I don't believe in dignity of anyone, starting from the Pope downwards.
Long gone are the days of doctors being gods (dakhilak 7akim...)
If there are grounds for prosecution he should be prosecuted.
Whether he should be jailed during trial or not ? this is a technical issue discussed between his lawyer, the prosecutor and the court.
Who is saying Doctors are Gods? Medicine and having pt's lives in your hands dictate that a physician be protected and have ease of mind to provide the best care possible. A doctor can't properly do his/her job if there are people watching his every action and monitoring every step he makes. Sometimes risky decisions have to be taken, and having a potential lawsuit on the back of your mind will make you think twice before proceeding to anything, potentially leading to harming the patient.
This is where I disagree with you, this is not a sacred profession.
Nothing should be beyond reach.
I don't know on what basis the prosecutor arrested him, probably he managed to consider the case as criminal investigation...But I am unable to determine the legal ground he was based on. Anyway the doctor has no doubt a lawyer and the LOP and most probably he will be released on bail until the trial.
It is a sacred profession whether you agree or not. You don't get decide on the matter with all due respect. Medicine is the noblest profession in human history, and doctors need be protected if to provide the best care possible for their patients.
And in the field of medicine, misdiagnosis does occur. If we are to explain to you the checks and balances in the field, you would reconsider your position. First, a differential diagnosis is made, and potential diagnosis excluded one by one, till at the end a proper diagnosis made. This can take from a few minutes to weeks, and it is common and perfectly acceptable in the medical community. Patients may deteriorate or have complications in the meantime, and this sometimes constitute one piece of the puzzle ultimately leading to a diagnosis. Other times, a simple physical exam will suffice to establish a diagnosis.
Medicine, in its history, was built on trial and error. That's how medicine managed to evolve and patient care improved. Many patients died on the operating table before many of the current surgical techniques were created. Would any of those surgeons been jailed for killing the patient, medicine might still be in the dark ages and not have evolved. This many sound inhuman, but Medicine evolves by mistakes and trial and error. A lot of physicians take risks when creating new treatment modalities or new surgical techniques. If they have to worry about lawsuits and jail for every misstep they take, say goodbye to new inventions and advance in care.
As for the doctor being released on bail, you'd wish. The gynecologist arrested few years ago was held for a couple of months before he was found innocent and released. In Lebanon, the media is the judge and jury.
No one should be jailed if not guilty. But sometimes there are cases all over the world when police arrest suspects and investigate them then present them to a judge who decides whether to grant them bail or not. DSK was arrested and jailed for several days based on simple accusations from the hotel maid.
That does not apply to medicine and malpractice cases.
Clearly you are still missing the point...This is an example from a country where no one is above the law and no one is granted special treatment when a harm is done.
"Los Angeles prosecutors won't make a special exception for Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician accused of administering a lethal cocktail of painkillers and anesthetics to Michael Jackson, and want to charge the physician and hold him overnight just like any other accused perp, sources told ABC News.
Sources said the district attorney will file involuntary manslaughter charges against Murray on Monday.
Murray either can surrender unconditionally or he'll be arrested wherever the LAPD finds him. He'll then be sent to jail while he awaits bond and arraignment -- which may take a day -- and then he'll be released, assuming he makes bail."
Clearly it's you who is missing the point. This is a criminal case. What this Dr did was criminal. He administered narcotics outside the scope of medical indications.
Since you are so keen on mentioning the US medical field, in the US physicians are protected by having malpractice insurance costing them thousands of dollars per year. Whenever a malpractice case is opened, all sides are forced to sign no disclosure agreements, and usually the insurance company settles with the plaintiff if the physician was found at fault, and depending on the degree of the error and the gravity of the consequence. If no deal could be reached, it many reach the courts, but still the doctor is not jailed nor anyone allowed to disclose anything about the case nor even mentioning the doctor's or the patient's names.
Lebanese people need to realize that medical mistakes happen, are common, and will occur even with the best physician whether in US, Cuba or Switzerland. That's how this field works. The same disease can manifest differently in 2 individuals. One might get this symptom, the other might get another symptom. It's not always a clear cut issue of A+B=C so D cures C, far from it. Whenever a malpractice is suspected, a malpractice lawsuit is filed. Either it's solved amicably or it goes to a medical findings committee and disciplinary actions undertaken if the doctor found at fault. in all of this, the security forces have no role anywhere, except if a criminal behavior is suspected.
Moreover, between physicians themselves, medical errors are discussed on routine basis. M&M (Morbidity and Mortality) sessions occur once per week to once per month, and doctors from various disciplines meet and discuss what went wrong and how to avoid it next time. Sometimes, the doctor who made the mistake is crucified by his peers, other times it is used as means to improve patient care and detect the specific area of fault in the machine which led to the problem so it gets fixed.
Now can this witch-hunt be laid to rest?