I am reproducing a news in “Times of India” dated 17-05-2015 below:

“Several doctors from all over India and across disciplines are joining hands to fight against the menace of unnecessary investigations. The Society for Less Investigative Medicine (SLIM), which was initiated last year by a few cardiologists in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, is now becoming a national society of Doctors.”

• This is a good decision. Many Doctors are regularly prescribing unnecessary medicines as also many unwanted tests only to  get monetary benefits for their hospital,for the medical companies as for themselves. This is anti-social and has to be curtailed strictly. As such, the decision of the society of Doctors itself is worthy of appreciation. Let it not be a declaration alone, but be it implemented, which will give some relief to the patients and their family.