Last night I dreamt how the doctors would gather around my father and discuss his condition out-loud, at times with him wide awake (i.e. eyes wide open). I could still hear the cold voices of these doctors standing next to the bed saying how hopeless his condition was and he was not to survive another day.
This went on for nearly a month.
I do understand that doctors have to go through this day in day out and they become immune as a childhood doctor friend of mine puts it, but there has to be some mercy if not compassion in them. I am not trying to blame anyone, but for God’s sake, I would not do this to my worst enemy.
In politics we have to face death on a daily basis. Going to funerals is as important rather more (unfortunately) then thinking and doing any good for the living. And that frequency, (at times 2 to 5 funerals a day), makes you skilled to push the thoughts and sights behind and move on but that does not give us the excuse to stand in front of a dead body crack joke, and mock them or their loved ones.
I, from personal experience feel that a doctor with feeling is a much better healer than a robotic one. The likes of Dr. Mehmood (ex Chairman Sheikh Zayeed Hospital Lahore), Dr. Anwaar, Dr. Sajjid Maqbool, Dr Farukh Zaman and so many more have made their mark in this profession and are lovely human beings.
It saddens me to say that some how the focus of being a doctor today is on being mechanical or cold and the barometer of being a successful doctors, atleast in Pakistan, is measured according to the degree of ruthless and arrogance they carry with them.
Compassion has to be made an integral part of human interaction may they be Doctors, Politicians, Businessmen, Civil Servants etc. This is the basic teaching of all religions, certainly of Islam.
I have lost my father and the pain is excruciating, but in addition to that this whole episode has left me saddened, scarred and disillusioned at the sight of the level to which man, in general, has declined.
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About Imran Aqueel Daultana
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Name: Imran Aqueel Daultana
• Date of Birth:1973
• Age: 37 years
• Place of birth: Stoke-on-Trent U.K.
• Nationality: British/Pakistani
• Education:
o M.B.A. (International Business) Ashcroft Business School Cambridge U.K. 2008
o M.B.A. (Marketing) Canadian Institute Of Management Sciences Lahore Pakistan 1996
o B.A. Government College Of Lahore, Pakistan 1995
o O-Level & A Level Aitchison College Lahore 1978-1991
• Courses:
Cambridge University (Institute of continuing education)
o Science Courses – Innovation and Discovery 2010
o Introduction to Social Psychology 2010
o History and Music Courses 2010
o Extreme Astrophysics 2010
o Material Science, Energy generation and Sustainability 2010
o International Politics in the Global Age 2000
Cambridge Internal Examinations - Teacher training courses
o Mathematics O-level March 2002
o Pakistan Studies (environment) O-level April 2002
o Pakistan Studies (History) O-level March 2002
o Religious Studies O-level
o Urdu O-level
o Young English language Learner Training Courses February 2001
o Law GCE A Level March 2001
Home Learning College UK
o Web Design Course Adobe Dream weaver CS3 2010
o Hospitality Course 2011
Freedom Gate Pakistan (Fredrick Naumann Foundation Germany)
o Workshop on Political Communication in I.T. Age 2010
o Local Government systems – A preview 2011
Other Courses
o B.E.T.S. Teachers Training Course November 1999
o Intel Computer Teacher Training Course 2003
o P.I.T.A.C. courses on export and business development August 1995
o Lahore Chamber of commerce and industry lectures and courses on future of business sector in Pakistan April 1999
o Construction Classes Conducted by Build Force Corporation 1999
Cambridge Regional College
o DIY-Change it yourself course Plastering, laying cutting ceramic tiles, and wood joints June 2008
o DIY-Brickwork 2007
o DIY-Plastering 2008
o DIY-Health and safety 2008
• Affiliations, & Memberships:
o Fellow of Chartered Management Institute UK
o Member of Association of Certified I.T. Professionals UK
o Member Chamber Of Commerce Lahore, Pakistan
o President Health and Education Development Organization
o President Vehari Education and Health Association
o Chairman Chamber of Commerce Vehari, Pakistan
o Proposed President of Muslim League (N) Vehari, Pakistan
• Work Experience:
o Vice Chairman Maisonette Group (International) (to date)
• Maisonette UK (Ltd.)
• Maisonette Luxury apartments Lahore
• Maisonette Luxury Apartments Murree%0
