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女医生发微博希望病人下班后再死的行为,拷问职业道德 - Female Doctor published a Micro-blog, wishing that her Patient will Die once she's off duty; a behavior which leads to Interrogation of Professional Ethics print version
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汕头市某医院某女医生在2月16日零时15分通过手机发表的一则微博[1]写道:"有个病人的血氧在往下跌,半夜极有可能得起床收尸,但还是希望她能顶过今晚,这大冷天的,您就等我下班再死,好不?"

微博事件被曝光以后,医院果断地停止了27岁女医生的处方权[2],这样的处理结果,对女医生来讲,无疑是一种极为严重的处罚,这样的处罚也有可能影响到女医生一辈子的发展。对于女医生来讲,因为口不择言,所以才导致祸从口出[3]。对于旁观者与患者而言,女医生是自作自受[4]。处理结果公布之后,医院既严肃处分了当事人,又还了死者一个公道,还为网友们出了一口气,医院领导们都在想:"你们这些爱管闲事的网友应该知足了吧!"

可是我们关注微博,并不是我们愿意将女医生的前途毁掉;我们关注微博,也不是我们希望让医院陷入难堪境地;我们质疑微博,只是因为我们从患者的身上看到了自己不幸的身影。舆论拷问的是汕头医院医生的职业道德;网络的声讨,网友们只是期待医生可以操守职业道德。如果医院不能做到让患者在得到有效救治,即便女医生处理得再严格,又能够取得什么效果呢?

On February 16th, 00:15, a certain female doctor in a certain hospital in Shantou city has published a micro-blog message through her cell-phone, saying: "There is a patient, her blood's oxygen level is now decreasing, I might have to get out of bed on midnight to bury the dead, but I still hope she goes by tonight. On such a cold night, can you wait until go off work and then die?"

After the 'micro-blog incident' was exposed, the hospital decisively suspended to prescription right of the 27 year old female doctor. The result of this kind of treatment, from the female doctor's perspective, is undoubtedly an extremely severe penalty, and such penalty could influence the doctor's lifetime development. For the doctor, because of talking recklessly, the result of 'talking carelessly leads to trouble' has been brought about. From the spectators' and patient's perspective, the female doctor is 'reaping what she sowed'. After the outcome of the this treatment was announced, since the hospital had punished the involved personnel in s severe manner, it repaid the dead with justice, and also released a breath towards the internet surfers, as if the heads of the hospital were thinking: "You net surfers who love being nosy should be content now!"

But the attention we give the micro-blog is by no means a desire to destroy the future of the female doctor; our interest is neither hoping that he hospital will fall into an unbearable condition; We call the micro-blog in question only because we can see our own misfortunate image in the body of the patient. What public opinion is interrogating is the Shantou hospital's professional ethics; The internet condemnation is merely internet surfers' expectation that the doctor could maintain personal integrity by realizing professional ethics. If the hospital isn't able to achieve the result of providing treatment to the patient, even if it handles the female doctor more severely, then what result it could possibly gain?

Based on an article written by 蒋孟龙 (Jiang Menglong) for Changjiang Net (Cjn.cn), a news portal of Wuhan city.


[1] 微博 wēi bó - 'Micro-blog',  a service provided by some social network site and programs (such as Twitter), of sending short messages, status reports, personal opinions, etc, which reach friends who share the same 'community'. The 'micro-blog incident' (微博事件), in which a doctor published an insulting message concerning her patient, is discussed in this article.

[2] 处方权 chǔfāng quán - 'Prescription right'; prescribing medicine, a basic doctor's right and qualification.

[3] 祸从口出 huò cóng kǒu chū - 'Misfortune comes out of the mouth', careless talk which leads to big trouble.

[4] 自作自受 zì zuò zì shòu - 'You receive what you do', 'one reaps what one sows'.


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