on the patient were always appreciated and encouraged.

Was this because we helped to save some time and effort for the "other" specialists is an open question.
In a private set up such practical procedures eg. POP application,reduction of dislocations,chest tube insertions etc. are frowned upon by the concerned consultants as they feel we are treading into their territory of management( and fees probably!).

This is one of the reasons we are not getting enough support to branch off as a separate speciality.

What"s everyones take on this?