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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

website on Indian Doctors






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I had been looking for a credible website on Indian doctors, where they would give the names of specialists in various fields in various cities of India. On Google,there was this website, www.Indian-Doctors.com I was browsing through.
At the very outset, what put me off was the spelling mistake of the word "Diseases" on their website home page. I mean, for a medical directory, please do not make the spelling mistake in the very word Doctors treat.So I immediately wrote out a note on their "Contact Us" online form.

I continued browsing through the website, saw that they have a number of articles on health issues from all over the world. Good for them. But again, I was disappointed. I searched for doctors in ob-gyn, in Chennai. just like that, to see who were listed on their website. Turns out, there are only two entries, both ladies. On clicking the link of one doctor, I am told she has 4 yrs experience. Good. Then, nothing in achievements, articles written, etc. In her personal details link, I , the casual visitor, am told she is unmarried. Isn't that absolutely great info for me???? And here, I am being sarcastic. Make no mistake about it. Instead of giving details about the lady's clinic address, clinic hours, which hospital she is associated with, if any, or whom she practiced with or trained under in her initial years, I am told she is UNMARRIED. Do you think the average patient is interested in knowing the marital status of the doctor he/ she wants to see?I am sure it will be more informative to give any news feature or article where the doctor was mentioned.

I do not know where they got their info from. However, they could have the doctors sign consent forms, agreeing to release the info about their clinic etc.This way, they are making their whole website a joke. Being the nit-picky person I am, I wrote off another note to them, citing the above. I hope the website moderator takes due notice.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Isn't it ironic that we Indians write numerous lines of code to develop websites for companies around the world, but don't have a good website with such critical info? Funny world !