• Hiding the truth from the patient is a defeat for the skill of the doctor
• The ethics of a doctor precedes his professionalism .. and those who practice the profession are 3 degrees
• The patient is a doctor himself .. and his opinion is important in the treatment system
• The failed doctor compensates for his lack of philosophy and scientific terminology
• I was awarded the medal for the best doctor .. and this is my story in Toronto
Interview conducted by: Somaya Jalloun
Dr. Ali Ahmed bin Mahfouz, a consultant urologist and bladder surgery, affirmed that the morals of a successful doctor precede his professionalism. In his dialogue with Al Madinah’s conversation, the behaviors of practitioners are classified into three degrees, stressing that some doctors compensate for the lack of their professional skills with philosophy and scientific terminology,
He added that the doctor’s humanity penetrates the hearts of his patients with a kind word and brings the bridges of recovery closer as well as annotates the fears and hallucinations that fall on their heads with their illnesses. Ben Mahfouz pointed to a golden rule that he sticks to during his professional life: “Put yourself in the place of the patient and what you like for yourself in all respects apply to your patient. “.
Dream of flying
Bin Mahfouz says: Medicine was not my dream and my first obsession, so how I wished from my childhood to be a pilot and actually spent 6 months studying civil aviation, but I presented my father’s dream of seeing me as a doctor about my own dream. With my professional turn from aviation to medicine, my old dream taught me precision, seriousness and commitment to those qualities that enriched my career.
3 degrees
Regarding medicine, its world and its views on practitioners, bin Mahfouz said: Those who practice the profession of medicine come in 3 ranks. The first is a doctor who knows what to say and how to diagnose his patients and follow their cases, confident of his experience, skills, and knowledge interested in them and their families, and the second is a doctor with a gap in his information, who makes up for it with a luxury car or a precious watch that he fills Proud and the third blames his failure in the profession by running away and pointing the finger of accusation at anything around him and his patients except for his integrity, even if that was a ministerial decision.
Patient opinion
Regarding the patient and the mechanisms of ethical interaction with him, he said: The opinion of the patient in his condition is very important, especially since every patient knows for himself more than any doctor examines him, but he only needs help, scientific advice and opinion advice to confirm the validity and safety of the decision that he will take, so we advise each patient to prepare his questions and research Continuing and reading about his condition on his own, taking a consultation with another specialist doctor, thinking about the matter, and also consulting with family members and Istikharah, then returning to his doctor until they decide together what is best for his situation.
psychological support
Bin Mahfouz stressed - in his dialogue - on helping patients with psychological balance, whatever their health condition, especially patients with difficult cases such as those with cancer diseases, autism and disabilities, saying: The fact that psychological support for patients of these groups is not widely available to us, so we can an atmosphere of familiarity and safety between us. And between them, sharing experiences and chats, and giving patients an opportunity to form social relationships of a new kind that add to their health and psychological status a lot of support and optimism.
Patient rights
Bin Mahfouz added that one of the most important rights of the disputed patients is not informing him of what is really happening to him and being satisfied with medical philosophy and scientific terms that are difficult for him to understand without explanation and clarification, as this is considered a defeat for the medical skill that time will prove by the patients'' flight from him and their aversion to his clinic.
Unforgettable story
Dr. Bin Mahfouz: During the training days during the internship period, I received the medal of the best resident doctor due to an accident that occurred to one of the patients when the entrance to the intravenous catheter moved from his thigh and the speed of blood flow to the ceiling of the emergency room, where I treated him and stopped the bleeding by simply pressing the blood outlet, which forced me to stand above the patient''s head At the time, a health care provider took a picture of that situation to reach a local newspaper and the news spread throughout Toronto, which made one of the churches offer me a sum of money as a reward and immediately I donated it to the service of one of the mosques in it.
4 tips
Bin Mahfouz concluded his dialogue with "Hadith of Medina", stressing that every doctor must adhere to 4 points in order to ensure excellence in his profession, the first of which is morals, openness and skill polished with useful science and keenness to perform the profession honestly.
Bin Mahfouz .. who is he?
• He grew up in Makkah Al-Mukarramah
• Absorb the Hijaz community customs
• Learned commitment and seriousness from a young age
• Civil aviation was his most important dream
• He spent 6 months studying civil aviation
• Changed his path to medicine and enriched the ethical laws of the profession
• Specialization in cardiology and vascular surgery
• Go to the urinary tract
• You drink the best medical experiences in Toronto
• Received the award for the best resident physician in Canada
• Best Resident Physician at the University of Toronto
4 tips for every doctor
• Moral
• Chest capacity
• the skill refined by useful science
Ensuring the performance of the profession faithfully
