Medical Victims Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

Every specialist doctor sells his disease,
As the most dangerous, or silent:
Markets her tests, clinic and equipment:
Understandably, but are they necessary?

This cannot be judged by patient or layman,
Only by colleagues, who are her friends, and
Mostly the doctor does not give
Details which could be counterchecked
With knowledgeable persons.

But after the test or operation, you are told
That “you came on time, absolutely;
The appendix would have otherwise burst,
Or the ICC would have seen only your dead body,
Lucky you came on time.”

And there is no way to verify.

I remember the story of CPK enzyme years ago.
I was admitted in ICU of a city hospital,
And on initial tests my wife was told
That I have had massive heart attack.

Hours later, another cardiologist who came,
Asked me whether I was given any injection
While coming here in the vehicle.
I said that I came in the ambulance, and
I was given an injection while traveling.
He replied that explains the high CPK enzyme
Reading which shows the death - of muscles
Around the spot of injection on my left arm -
And not of the heart muscles.