Selective panic and silent profits: When public health loses its moral compass

Aubaid Ahmad Akhoon 
Contd from previous issue
In principle, it is a lifeline. However, in some cases, it has also become a new trap for unethical medical practices.  
There are growing concerns that under the guise of cashless insurance, unnecessary surgeries are being recommended when non-surgical treatments are available. Procedures become profitable, patients become statistics, and fear becomes a tool. When the cost is covered by the card, the ethical burden quietly shifts away from the patient, making exploitation easier.  
Healthcare insurance should never incentivize unnecessary interventions. A surgery should always be a last resort, not the most profitable option. When healing becomes a transaction, trust in medicine erodes.  
Medicine, Markets, and Moral Decline  
This crisis extends beyond insurance. Poor prescriptions, influenced by pharmaceutical incentives, worsen public suffering. (To be contd)