- A doctor published a message saying that the general practitioner cannot and should not treat all illnesses.
- In addition, he expressed his disagreement with the remote areas of the country since he mentioned that he could not take his medical specialty there, not even for a joke.
- What is the role of the general practitioner?
This week there was a strong debate via Twitter. It all started when a doctor published a message saying that the general practitioner cannot and should not treat all diseases.
“WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY”.
In addition, his disagreement with the remote areas of the country was external, since he mentioned that he could not take his Medical speciality.
Some of the user comments were as follows:
“Serious and good-natured question: What makes a doctor be called a general if he does not have to treat all diseases? It is clear that he cannot know everything and that is what specialties exist for, but then, where does the general term come from?
“Approximately 80% of medical consultations in Mexico are at the first level. General medicine has been neglected by health institutions, general practitioners are underemployed. Yes, 2nd and 3rd grade centers are needed throughout the country and their respective specialists”.
“You alone answer yourself and uncover your inconsistency, if your high specialization is not to be in a rural community, do not go and let those who want to go do so. Being in the 21st century not only implies modernity but also knowing the shortcomings of the nation and providing a solution”.
The role of the general practitioner
The general practitioner is the medical professional who has the knowledge and skills necessary to diagnose and resolve medical treatment and with simple procedures most of the ailments that the human being suffers in his life, from childhood to old age, with actions frequently carried out in the doctor’s office or in the patient’s home.
In the last phase of life, where the degenerative diseases which, due to their chronicity, make permanent care more necessary. Support and a good relationship with a family doctor it can be the simple and low-cost solution in most of these cases.
GENERAL MEDICINE: the basis of patient care
The general medicine It has been for centuries the basis of patient care. This fact known and recognized by educational authorities and by those charged with organizing health care systems has not led to this form of exercise being the most important part.
At least from the academic point of view and its ability to solve everyday medical problems, of the health care system in Mexico; that’s right, even acknowledging the efforts that have been made in recent decades important institutions such as the IMSS and the ISSSTE in this sense. If the investment figures for second and third level medicine are analyzed, they are incomparably higher than those for the first. These last segments of medical care will continue to be overloaded with work as long as good first-class medicine is not organized.
Importance of the general practitioner
Despite this, the general medicine It constitutes the first level of medical care since the doctor is professionally trained to diagnose and manage different common pathologies.
General practitioners, also known as primary care or family physicians, make up the first contact for the patient when they feel sick. In fact, the general practitioner makes the diagnosis of the patient’s state of health using simple procedures, solving 90% of the cases, without the need for any specialist to intervene.
The family doctor is the specialist whose area of knowledge covers the person. Therefore, unlike a specialist doctor who focuses on solving a specific problem, the primary care doctor has a global vision of each disease that the patient has.
Additionally, for patients who have chronic health problems and continuous over time, it is more than usual for them to go to health centers or private clinics in search of help from the general practitioner.
In fact, primary care doctors usually establish different routine controls with their patients where the pathology, its development and the medical treatment that has been established are reevaluated, altering the medications that are used.
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