Doctor’s Empathy Heals Half The Illness

Last week, this scribe had a bitter experience during a visit to Bir Hospital's gynaecology department. I went to the hospital for a Pap smear test. After coming to know that four women die of cervical cancer each day in Nepal, I was extremely anxious and decided to take the test. I was afraid of potentially developing symptoms before I could do anything, so a test was necessary because prevention is always better than a cure.