Because patients are not sophisticated enough to be able
to judge the technical competence of an IVF doctor , most of them use other alternatives
to decide which doctor to select the best.
This is why a lot of them will go to the busiest doctor ,
based on the assumption that if the doctor is busy , he must be good ! This is
based on the concept of social proof , which is why a lot of follow a herd
mentality when making a decision .
The danger is that these clinics are so busy that they
are completely impersonal, unless you happen to be a VIP or a celebrity. The doctor
doesn't have enough time or energy to spend on you , as a result of which the
care you get is not tailored to your needs. The clinic follows a rigid protocol
. because they function as an assembly line, which is designed to do an many cycles
as possible every month.
This is why patients can't afford to leave everything up
to the IVF doctor - especially in India , where there is no government regulation
, and the success rates among clinics vary widely .
Sadly, doctors are not very honest about what their clinic’s
success rates are, which is why everyone merrily claims a 70 percent success
rate - even though this has no bearing with reality ! Because there is no one
to check or verify these tall claims , they continue to get away with it , and
this is why patients get taken for a ride .
Ironically , even though patients in India aren't really
well equipped to be able to differentiate between good doctors and bad doctors ,
the burden of doing so actually falls disproportionately on their shoulders , because
the government has failed in its duty to do this for them !
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