Sonnet: Advice To Doctors

No patient’s mine; no patient remains yours; The patient comes and goes from Doc to Doc; If he improves, we simply then rejoice, Though God’s the key to the diagnostic-lock! All patients ail and expect some relief; A doctor’s duty is to help him out; All patients speak the truth; Time is the thief; To use his knowledge best, all Doctors ought. Fleece not the poor; cheat not the ones who’re sick; God is the Healer prime; He uses us; Off not life’s candle-flame with intact wick; The Doctor shirking work invites God’s curse! Lose not Ethics; lose not your morals, Doc! Like patients, Doctors are part of God’s flock. Dedicated by the Dean, IRT PMC & H Dr. A. Celestine Raj Manohar M.D., to the New Office-bearers Doctors of Erode IMA 19-01-2014