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

Aubaid Ahmad Akhoon 
Contd from last Saturday
Patients are overmedicated, overcharged, and under-informed. While food vendors face scrutiny, prescription practices often remain unaccountable.  
The pattern is clear:   
Weak regulation.  
Selective outrage.  
Institutional silence.  
The Way Forward  
Eggs, meat, and milk certainly need regulation, testing, and transparency. Yet cigarettes and alcohol must be rejected, not normalized. Medical practices require ethical audits, not blind trust. Health insurance needs oversight, not unchecked intervention. Government departments must aim for performance, not mere existence.  
Public health cannot be built on hypocrisy.  
(To be contd)