For sometime now, I have noticed a number of medical personnel, namely doctors, nurses, and nursing assistants wearing their clothes in which they are required to perform their duties, in the public domain.

On these occasions, and quite recently, I observe these individuals either on their way to the institutions in which they work, going home or going to some place else. I have seen them at the bus stops, supermarkets, on the buses, stores, pharmaceutical outlets and business places. I have actually seen some transacting business wearing their stethoscopes around their necks.

Moral responsibility

This often makes me wonder if this is a healthy practice, particularly for the persons with whom they come in contact, both in the various public and private domains. We all, or so I think, have a moral responsibility, more so our medical professionals, to be conscious of the increasing risk of spreading germs.

Isn't it mind, boggling nowadays that scientists are having a difficult time determining the causes of a number of illnesses being experienced by all around the world? Could this be one of the contributing factors?

I am, etc.,

Eleise J. Barnes

eleisejb@hotmail.com