Hospitals are not factories

A few years ago, I had an experience not dissimilar to one many readers will have had too. My father had hurt his right thumb, and was in great pain. I drove him to a hospital near our home in Chennai, which we had patronised for several decades. Our family doctor was kind enough to respond to our call by reaching the hospital even before we did. On examining my father, the doctor immediately advised that we should have his thumb x-rayed.

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