Duties of physician to their patient-obligations to the sick

Though a physician in not bound to treat each and every person asking his services , he should not only be every ready to respond to thecalls of the sick and the injured , but should be  mindful  of the high character  of his  professional  duties . in his teratment , he  should  never forget that the health  and  the  lives of those  entrusted to his treatment , he should  never forget that the health  and the live of those entrusted to his care depend on his skill and attention .

a physician should endeavour to add  to the  comfort of  the sick by making his  visits at  the hour indicated  to the patients. a physician advising a patient  to seek  service  of another  physician  is acceptable , however, in  case of ' emergency ' a physician must  treat  the patient  no physician  shall  arbitrarily  refuse treatment to a patient  . howevery  for good  reason  , when a patient is suffedring  from an ailment  which  is not  within the range of experiecne of  the treating  physician , the  physician  may refuse  treatment  and  refer  the patient  to  another  physician .


Medical practitioner having  any incapcity  detrimental  to the patient or which can affect  his  performance  vis-a vis  the  patient , is not  permitted to practice his profession  

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