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Veteran Marathi journalist Madhav Yashwant Gadkari died here on Thursday due to old age, according to family sources. He was 78.
PUNE: Veteran Marathi journalist Madhav Yashwant Gadkari died here on Thursday due to old age, according to family sources. He was 78.

Gadkari had worked with the All-India Radio, Maharashtra Times, Gomantak Times, Sakaal and Loksatta.

He is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son, they said.

At the time of his retirement, he was Group Editor of Loksatta from 1991-92. Even after his retirement, he continued writing a column for the paper called `chaufer' until 1997.
Madhav Gadkari passes away Published: Thursday, June 1, 2006, 13:06 [IST] Share this on your social network:    FacebookTwitterGoogle+   Comments (0) Mail Mumbai, June 1 (UNI) Veteran journalist Madhav Gadkari passed away at a Pune hospital early this morning due to ventricular failure. He was 78 and is survived by his wife and three married daughters. Gadkari had been admitted to a Mumbai hospital a few days back after he had low blood pressure. He was shifted to a Pune hospital for special care under his doctor son-in-law yesterday, according to family sources. He died at around 07:15 hours due to ventricular failure. Gadkari, whose column ''Chaufer'' was immensely popular, had started his career with Akashwani, Delhi. During his illustrious career in journalism, he served as editor of ''Gomantak'', ''Sakal'' and ''Loksatta''. UNI JM MAZ MSJ DB1221 by TaboolaSponsored LinksYOU MAY LIKE 9 Things to Keep in Mind Before Buying a Property in India Bajaj Finserv A Mind-Blowing Look Inside NASA's Trip to Mars Intel iQ 5 Fashion Blunders by Bollywood Celebrities Ask me.com Calculate Now: How You Can Save Lakhs On Home Loan EMI Big Decisions 11 Most Useful Apps Employees Use At Work Business Insider Top Mutual Funds to Invest in 2015. Invest Instantly Fundsindia.com by TaboolaMore From Our Site Why Karnataka is observing bandh on Sept 26, how will it affect Bengaluru?: Explained How Karnataka Bandh on Sept 26 likely to affect Bengaluru Meat ban: Ayodhya sets example by lifting ban on Eid 

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CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT NOT APPLICABLE TO DOCTORS?

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I had mentioned in my last article that we have a strong case against consumer protection act being made applicable to the medical profession. This is that strong argument, and I believe it will work if properly put up. But before that, let me tell a past incidence.
Mr. Madhav Gadkari was the editor of Loksatta–a Marathi news-paper. He was very out-spoken -to a fault. Once he wrote an article stating that the High Court Judges are most negligent. One judge sleeps while the advocate is pleading, and wakes up only when he has finished. Another judge gives a favourable judgement when a particular female lawyer pleads because she is very beautiful. Yet another judge is partially deaf and uses hearing aids. But whenever he is bored, the said judge removes his hearing aid and dozes off. Obviously the judges have already made up their minds without hearing the opposite side. An article so brazenly accusing the high court judges was bound to invite “Contempt of Court” proceedings against Mr. Madhav Gadkari and the Loksatta newspaper. The High Court bench demanded an unconditional apology, but both of them refused to apologise. Instead, Mr. Gadkari asserted that he was telling the truth; he can prove his statements with concrete instances against each of the judges and therefore it is not a case of contempt of court but it is a right of the media to inform the public about the actual facts of high court proceedings. He pleaded that he may be allowed to bring his material and his witnesses to prove his point.
Strangely, (or appropriately?) the high court bench refused to give him such an opportunity and gave a verdict against him. The supreme court, on appeal, upheld high court judgement and Mr. Gadkari was punished with a token fine. The judgment, in effect, said that the citizens of the country have strong faith in the judiciary and its impartiality. This faith of the citizens is the strongest pillar on which the entire judicial system is based and accepted by the people. If this faith is eroded, the people coming to the court for justice will start doubting each and every judgement and the whole judicial system will collapse. Even if it is presumed that a few judges are defaulters as mentioned by the article concerned and even if Mr. Gadkari had sufficient proofs to prove, it is extremely unsafe to allow these facts to be brought to light as the whole judicial system will collapse as mentioned earlier. TRUTH CANNOT BE ENOUGH WHEN THE FATE OF THE WHOLE (JUDICIAL) SYSTEM IS AT STAKE.
The same argument can be applied with equal force to the health service provided by qualified doctors. In most ordinary illnesses, it is FAITH THAT HEALS. The prescriptions of the doctor help but they are not the actual healers in most instances. Even in major illnesses, faith contributes a lot in healing and helps substantially more in allowing doctors to take decisions. Therefore, the whole system of clinical practice  will collapse, if the Faith of the people in Doctors is lost. And that is exactly what is happening after the Consumer Protection Act has been made applicable to the Medical Practitioners. The health- care system has collapsed and  therefore TRUTH CANNOT BE ENOUGH  TO PROSECUTE THE DOCTORS WHEN THE FATE OF THE (HEALTH-CARE) SYSTEM IS AT STAKE.
The consumer Protection Act was enacted to protect the consumers who purchased goods or services from being cheated by the shopkeepers. It was then claimed that the act was not applicable to medical services as there was no contract  nor any promise of result. The argument was first rejected by the Kerala High Court; the Honourable judge insisted that it is a contract between the doctor and the patient. But we can insist that it is a contract essentiallybased ON FAITH. In most illnesses, it is the  faith that heals. If faith is excluded, and it becomes a mere contract, the clinician has to work fool-proof. He cannot take the slightest risk. If a patient comes for chronic headache, he has to advise a C.T. Scan and a fundoscopy before declaring that it is due to psychological reasons -which he knew anyway in the first place only.  A cardiac condition has to be ruled out by E,C.G.,2D Echo, and angiography, for a patient with pricking pain in the chest, before he is relieved by Antacids. Clinical judgement, based on general circumstances and other symptoms could be fallacious. The doctor would not take any risk, even if the patient was poor. “Let him refuse” will be his response.
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