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On the doctor’s day the Hon. Minister of state, for the department of health and family welfare; Govt. of India, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, felicitated ‘most inspiring doctors of India’; at a glittering function at New Delhi.I was fortunate to be one of them.The ‘Economic Times’ published a coffee-table book featuring all the awardees on the occasion. Here is the one-liner that I had to say on the occasion, which ET used as a caption –“Inspiration in physiology is, breathing in, for ourselves. Inspiration in real life is, making people believe that everyone can conquer, every summit, themselves. You could spend your life inspiring yourself, or inspiring others. Take your pick.”

Stop peeping in to the consultation room when the doctor is seeing another patient.Stop asking for opinions to complex problems on whatsapp or phone.Stop verbal and physical abuse of doctors and hospital staff.Please wear appropriate clothing to hospital. Bermuda and banian is annoying.Keep the hospital environment and the room clean. Don't spit or throw cotton swabs or bottles around.During a consultation keep your reports organized so that it is easy for the doctor to go through them quickly.Ask the doctor how he or she is doing. Greet them with a smile.Don't record a doctors consultation without permission. It is not some kind of spy mission or sting operation.Stop asking your politician, IAS officer or relative in the hospital to put pressure on the doctor to get your work done faster.Allow the doctor to eat his meals on time. A well fed doctor will be able to see you properly.If something is nagging you for days or weeks and is not an emergency, please dont land up at your doctor's house at 10 pm on a Saturday night and asked to be seen immediately.These are some of things that a patient or caregiver can do to make a doctors life better.

I visit a Tokyo cardiologist once every 2 months.Being an old fart, I have a set routine that adds some interest to an otherwise boring afternoon of shuffling between waiting rooms, waiting for blood tests, pissing in cups, etc.Soon as the tests are finished, I walk about 400m to get a cup of coffee at a Japanese chain (Doutor) I only ever visit 6 times a year, on heart-doctor day.Standard foamTwo months ago I again went through those same old ropes and on the way out of the coffee shop I pointed at the coffee, gave a thumbs-up sign and nodded my thanks to the barista for a particularly well-crafted coffee.Last Friday, two months later, I’m back to see the same doctor, the same chemist and the same coffee shop. I ordered the same coffee and that same barista I’d nodded to 60 days ago, who wasn’t even working the counter, must have spotted me and rushed to the coffee machine to fill my order.Here’s what she made and passed to the girl at the counter to hand me.She’d waited 2 months to return the complimentI know for sure, two months from now, if she’s there, I’ll get a big beaming smile and a damn fine cup of coffee. Quite likely, not a word will pass between us.Only in Japan.