Is Medical A Service? Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Medicine was Art of Healing.
It has become Art of Science.
Science has now overridden
Art of Healing altogether.

The right side brain is concerned
With fine arts and humanities.
The left side brain is concerned
With science and technology.

Science oriented students get
Medical seats to be doctors.
Art of science, not art of healing,
Occupies the minds of doctors.

Consultations last few minutes.
Patients are handed over a list
Of investigations and medicine
With no explanations of whys.

Holistic approach is a miss;
Humanity touch is a miss;
Economic touch is a miss.
Reverence of doctors is a miss.
28.02.2017