Why are patients so afraid of doctors in Vietnam?

In Vietnam, students who receive a General Practitioner degree are allowed to practice medicine, while in many countries such as Thailand, Japan, China, India, and Bangladesh, the situation is different...

Even with a license, is it still not permissible to practice medicine?

In Vietnam, while receiving a general medical degree allows you to practice medicine, some specialized hospitals require newly hired doctors to undergo a specialized training course lasting a few months. The final exam for this specialization is organized by the training institution itself.

In Thailand, Japan, China, India, and Bangladesh, even with a general practitioner's degree, one is not permitted to practice medicine. In these countries, after obtaining a general practitioner's degree, a doctor is absolutely forbidden from prescribing medication on their own. They are required to attend specialized training courses. These courses encompass their main specialty and related specialties. In Japan, these specialized training courses last two years.

After completing this specialized course, they must participate in a national practical skills competition. This competition is organized by the Ministry of Health and is applied nationwide. Schools are not allowed to organize their own exams. Only if they pass this hurdle are they officially allowed to independently practice medicine.

The difference between high-quality and low-quality schools is reflected in the percentage of students who pass the above tests.

With this output management system, the quality of doctors, whether they studied at medical schools in Tokyo or in remote provinces, is essentially the same. Common illnesses are handled well at local hospitals. Large hospitals are responsible for handling complex cases and focusing on scientific research. Hospital revenue depends directly on health insurance budgets and organizations collaborating with the hospital in scientific research. Doctors' income does not depend on the number of patients seen at a particular hospital.

That's why central hospitals aren't overloaded in developed countries.

Are the Vietnamese people being too unfair to healthcare workers?

First, I must affirm that there are still more good and kind doctors in Vietnam than bad ones. I call the doctors who spend their time in game arcades and those who extort money from patients while practicing medicine "the blemishes."

I also find something extremely strange in Vietnam: patients are very afraid of doctors. If we consider public hospitals as joint-stock companies with 90 million citizens as shareholders, then for every 90 million VND in the hospital, a healthcare worker only owns 1 VND of the shares. Hospital staff, regardless of their position, are all employees working for their boss: the 90 million people.

Returning to the question, "Are the Vietnamese people being too unfair to healthcare workers?"

If you had a bowl of excellent fragrant rice, but for every two grains of rice there was one grain of sand mixed in, what would you use that bowl of rice for? Surely you'd use it to make pig feed!

When you throw away that bowl of fragrant jasmine rice to make pig feed, I guarantee no one will feel any regret. So, let's become wise and always right bosses. Be very discerning and find tools to remove all those impurities before they are mixed with the fragrant jasmine rice that you yourselves have painstakingly cultivated.

If you are too lenient, you, your relatives, and perhaps even my relatives may one day suffer the pain of swallowing a stubborn, thorny pebble. The grains of fragrant rice themselves have no way of escaping from that bowl of rice filled with pebbles.

Let's use the power of the main shareholders to eliminate all the flaws, so that the fragrant rice plants don't have to bear the resentment of having endured the brilliant rays of the sun and the cool, refreshing water to produce those pure, fragrant grains of rice—the kind that people next door use to make delicious, fragrant cakes, while in our country they throw them into pig feed!

But if you already have a bowl of rice that's full of perfect, fragrant, and grit-free grains, then you should cherish and care for it just like your neighbor! Let these premium fragrant rice plants feel compelled to give their all and even sacrifice a little personal gain for their wise masters!

According to Vietnamnet