Indian society is one of the most messed up and corrupt society in the globe . Indians in spite of being fiercely patriotic could not correct many of the discrepancies which exist in the nation .
Politicians extract money from businessmen , senior bureaucrats extract money from junior government officers for plum postings , lower rung government officers extract money from whomsoever possible who have to visit the government office , hoodlums extract money in the name of organizing festivals and the list goes on & on .
Right since the initial days of my practice I encountered patients who would bargain .I actually don’t blame them . Most of the time it was because the patients felt that doctors overcharge & hence they tried their luck in bargaining .
My strict attitude , courteous firmness, my unrelenting passion for academics & towards improving my clinical skills & finally making the patients aware that dentistry has very high outgoings made the situation manageable .
The one which became unmanageable was the attitude of some members of the society where I practice to extract money from me .
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Not only did the office bearers wanted to extract money from me but the current chairman Raja Balmiki also threatened me with assault . I had to approach the police who filed a non-cognizable complaint .
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The societies office bearers :
- Levied frivolous fines an me,
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- Did not give me receipts for the payments that I made & showed it as dues in my account & unknown credit in the societies balance sheet.
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- Levied commercial charges on me when the law explicitly states that no commercial charges can be levied on the practice of dentistry.
Please see the following image of March 22 maintenance bill :
Please also note that from April 2022 the society office bearers have stopped sending me maintenance bills and also the receipts for the payments that I have made.
- The money that I paid towards maintenance was shown in same other account
- Did not accept maintenance cheques from me for 2 years ( January 2020 till December 2021 ) and then levied penal interest for that period.
- Did not carry out repairs & did not reimburse me for the repairs that I had to do .
The list would go on & on . And then finally I had to approach the law.
The other aspects of my story are in other blogs on this website & on www.medicalmarketingtoday.info
Doctors are soft targets in India. There are a few more like school teachers etc .
Once I approached the law, the office bears panicked & the other neighbours went into a shell . My beloved neighbours were left twiddling their thumb and they saw their hard earned money wasted on frivolous litigation. But they are too dumb founded to speak against the office bearers.
With the grace of God the first two orders came in my favour.
I will continue to practice with passion , determination & precision . Also I am mentally prepared to be assaulted , stabbed & even murdered .
Let us see how much money the office bearers can extract from me .
Wishing them all the best !!!
