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Not the first time she started a controversial debate on social media. She is a known feminist two days ago she tweeted that a doctor in AKU who treated her sister tried to add her on facebook and this is harassment according to so she will report the doctor.

Now according to reports that doctor is fired from AKU. Her sister is a sport journalist so what crime the doctor committed or Sharmeen is giving harassment another definition? Maybe he just wanted to follow her
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are zero boundaries in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pakistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#pakistan</a>! Last night my sister went to AKU emergency & the doctor who tended to her tried 2 add her on FB 1/2</p>— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharmeenochinoy/status/922367253605175297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don't quite understand how doctor tending 2 emergency patients thinks it's ok to take a female patient info & add her on FB! 2/2 unethical</p>— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharmeenochinoy/status/922367482119192576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unfortunately the doctor messed with the wrong women in the wrong family and I will definitely report him! Harassment has 2 stop!</p>— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharmeenochinoy/status/922368511195930624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Another side of story

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So sad to hear that he got fired for a simple friend request that could have been easily rejected rather than making a mountain out of it.


Feminazis like Sharmeen Obaid need to control themselves. Everything is not harassment and this certainly wasn't. Attention seeking at its finest.
 
Unbelievable. First, the woman considered this harassment and then AKU administration considered it so and fired the doctor without any delay.
 
Well if a doctor sends his patient a friend request then its definitely creepy. Ideally Doctor-patient should be a strictly professional relationship.
 
I wonder why people don't disable the add as friend option in their facebook profile if they are so worried about being 'harassed' by strangers? :13:

Facebook allows you to disable the add as friend option on your profile. They even allow you to make your profile private and hidden from public.

Why even create a Facebook/Social Media account and make it public?
 
WebGuru said:
I wonder why people don't disable the add as friend option in their facebook profile if they are so worried about being 'harassed' by strangers? :13:

Facebook allows you to disable the add as friend option on your profile. They even allow you to make your profile private and hidden from public.

Why even create a Facebook/Social Media account and make it public?
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Yes, why should girls even have facebook account if they cant deal with people they meet wanting to initiate an online relationship with them. The usual victim shaming.
 
CricketCartoons said:
Yes, why should girls even have facebook account if they cant deal with people they meet wanting to initiate an online relationship with them. The usual victim shaming.
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Why not just disable the "add as friend" option for public/strangers? What's the harm in it?
 
CricketCartoons said:
Of course. Still a creep. It is just a small thing for a guy to forget, but for the girl it can be stressful.
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There are privacy settings on FB, you can hide almost everything now. Any girl who has facebook but then would get stressed because someone sent her a friends request is not sane in the first place imo.
 
Would she had similar issue if the patient was male and doctor was female? Probably not
 
What he did was indeed creepy and unprofessional. Had he asked her up front for her social media then iy would've not been creepy though still unprofessional however stalking her social media to add her is just creepy and comes off as desperate. That said, losing his job for this and being shamed by a celebrity on social media is little too much.
 
Lonewarrior said:
got the topic to make documentary to win another Oscar. :13:
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That's what i said on facebook post by Ali Moeen Nawazish, hopefully she doesn't use it as an opportunity to make another film.

I don't think it's ethical by doctor to approach his patient but Sharmeen's response is far more dramatic than it should have been.

"You have messed with wrong person in wrong family" shows her arrogance and looks like she has destroyed his life already. She could have warned him in private if she was so offended but then how would the world know she is champion of woman rights.
 
I get random friend requests from people I don't even know or barely know, both men and women. I'm sure that's the case with any single person on Facebook. Does that mean we all start crying that it's harrassment. You can just reject the request and block the person or simply ignore it. Some people let fame get to their heads.
 
She is a drama queen and deserve another Oscar just for her dramas on social media...
 
Honestly I get where she is coming from.

Its completely unethical for a doctor to use personal information to track a patient down like that.

Think about it, imagine instead of a doctor it was a clerk at a government office. A woman fills out her information in a form and hands it to the clerk for a specific purpose. Now imagine he takes down her phone number and calls her out of the blue. Yes you can say she has caller ID and she doesn't have to answer numbers she doesn't know, or that she can block his number, but that doesn't change the fact that he shouldnt have tried contacting her in the first place.

The doctor probably took her name and searched her on facebook.

He should have kept it professional.
 
blackanhyellow said:
Honestly I get where she is coming from.

Its completely unethical for a doctor to use personal information to track a patient down like that.

Think about it, imagine instead of a doctor it was a clerk at a government office. A woman fills out her information in a form and hands it to the clerk for a specific purpose. Now imagine he takes down her phone number and calls her out of the blue. Yes you can say she has caller ID and she doesn't have to answer numbers she doesn't know, or that she can block his number, but that doesn't change the fact that he shouldnt have tried contacting her in the first place.

The doctor probably took her name and searched her on facebook.

He should have kept it professional.
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Agree with you on that.
But, would she had similar issue if the patient was her brother and a doctor was good looking married female ? Something tell me, she wouldn’t be using 140 character times three messages to let her followers know.
 
www787 said:
Agree with you on that.
But, would she had similar issue if the patient was her brother and a doctor was good looking married female ? Something tell me, she wouldn’t be using 140 character times three messages to let her followers know.
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Of course there are double standards.

I imagine if the male doctor looked like fawad khan and was single, the sister wouldn't have complained either.

But the reaction of Sharmeen and her sister shouldn't be in question. Whether she was against the doctor contacting her or was welcoming of it. Either way, the doctor is the professional in this scenario and shouldn't have contacted her.

Things may be changing these days, but a while ago teachers would not add students on Facebook and would reject any friend requests from them in an effort to maintain a professional relationship.

Doctors should be no different.
 
blackanhyellow said:
Of course there are double standards.

I imagine if the male doctor looked like fawad khan and was single, the sister wouldn't have complained either.

But the reaction of Sharmeen and her sister shouldn't be in question. Whether she was against the doctor contacting her or was welcoming of it. Either way, the doctor is the professional in this scenario and shouldn't have contacted her.

Things may be changing these days, but a while ago teachers would not add students on Facebook and would reject any friend requests from them in an effort to maintain a professional relationship.

Doctors should be no different.
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It’s an ethical issue, not harassment. And her reaction is over the top.

She understand the culture and education system in Pakistan. Ethics is probably the last discipline if it is even taught in Pakistan medical schools. If she really wants to change this culture then she should embark on a journey that teaches ordinary individuals about ethics, instead of blasting an individual on her Twitter to gain some brownie points to satisfy her pseudo-righteous followers.
 
www787 said:
It’s an ethical issue, not harassment. And her reaction is over the top.

She understand the culture and education system in Pakistan. Ethics is probably the last discipline if it is even taught in Pakistan medical schools. If she really wants to change this culture then she should embark on a journey that teaches ordinary individuals about ethics, instead of blasting an individual on her Twitter to gain some brownie points to satisfy her pseudo-righteous followers.
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Spot on!!
 
People who still go on Facebook are clowns. It lost its charm a very long time ago.
 
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why did the doctor send request after reading her file ? its creepy tbh

though this should have been blown out of proportion. clearly the doctor fancied her like a normal person
 
It's just a Facebook add :s This should not classify as harassment. I ask girls for Snapchat adds all the time here; may be I need to be careful when I visit Pakistan.
 
A lot of brown guys lack game, just straight up ask a girl for her digits or social media once you've made some small talk and sparked her interest. Going behind her back, using private information to stalk her social media is just creepy and lame.
 
www787 said:
It’s an ethical issue, not harassment. And her reaction is over the top.

She understand the culture and education system in Pakistan. Ethics is probably the last discipline if it is even taught in Pakistan medical schools. If she really wants to change this culture then she should embark on a journey that teaches ordinary individuals about ethics, instead of blasting an individual on her Twitter to gain some brownie points to satisfy her pseudo-righteous followers.
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I couldn't have put it much better myself. Spot on Brother!!
 
That's creepy and unethical from the doctor's side. But still does not mount to harassment like she said.
 
kaayal said:
That's creepy and unethical from the doctor's side. But still does not mount to harassment like she said.
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I dont see how it is even unethical to be honest. We dont know the intentions of the doctor. Apparently, he got punished even before any kind of conversation took place on fb.

Its not uncommon for people to try and make contacts with celebrities , even if it is through their relatives. Sometimes simply to boast about it.

What has happened to the doctor is wrong and illogical on so many levels that i can't even believe this has happened.
 
Madplayer said:
I dont see how it is even unethical to be honest. We dont know the intentions of the doctor. Apparently, he got punished even before any kind of conversation took place on fb.

Its not uncommon for people to try and make contacts with celebrities , even if it is through their relatives. Sometimes simply to boast about it.

What has happened to the doctor is wrong and illogical on so many levels that i can't even believe this has happened.
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The Doctor-Patient relationship is based on trust, confidence, dignity and mutual respect. It's up to the doctor to build a solid foundation upon which the patient can place his or her trust on. Protecting their right of privacy and maintaining confidentiality is also of paramount importance. But here he breached it by stalking her in FB with the information from the hospital documents.

These are some of the professional boundaries which one should never cross, especially while being a doctor.
 
kaayal said:
The Doctor-Patient relationship is based on trust, confidence, dignity and mutual respect. It's up to the doctor to build a solid foundation upon which the patient can place his or her trust on. Protecting their right of privacy and maintaining confidentiality is also of paramount importance. But here he breached it by stalking her in FB with the information from the hospital documents.

These are some of the professional boundaries which one should never cross, especially while being a doctor.
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What information did he take from the hospital documents? How can anyone prove that he dug up files like a maniac? one only needs the name to search on fb and quite obviously a doctor knows the name of his patients.

Heck, one cannot even prove that it wasnt a simple coincidence that her name popped up in his friend suggestions before he sent her a friend request. There can simply be no evidence for it.

Also, what about doctors who follow their celebrity patients on twitter or on their fb pages? Is that unethical as well?

The lines are extremely blurred given the fact that no conversation took place at all. Its insane really that it has gotten so far.
 
Very unprofessional by the Doctor but it should be dealt with through the relevant channels. Being shamed on social media by a celebrity, resulting in him losing his job definitely isn't warranted.
 
Surely the patient herself could have used the complaints procedure to raise this issue rather than giving her sister fuel for her agenda. Are there clear complaints pathways in Pakistan set out by the regulatory body or not?
 
Madplayer said:
What information did he take from the hospital documents? How can anyone prove that he dug up files like a maniac? one only needs the name to search on fb and quite obviously a doctor knows the name of his patients.

Heck, one cannot even prove that it wasnt a simple coincidence that her name popped up in his friend suggestions before he sent her a friend request. There can simply be no evidence for it.

Also, what about doctors who follow their celebrity patients on twitter or on their fb pages? Is that unethical as well?

The lines are extremely blurred given the fact that no conversation took place at all. Its insane really that it has gotten so far.
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I don't know what he dug out but one can get all the information about a patient from records like Full name, age, married/not, phone no, address etc whatever he wants. And most probably this guy might have some excellent memory to remember all the patient's name coming in an Emergency room 24/7. And he send her a FB request that too within 2 days of treating her(a stranger)? Sorry, I don't know what's his intention was but from a woman's p.o.v that's absolutely creepy.

Ideally there should be an investigation by the hospital authorities to see whether this is true or not/he is a repeat offender or not. But when it comes to politicians, celebrities and their families, all these rules just fly off. The private hospitals will be more worried about their reputation getting harmed than protecting any doctor. Even in Govt hospital, if you have enough clouts many gets through without any fuss. But here the doctor seems like the weak link which can be easily weeded out.

Regarding celebreties, i guess one can follow as a "fan" but are strictly prohibited from giving medical advice in an online platform. That's how "the rules" are i suppose.:)
 
kaayal said:
I don't know what he dug out but one can get all the information about a patient from records like Full name, age, married/not, phone no, address etc whatever he wants. And most probably this guy might have some excellent memory to remember all the patient's name coming in an Emergency room 24/7. And he send her a FB request that too within 2 days of treating her(a stranger)? Sorry, I don't know what's his intention was but from a woman's p.o.v that's absolutely creepy.

Ideally there should be an investigation by the hospital authorities to see whether this is true or not/he is a repeat offender or not. But when it comes to politicians, celebrities and their families, all these rules just fly off. The private hospitals will be more worried about their reputation getting harmed than protecting any doctor. Even in Govt hospital, if you have enough clouts many gets through without any fuss. But here the doctor seems like the weak link which can be easily weeded out.

Regarding celebreties, i guess one can follow as a "fan" but are strictly prohibited from giving medical advice in an online platform. That's how "the rules" are i suppose.:)
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One tends to remember a name if its of a celeb's sister. Its not surprising. So the fact that information can be availed from hospital records becomes irrelevant.

Perhaps i am unable to see from a woman's perspective, but i still feel unless a conversation takes place and the man says something questionable, it cannot be creepy. Maybe he simply wanted to show off to his family that he knows celebs. Maybe he would not have even messaged her incase she accepted the request (lots of people do that)

Having said that, it might be scary for some women, i cannot generalize even if i feel a friend request from your doc is not creepy.
 
Madplayer said:
One tends to remember a name if its of a celeb's sister. Its not surprising. So the fact that information can be availed from hospital records becomes irrelevant.

Perhaps i am unable to see from a woman's perspective, but i still feel unless a conversation takes place and the man says something questionable, it cannot be creepy. Maybe he simply wanted to show off to his family that he knows celebs. Maybe he would not have even messaged her incase she accepted the request (lots of people do that)

Having said that, it might be scary for some women, i cannot generalize even if i feel a friend request from your doc is not creepy.
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Why would any Indian/Pakistani man find receiving friend request creepy? It's only the female gender who needs to hide/block and put a safe lock to their pictures so that they are protected from stalkers. Whenever something bad happens, people will always point finger at her saying why were you soo careless? never on him. We need to be extra careful in these regards.:asadrauf
 
Unless the doctor was sending her lewd messages, messages of a sexual creepy nature, this is just way over the top, inhuman and unfair.

The hospital at best should have initially reprimanded, warned the doctor or in the worst case scenario suspended the doctor but firing for something this trivial is not right.

Both my parents are doctors and they have many patients who call them at odd hours on the phone, cell number, emails and sometimes certain patients end up becoming close friends.

I hope there is a social media campaign to ruthlessly shame this woman like no tommorow.
 
Professor said:
Well if a doctor sends his patient a friend request then its definitely creepy. Ideally Doctor-patient should be a strictly professional relationship.
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A lot of single doctors have ended up marrying their patients in due course. There should be some element of human understanding in certain situations. This is not something to fire someone over if all he did was to send a friend request and nothing else.
 
That was unethical and voyeuristic from the doc, but definitely not a fireable offence
 
Have we heard the doctor's side of the story?


What if he had asked the patient if he could add her and then she used the situation to her advantage to make a false claim of harassment through her sister?


I'm firmly in team doctor, think Sharmeen and her attention seeking sister are both to blame.
 
And in all of this mess caused by these pseudo liberal aunties, real harassment goes unnoticed. Firing the doctor for this is completely wrong.
 
Poor from the doctor but surely this just goes to show the perverse VIP culture of Pakistan.

Had some ordinary woman complained would the doctor have been fired? She almost revels in the fact that because of her position as someone famous, she can end a man's employment. Poor all around.
 
Why do such princess' even sign up on websites like FB where anyone can send anyone a friend request? Don't use FB if clicking on the Deny button is so tough.
 
One thing to note, whether it is considered "harassment" or not often hinges on whether the guy is good looking, rich, powerful, successful, etc. With the right combination, it won't be considered harassment. But subjective harassment shouldn't be considered harassment. If you say no and the person still keeps bothering you, then you have a point. But claiming harassment without even saying no to the person is idiotic.
 
This remind me of another hypocrite girl tweets. I think she was working in a hospital one day she tweeted about a hot handsome looking guy she saw in a Hospital and his personality and dressing and blah blah but after a few days she was complaining how an ugly looking guy was staring at her in a hospital jese kabhi khusburat larkyaan nae dekhi hon. I guess the level of harassment depends on the look, personality and money?
 
Asim_khan said:
Poor from the doctor but surely this just goes to show the perverse VIP culture of Pakistan.

Had some ordinary woman complained would the doctor have been fired? She almost revels in the fact that because of her position as someone famous, she can end a man's employment. Poor all around.
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This has nailed the thread
 
The AKUH administration, however, neither confirmed nor denied the development.

“The AKUH always maintains the highest standards of confidentiality and will not release any information on either employees or patients,” the spokesperson told The Express Tribune.

Nighat Dad, lawyer and founder of Digital Rights Foundation, said she considered this harassment. “It’s a breach of confidentiality between a doctor and his patient,” she told The Express Tribune.

However, she added that the hospital’s response was too harsh.

“The hospital could have formed a committee to probe into this. Firing the doctor isn’t a solution to this problem,” she maintained.

Abdul Hameed Bhutto, the in-charge of the FIA cyber crime cell Karachi, said sending a Facebook friend request, which could either be accepted or rejected, was not harassment.

This, he added, could not be contested in any court under the Pakistan Electronic Crime Act introduced in 2016.

“Blackmailing or sending obscene material through messages or posts is considered harassment, which in this case has not been done,” Bhutto maintained.

According to the Supreme Court lawyer Khalil Ahmed Siddiqui, sending an add request on social media does not fall under any definition of harassment. “It’s not an offence,” he added.

However, he pointed out, the act could be against the AKUH’s code of conduct.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/154281...ing-fb-friend-request-sharmeen-obaids-sister/
 
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Best thing to do is to boycott Sharmeen on all forms of social media. She can live completely harassment free



#boycottChinoy

#namanzoor na manzoor Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy na manzoor
 
Syed1 said:
Best thing to do is to boycott Sharmeen on all forms of social media. She can live completely harassment free



#boycottChinoy

#namanzoor na manzoor Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy na manzoor
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She is a drama queen and use Twitter as a tool for her agendas...
 
[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] That link in the end of your post is something else. Not about this topic.
 
Syed1 said:
Best thing to do is to boycott Sharmeen on all forms of social media. She can live completely harassment free



#boycottChinoy

#namanzoor na manzoor Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy na manzoor
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I'm all for this. Lets make this hashtag trending on twitter

#boycottChinoy
 
This may be a bit over the top but Pakistanis dislike her because she showed Pakistanis their deficiencies and weaknesses; she showed them the mirror. Pakistanis hate to accept and acknowledge their crimes and cruelties e.g. honor killings and acid attacks.

Anyone who speaks the truth in Pakistan is a traitor!
 
saeedhk said:
This may be a bit over the top but Pakistanis dislike her because she showed Pakistanis their deficiencies and weaknesses; she showed them the mirror. Pakistanis hate to accept and acknowledge their crimes and cruelties e.g. honor killings and acid attacks.

Anyone who speaks the truth in Pakistan is a traitor!
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but what he did was not right,...
 
Savak said:
Unless the doctor was sending her lewd messages, messages of a sexual creepy nature, this is just way over the top, inhuman and unfair.

The hospital at best should have initially reprimanded, warned the doctor or in the worst case scenario suspended the doctor but firing for something this trivial is not right.

Both my parents are doctors and they have many patients who call them at odd hours on the phone, cell number, emails and sometimes certain patients end up becoming close friends.

I hope there is a social media campaign to ruthlessly shame this woman like no tommorow.
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i think the same and happy to see mature comments here on pp from mature posters like you....encouraging though we have been badly humilited on this social and electronic media and evryone who come to hospitla considers us criminals.
 
saeedhk said:
This may be a bit over the top but Pakistanis dislike her because she showed Pakistanis their deficiencies and weaknesses; she showed them the mirror. Pakistanis hate to accept and acknowledge their crimes and cruelties e.g. honor killings and acid attacks.

Anyone who speaks the truth in Pakistan is a traitor!
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I am a Pakistani and I appreciate her highlighting what needed to be highlighted to make Pakistan a better society for all. But, this has nothing to do with it, it has to do with hypocrisy, using her twitter to gain some brownie points, blaming a whole country (just as you have "Pakistanis"), and ruining an individual life for her being pseudo-savior of female.
 
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From comments here, I get the feeling most have tried to add random women on Facebook in hope of striking a "friendship". Reflective of our depraved society where male-female interaction is limited, so Facebook becomes the medium of interacting with the other sex. Of course, women bear the brunt of this with unwanted contact, which many times extends to lewd behavior. If you want to meet women, grow your confidence and actually go out and do so. Sitting behind a screen and sending many Facebook requests hoping 1-2 will add you back so you can look at their photos and maybe say "hi" on FB messenger is pathetic and pitiful.

Coming to this doctor, he deserves to be fired and disgraced. A patient came to him for help, hopefully he did that part of this job and helped her...but then picking up his phone, searching for the name of the patient and finding her, and requesting to be friends is certainly not part of his job or his responsibility towards that patient.

Why did he do this? Did he find the patient attractive? Was he hoping that she would add back, they would start talking and become friends or something more? Did he want to just look at more photos of her? Desperate behavior, but glad it was called out and dealt with.
 
boomboomcheema said:
Why do such princess' even sign up on websites like FB where anyone can send anyone a friend request? Don't use FB if clicking on the Deny button is so tough.
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Sounds like a milder version of the argument people use to defend crimes like rape. If you don't want to get raped, don't dress provocatively or go out at night.

Take away any responsibility from the instigator and instead blame the victim. Nicely done.
 
So we are clear.

Contacting patients via any means outside of hospital/official etc is a NO-NO

This is unethical behavior and the doctor has been punished. Whether AKU were to harsh is for them to work out with their employee.
 
KingKhanWC said:
I knew this woman was trouble from this thread.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...s-the-Oscar!!!/page2&highlight=Sharmeen+Obaid

Whoever fired the good Doctor is a disgrace too. Perhaps he sent a friend request because doctors and patients grow close and he wanted to keep an eye on her making sure she is recovering well, or maybe he just wanted to friends!

This woman makes me sick.
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:))) wow! why didn't I see it this way before? The doctor just wanted to follow up and make sure the patient was recovering well so he chose to add her on Facebook where he can follow her life for the rest of eternity! Just to see how well she blossoms in life after the care he gave her.

Hope he added the rest of his patients too, including all the male patients he sees. Surely as a good doctor he's concerned about their well being too!
 
Syed1 said:
Have we heard the doctor's side of the story?


What if he had asked the patient if he could add her and then she used the situation to her advantage to make a false claim of harassment through her sister?


I'm firmly in team doctor, think Sharmeen and her attention seeking sister are both to blame.
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There is no side to this.

The rules in AKU are clear.
 
In a Western hospitals as well a doctor would get sacked. When you study for medicine a big part of that is social medicine ala medical ethics, that is true for whereever you studied medicine from. And sending patients friend requests is pretty much NOT on and in breach of every doctor-patient ethical relationship and would result in a reprimand or worse in every single medical establishment. There is a clear profession and ethical line you don't cross. As it stands this sending friendship requests is a big desi disease, forget this issue I am sure a lot of people posting in this thread have had their sisters or wives suffer from it. I have, even my wife and even when it was clear from her picture that she is a married woman and not only that but ''wanna friendship'' ''hi talk to me'' are the usual nonsensical messages that are very common.

Chinoy should not have publicised this issue, a complaint should have been made to the hospital that's it. There was no need to make such a public outcry, however the doctor is not innocent and I am surprised people are taking that side.
 
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Nothing wrong with her complaint.

Harassment is the wrong term to use but that's incredibly unprofessional. Doctors cannot be doing stuff like this.
 
Actually Professional misconduct includes mainly those actions for which there are no punishment in IPC or in any other existing civil or criminal law, Yet MCI and SMC (in case of India) can take actions by removing tbe name of the doctor from Indian Medical Registry, for a temporary period/permanent erasure depending upon the severity of offence.

If it's permanent, that amounts to "Professional Death Sentence". The doctor can no longer practice legally. I guess the laws will be same in Pakistan too.
 
Pakpak said:
In a Western hospitals as well a doctor would get sacked. When you study for medicine a big part of that is social medicine ala medical ethics, that is true for whereever you studied medicine from. And sending patients friend requests is pretty much NOT on and in breach of every doctor-patient ethical relationship and would result in a reprimand or worse in every single medical establishment. There is a clear profession and ethical line you don't cross. As it stands this sending friendship requests is a big desi disease, forget this issue I am sure a lot of people posting in this thread have had their sisters or wives suffer from it. I have, even my wife and even when it was clear from her picture that she is a married woman and not only that but ''wanna friendship'' ''hi talk to me'' are the usual nonsensical messages that are very common.

Chinoy should not have publicised this issue, a complaint should have been made to the hospital that's it. There was no need to make such a public outcry, however the doctor is not innocent and I am surprised people are taking that side.
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Thanks for clarifying that

I spoke to some senior people in AKU and similar sentiments

Could have been handled better but the outcome is correct.
 
MenInG said:
Thanks for clarifying that

I spoke to some senior people in AKU and similar sentiments

Could have been handled better but the outcome is correct.
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I looked at PMDC's conde of conduct and there are atleast two violations, never mind more. One specifically says any kind of advance towards a patient is gross misconduct. While the other says any sort of advance towards a patient from information gained via a medical context, such as a visit, is gross misconduct.

He has clearly broken rules so I am not sure we can defend him on that. We can debate on Chinoy's reaction all we want and that's fine, but there is no question on the validity of the doctor's reprimand.
 
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