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Date March 09, 2022

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One day in the hospital in Angeles City, a doctor consulted on what the best and right thing to do

with the dilemma she was facing. She told me that there was one patient who complained about

the peculiar stomach ache he was experiencing after a month of being operated. When the doctor

checked on him, she found out that the cause of the ailment was a sponge that was left in his

stomach. She immediately performed another operation to remove the sponge in the patient’s

stomach, and fortunately, the operation was a success. However, she was aware that her friend,

who is also a doctor, was the one who performed the last operation on the patient, which resulted

in the sponge being left within the patient's stomach. After the incident, the doctor sought advice

from the hospital’s administration, who then suggested that the right thing to do was to tell the

patient what really happened, especially since there were a lot of nurses who actually saw the

sponge in her stomach. Aside from the administration, the doctor also sought advice from her

brother. The brother encouraged her to talk with her doctor friend and persuade him to admit his

mistake and pay for the operation because he was actually the reason for this.

In this scenario, the doctor is having an ethical dilemma about her next step after discovering the

reason why the patient was experiencing stomach aches. She is faced with two conflicting options:

whether to tell the patient about the sponge that was left in her stomach in his previous operation,

even if there is a high possibility that her friend will be sued, which might break their friendship; or

just forget about it and not tell the patient about what really happened to save her friend, even if it

means violating the patient's right to know his true condition. This would also result in her breaking

her oath as a doctor. True enough, the doctor is facing a difficult situation in deciding what to do.
However, whether she likes it or not, she has to choose from the given conflicting options and deal

with all the consequences it may have.

In a moral dilemma like this, I will ponder the implications of each of the alternatives I have, and I

will try to weigh the repercussions of each in order to choose the best course of action to take. I

will also have to consider all the people that might be affected by the issue. If I were in the doctor’s

shoes, I would probably tell the patient the truth and try to explain to him what his condition really

was. As a doctor, I have an obligation to be truthful about whatever actions I will take, especially if

they involve the rights of my patients. Aside from this, I also have the responsibility to uphold my

moral dignity and to serve other people, especially in my hospital community, for me to be able to

live a dignified life. How will other people be able to trust me if I lie and hide the truth?

Professionals like me should always do the right thing. Hence, I will tell him that the real reason for

his stomach ache was the sponge that was left in his stomach after his previous operation.

However, by choosing this alternative, I have to keep in mind that whatever decision the patient

has made, whether to sue my friend or not, I have to accept it even if it means losing my friend.

Prior to this, I will initiate a talk with my doctor friend, who did the previous operation, and tell him

about the sponge issue. I will persuade him to ask for an apology to the patient because he was

the reason the patient’s life was at risk. He has to pay for the physical and moral damage that he

has caused to the patient. For me, this is the right and best thing to do because we are not just

pertaining to small things, but rather, we are talking about the life of a person. Imagine not

discovering the sponge inside the patient’s stomach. This could possibly lead to the death of the

patient because of my friend’s negligence. Also, it is his duty to be careful in every operation that

he performs. Because as doctors, we have taken an oath to help those individuals who are sick to

the best of our ability.

In the given scenario, the duties and basic rights of each individual are highlighted. Therefore, I

can say that the ethical theory that is applicable to solving the issue was Kant’s Ethical Theory.

Basically, if I look at the scenario, what made me decide to tell the truth to the patient is that, for

me, it is the right and ethical thing to do. As a doctor, it is my duty and obligation to tell him what

his real condition was. Hence, this is in line with Kant’s concept of duty as good will. An action is

right if it is performed because it is required by a moral rule; that is, if it is performed out of a

sense of duty to that moral law. This means that acting with "good will" refers to doing something

out of a sense of moral obligation or "duty. Kant also proposed the concept of categorical

imperative, according to which only a universalizable maxim could be a moral law. As a result, it is

our responsibility to follow such moral laws. Therefore, it is not acceptable to make false promises;
otherwise, it would not make sense. Like in the scenario, as a doctor, I have taken an oath to serve

my patients and be honest. Hence, it is my duty to tell the patient, and it is his right to know the

truth.

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