Why medical treatment abroad?
S M Khalequez Zaman, Afghanistan
Recently my 11-year old son had fever. Also some skin rash appeared. My family waited for 2/3 days but the fever was not coming down and they consulted a local doctor. The local doctor suspected him as a case of dengue fever. My wife got my son's blood tested and when the doctor confirmed that he had a viral dengue my entire family became very nervous and then they consulted another doctor who gave a different opinion. He was not sure about dengue but said it was not unlikely that the boy was suffering from some other disease. He asked to have another set of blood test and X-rays. He also prescribed some medicines. My family then became more confused and then they consulted a medicine specialist of a well known hospital . When he was consulted he advised not to administer those medicines and he after reviewing the previous blood test reports diagnosed that my son had been suffering from para-typhoid and he prescribed some medicines. When my son started taking those medicines he became extremely weak, and he started feeling pain in his chest. When the medicine specialist was informed he advised to continue the medicines and he assured my wife that as these were high quality medicines they needed a little bit time for body adjustment. My son's condition was deteriorating gradually. As I work in Kabul, Afghanistan, I could not help my family and I also was passing my days in deep anxiety and tension. Everyday, I was calling my home to track my son's health. When there was no sign of improvement, then I advised my wife to consult another doctor whom I knew personally. The military doctor, after reviewing all prescriptions and reports and after a patient hearing and examining of all symptoms, requested my wife to do one more blood examination. It was finally diagnosed that my son was suffering from jaundice. Currently, my son is under his treatment and by the grace of Allah he is improving rapidly. It is very unfortunate that in our country there are not many doctors who can correctly diagnose a disease. Then I realised that this is one of the reasons why thousands of patients are going abroad every day for medical treatment.
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