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Ethics & Character · Q&A

Surgeon's ethics on lying to insurance

“I am a surgeon and I don't lie to insurance companies about the patients, because I believe as a Muslim I should not lie to anyone. As a result, some patients leave me and find someone else who can lie and operate them. How far is my approach correct?”

He answers at 57:01 in Man & Paradise · 1 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:01
to unhone yeh nahi likha ke yeh baat to aap kar rahe hain, sawal mein yeh baat to nahi hai jo aap farma rahe hain. nahi, Maulana, unhone is mein likha hai. kahan? aik second, Maulana, ab band ho gaya. unhone likha hai ke, Maulana sahib, IMA surgeon and I don't lie to insurance companies about the patients unless, because I believe as a Muslim I should not lie to anyone. As a result, some patients leave me and find someone else who can lie and operate them. How far is my approach correct? kya kya matlab hai? kya aap bhai Urdu bataiye? Maulana, un ko jab insurance companies contact karti hain, Maulana, paise ke silsilay mein to un ko pehle report submit karni parti hai insurance companies ko about the illness and surgery of the patient.
57:55
us ke baad insurance companies directly ya to hospital ko paisa deti hain ya phir patient ko baad mein check aata hai. to woh yeh keh rahe hain ke aksar aisa hota hai ke
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