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So true. Not just going to market, but most activities that folk used to "dress up" for. I'm as guilty of this as anyone, but sometimes lament the passing of an era when folk took more pride in their appearance.
When my beloved mother graduated from nursing school, nurses were expected to wear a white uniform/dress, white nylons, startlingly white shoes, and a nurse’s cap. It was a simple way to help patients and others in the medical setting know to whom they were speaking. I believe this attire began to vanish with the advent of the Internet in the 1990s. Pity. Kudos to you, Dr. Dhand, for maintaining impeccable standards of dress, ethics, and care!
My aunt was a nurse who died of breast cancer in 1980. She had lost a lot of weight. My mother suggested to her BIL that she be buried in her nurse’s uniform because of the longer sleeves. When the nurses she worked with heard that, they came to the funeral in their uniforms. It still makes me cry when I think about it.
I graduated from Nursing school in 1971. It was around the last of the days you describe. I wore a white uniform with white hose and white nursing shoes. I was required to wear my school cap and my beautiful school pin. It was a little hard for me to pull off since I was up early and was not a morning person. I rejoiced the day we were no longer forced to wear a cap. In truth, my cap served no function other than to waste my time putting it on with bobby pins and spread germs from patient to patient. It was not something that could be routinely washed. So getting rid of the cap was a huge relief for all nurses. However, the tradition was sweet and I know patients liked them. But they did not protect me nor the patients. But I still wore a uniform until my last day of work. But it was purple 🙂
When I was a teen, I gained weight and my mother sent me to a doctor to help me loose weight. Luckily there were no drugs for weight loss back there - just diet pills which were essentially speed but were not prescribed to kids back in those days - I am going back 55 years, so we just talked about diet. He was fat. Despite the fact that I was a teen, because he was fat, I listened to him NOT. I already knew about dieting but I was addicted to sugar - different animal from a diet plan and counting calories. I left his office and headed for the grocery store on my way home.
I loved working in ICU. We came in street clothes, entered a locker room and changed into fresh scrubs every time. Then we go in to scrub up for about 10 minutes. If we had to leave the unit we would don a lab coat over our scrubs. So much easier and cleaner to dress in the hospital.
I’m a nurse and at my work.. the front office staff , phone staff and other dept wear scrubs. It drives me nuts .. no way for anyone walking into the clinic to distinguish who’s who. 😒😒
Unfortunately, I dont repect many doctors anymore....actually, very few. I have ALL respect for you Dr.Dhand, and thank you for all you do as a real doctor with real integrity.
I don't know why, but it reminds me of parents who tell their kids, "Don't do as I do, do as I TELL you to DO"," Example, example, and example are the top three ways to teach a principle. I evaluate and appreciate "good advice" no matter where it comes from, but it does seem incongruous when the physician doesn't follow their own advice.
Doctors in hospitals in Scotland wear own casual clothes and you only know they are doctors if you can see there ID badge on a lanyard, I don’t like it, I would prefer if they wore a white coat, 🏴
As a Cardiologist here in NY, I wear sport jackets almost every day... Ties... even bow ties.......I have had many people especially women say most of the Dr's I have seen dress like slobs...I cant speak to them for as a professional and a adult man, I chose to live my life and be in my profession according to my values.....On a personal note I have learned that first impressions go a very long way in todays society.
When I was stationed in Spain, 1974 or there abouts, I was watching an excavator dig foundations for a new apartment building and at the end of the day the operator climbed out of the cab and un-zipped his coveralls and walked away in a suit and tie with fedora.
I'd say in the UK Doctors (GPs and in hospitals; also Dentists) often wear casual/smart casual. I'll concede on this issue of the importance of dress (because maybe Dr Dhand is correct) although I grew up with the culture that taught me to never judge a person by the way they dress: my Mother used to say to me - it's the men in suits that are so often the ones we should be wary of. From another perspective, I perceive that it does raise questions that if they are sloppy in the way they dress, maybe they are sloppy in their work too.
My doctor wears jeans and a t-shirt. Me? I wear scrubs because I have a respect for the profession. And I'm also a surgeon. When my doctor enters the examining room he calls me Steven. I asked him politely not to call me Steven. My name is Dr. Penny. After I said this, when he answers the examining room, he doesn't say anything. He doesn't call me anything. I know a very famous judge; supreme Court of Arkansas and I always call him your honor or judge. There has been a huge denigration in the way we address people this world. I have three trauma teams. For example, I have a nurse name Lidka Kafarska. I call her nurse Kafarska. In my home in Poland, city center, it takes me approximately 2 hours to go from one side to the other because most people know me and they always call me doctor. I get on a train and they say hey Doctor how are you? On a lighter note, I always buy my patients flowers. Every patient.
I really don't like it when staff calls me by my first name, as if I'm 12. Often, it's a nurse or clerk that is young enough to be my grandchild. It's infantilizing and disrespectful. As a patient, it's not really possible to correct them. That means I will pay later, because I'm at their mercy. Thank you for highlighting this issue.
We had an older gentleman at church and he wore a suit everyday to work even on casual Friday and when he retired on his last day everyone dressed up in there suits
The problem with dressing up like that and having more authority is what if the Doctor who does that still believes lies that diabetes type two is irreversible, that sugar and carbs are OK to eat, that processed food is OK in moderation, etc. etc. etc. Lie after medical lie after medical medical lie.
MOST people, especially now, Looking like they rolled out of bed! Sad. No fitted clothing, too heavy to wear. Wrinkles, too lazy to iron. Absolutely, no class and self respect or standards.
Many of these comments seem to be petty, BUT a doctor or lawyer is always held to a higher criteria/standard of professionalism, so tats, piercings, sloppy dress, being overweight, smelling like tobacco, etc are telling signs that the professional is not who they claim to be (hypocrite), are not following their own standards (unauthentic) or just dont care (unconscious). ALL BAD so I would not get near them or refer them.
I am 77 and living in Canada. When I was young I've never forgotten that my mom told me that when I go to the doctor, dentist or anyone professional that I should go dressed looking the way I expect to be treated. I still do and sometimes feel out of place because the doctors are dressed in casual pants, shirt and shoes and most patients look like they've not even bothered to shower and put on clean clothes. Also, I would never call my doctor by his first name which I hear a lot now. Things have definitely changed and not for the better.
Yes, always treat a medical appointment like a business meeting, dress presentable, have your notes in hand. I also agree with Dr. Dhand that having a nurse practitioner as the health-care go to is superior.
Call me old fashioned, but dressing shows respect for one’s profession and the patients they serve. Sad day to see everyone’s helping around hospitals these days.
I wish old fashioned would make a comeback 😢. Even so many people don't dress up nice for church like they used to, and there was a time when kids dressed nice for school, too.
I just came from the ER and every doctor was wearing his own clothes. I didn’t even know that they were doctors , it was street Casual , Run to the store clothing ; the badge that they showed me was the only identifier.
Good point. I wore suit and tie while taking classes in the college of agriculture except for field work. As a preacher, when in a church, we dress appropriately too. When visiting patients, it's also best to dress appropriately otherwise the staff and patients take what you say less seriously. My work is as serious as it gets. However, I don't want to dress up so much as to intimidate my clients.
I do judge a book by its cover as usually I find the more care people take in their appearance, the more care they take of everything else. I obviously don't mean the OTT fakeness lots of people go for.
I think the lack of standards regarding the nurses attire is worse. I recently spent 3 weeks in hospital (Canada) and the nurses, in a word, looked slovenly and were not fit for purpose. Isn't part of their job the ability to start an IV? Mine had to be started by either a Dr. or a competent nurse from Emerg. She didn't even need a light and I am very thankful for her skill.. I might mention also that the lack of housekeeping standards didn't help and for added fun visitors children running amok in the halls. Luckily my room was private so I could close my door. The state of health care in Canada is appalling, but both of my Drs were well dressed and competent surgeons who I saw only wore scrubs in tbe OR. Love your no nonsense content.
There should not be children on adult floors. Some teaching hospitals don't allow nurses to start IV's because the interns are needing the experience so they supposed to do it. If it is a private hospital then nurses do it.
Over the 3 weeks several nurses had a go at me. If I remember correctly only 3 pokes a day were allowed and once the IV was in they left it in until it blew. They called me a "hard start" so it must have been my fault that they had no skillset. Please don't try to make excuses for incompetence.
If your hospital is like the US most floor nurses don't have enough experience with starting IV's as they're usually started in the ED before admission and here in the US most IV's can stay in place for 96 hours unless they need to be changed for whatever reason. I work in the ED in the US and we often get called to start IV's on the floors...and yes I have been called to ICU and NICU.
My Dr. Wears nice slacks and a nice button-up shirt and nice dress shoes. In fact, I always tell him he looks nice. I guess Im one of the lucky ones. And he's kind and caring.
I thought doctors wearing scrubs on the wards was part of infection control, however, being smartly dressed in clinic makes them look professional. Standards are very poor nowadays which leads to lack of confidence in medical staff.
I totally agree. I don’t think it’s a minor issue at all. When I had to go to the emergency room a few years ago I had no idea who was a nurse, PA, doctor, phlebotomist, etc. everyone had sloppy scrubs. The medical personnel also tend to not introduce themselves and let you know who they are which is very unprofessional and actually rude. I want to know who is taking care of me.
I'm in a happy and silly mood, and a song popped into my mind when you spoke about doctors wearing scrubs. The song is "No Scrubs" by Unlike Pluto. 🎶😅😂🤣
OK, I agree with this in general, and I have seen the same decline of professional appearance in the law profession. However, I recall reading that a doctor's necktie is a raging pathogen vector. Do we really need ties? (I hate bowties, so that's also a no-go).
I don't notice what they wear but I do notice how rude 90% of them are to me. They won't order scans for injuries so I just have to put up with the pain
And I've seen them going in the hospital restaurant where staff & visitors go, with their stephoscope dangling from around their neck- Pathetic, like they what to show off to say I'm a doctor- its embarrasing. I've suffered badly with GP's attitudes when I've suffered for decades with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There are only a few gems and you Dr. Dhand are one. I knew one good one once but he has since passed away he was in his 80's, in his book he says he done his training here in London at Guys Hospital and remember him saying that becoming a doctor used to be a Proffession, but not anymore. I always say that they're in it for the Prestige- but not all of them.
FYI most people never find out what is causing them to be chronically fatigued for years. Sometimes it is a really common nutrient deficiency or a problem with the immune system or genetics. Most doctors like to say the syndrome is a mystery with one cause as they can't be bothered investigating. I have been to a couple of good doctors who did investigate and they did find out but future doctors ignored the results. At time my pancreas was not producing enzymes and I was very malnourished but not underweight. I recovered but the modern lazy doctor would just say "oh you're a female so it must be anxiety or IBS or chronic fatigue, maybe you should try some intermittent fasting and see if that helps."
The whole American society has become slovenly in appearance as well as behavior over the past few decades. Nobody dresses up. Everyone looks like the Underground Workers in the silent film METROPOLIS... and everyone is as depressed as they were.
NZ.. young male Dr that attended to Mr, turned up in jeans,tee and a fleece hoody.. he looked rough, non professional and immature... he could have been a man off the street..how would I know... my respect for him dropped ...
Dr.Dhand,I completely agree with you and I think it is disrespectful and abhorrent that doctors do not " dress in a professional attire; a suit,tie.Thank you,for sharing this Quite important aspect of Healthcare.
Society has been slowly dropping their standards of dress. Polo shirts have replaced sport coats and ties. Dress shoes have been replaced with Topsiders or Vans tennis shoes. I agree with the Dr. dressing a notch above most makes a good impression and makes you stand out among the poorly dressed average person.
Dr Dhand. You are a star! I wish we had doctors like you in the U.K. You are absolutely right in your views on the correct way to dress and maintain standards. Your medical advice is sound too. Thank you.🙏🌞🇬🇧
I worked in an environment that would sometimes sell thousands of dollars of equipment. Many younger, less experienced, even students would show up with shirts untucked, and shoes havent been polished in months. I would carry in my office a polishing sponge for this occasion. I was instilling the need to look professional at all times. 🤷♂️ I think doctors should always look professional and not be total slobs and I’ve seen a few that were even obese or very overweight. What kind of message are you “saying” with your appearance?
My OBGYN wore a 3 piece suit with Italian loafers, and slicked his hair back. Dr Edward Hall. He looked like a gangster, but would draw the fetus to scale on a sheet of paper. I absolutely loved that guy.
When I was in hospital I had people coming into my room and asking me medical questions. They weren’t dressed as a doctor should, or did they introduce themselves. I’ll be ready for them next time this happens!!!
Let's focus far more attention on healing rather than on how good we look. As long as a doctor wears clean, sterile clothes appropriate for the tasks performed, it's more important to spend time on preparing for work and providing good service.
I agree drs need to be clean and well groomed. However - neck ties can not be tossed in washing machines . That seems like a breeding ground for germs.
A great video & what a person wears is often judged. We dont expect to see Police, court officials & Judges wearing casual clothes. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Dr. Dhand sir. You have advised us to read the "ingredient label" (Ingredient list). Do you need to be wearing a suit and tie for me to take you seriously on that issue? I took a look at some of my favorite You Tube doctors were wearing. Most were in what I would call a dress shirt. One time Dr. Eric Berg was wearing a tie but no suit coat. Dr. Jason Fung was wearing a coat but no tie. Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Richard K Bernstein (who turned 90 this past June) were wearin T-shirts. Frankly I would almost rather a doctor or other professional be wearing pajamas than a suit and tie. Only Doctor Tony Hampton and you were wearing a suit and tie. Im more concerned with your attitude and how you treat me than I am with what you're wearing. I don't want a doctor playing dress up under the DISGUISE that you're being professional. I care a lot more about who you are than how you dress You advise people not to eat hospital food and to bring their own when a loved one is in the hospital. Do you need to be wearing a suit and tie for someone to take that advice seriously? I think not.
As a retired financial advisor for a major Wall Street firm, I absolutely concur with Dr. Dhand and others regarding dressing appropriately for our professions. There clearly is a psychological expectation of how certain professions should dress. In my case managing people’s money, I should look the part. I will also take it one step further,,,, I personally feel more professional when I am wearing my “uniform”. In the financial services industry, after almost forty years, this “Dress down” environment started in the late 90’s leading up to the “Dot Com Bubble”, and has gone down hill since. MAJOR “Kudos” Dr. Dhand for sharing your thoughts. In my opinion, you are spot on! Blessings to you and your practice?
The ob/gyn who was allocated to me as my physician during my second pregnancy looked like he was the gardener or handyman. It was disconcerting at first, but I don’t care what my doctor looks like as long as they are professional and know what they’re doing - preferably with a good bedside manner but that’s only an added bonus.
100% agreed. Now, who is making an easy to understand plan for everyday people like me to remember all I have learnt in the last month regarding LDL, Glucose, Insulin. I am trying to get off the rousavastatin.
Went to the Gp a few weeks ago and the doctor was wearing scrubs a mask and gloves. If I hadn't have been in so much pain I would have left without being seen. Contrast it with my husbands private consultation with a consultant and he had a shirt and tie on.
Suneel, I’m not sure I’m with you on this, I feel that doctors dressing more casually can facilitate a more comfortable relationship with patients, however this does not take away from your regular, informed and rational presentations that my Wife and myself have greatly benefited from. Thank you. Mike and Barb in the UK
There are no standards in the hospital I go to in Canada. I can't tell a doctor from any other medical staff as the scrubs they all wear are scruffy and look dirty. The janitorial staff I was told wear blue and they look smart and clean in comparison.
Years ago as an anesthesiologist I always wore suits to the hospital and changed into scrubs to work in the ORs. Surgeons were the same. Now sloppy MDs and RNs are usually obese and wear scrubs to and from the hospitals. There was a male RN who wore scrubs to his kid's little league games.
Where I used to work, the hospital and the dental school had two OPPOSITE policies regarding gowns! At the dental school, students would put on their gowns OVER what they were wearing when working on a patient and remove them when they left their chairside position and moved around the general public. However, in the hospital they worked on patients without gowns and put them on over their scrubs when they moved around the general public. The end result was that in the dental school, we kept telling the students to REMOVE their gowns while walking down the corridors, while at the hospital they told their students to put their gowns ON!!
Most of the doctors my husband sees, In Perth WA, are wearing shirt & tie. I'm tired of seeing so many doctors, which means we see a few. The only ones in scrubs were those who come to see him before or after surgery, I don't recall exactly which.
When I visit the health clinic the doctors are dressed as someone on the street, doesn’t make me feel very confident of my doctor. Same with teachers they dress in leggings and baggy shirts hair a mess, it’s hard to take them seriously when they appear to have no respect for their position
Here in the UK it is hard tell the difference between cleaners, porters and nurses because they seem to all wear the same ill fitting sloppy looking uniforms.
When I graduated in 1995 in nursing I started on the orthopedic floor and we wore white uniforms either a dress skirt or pants but all white and a name tag showing we were the nirse. Then I went to ED and we wore scrubs which I loved because we were often kneeling on the floor or other such issues we didn't do onnthe floor...as for people talking about contamination...everyone has the potential to transfer contaminants to others in their daily lives...most hospitals no longer have locker rooms to be able to change into and out of work uniforms that being said if you're worried walking into and out of a unit in regular clothes is the same as wearing a uniform and having to bring your clothes and somewhere to store them is not viable as lockers are small and barely hold your work bag...most hospitals provide uniforms that they pay for but still unabe to have storage...and if we did get uniforms contaminated we can get others from housekeeping to change into...If i get blood or other stuff on my uniform(which I purchase myself as I don't like the ones the hospital provides)I end up throwing them in the trash as I don't want to put them in my washer at home. I do think doctors should wear more professional attire but not in the ED where they do more procedures than on the floors.
I work in a public accounting office, and last year we were told that we can wear jeans and sneakers to work every day. I continue to wear my dress clothes, I refuse to treat my career like I'm merely hanging out on a Saturday afternoon. I do dress down on casual Friday, but that's it.
Great point Doctor that’s because many Doctors are woke DEI in the hospital here in Peoria Illinois your family Doctor doesn’t even make rounds you see a a hospitalist my mother needed an ear and throat specialist and was told they only see patients outside the hospital they don’t come to the hospital to see patients
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I’ve seen both doctors & nurses riding public transit in scrubs. Do these people not know anything about cleanliness & sterility?
They following the path of society who dresses in pajamas when going to the market
totally , when & why has this become a thing with the numpties ?
Very sad.
So true. Not just going to market, but most activities that folk used to "dress up" for. I'm as guilty of this as anyone, but sometimes lament the passing of an era when folk took more pride in their appearance.
Exactly!
When my beloved mother graduated from nursing school, nurses were expected to wear a white uniform/dress, white nylons, startlingly white shoes, and a nurse’s cap. It was a simple way to help patients and others in the medical setting know to whom they were speaking. I believe this attire began to vanish with the advent of the Internet in the 1990s. Pity. Kudos to you, Dr. Dhand, for maintaining impeccable standards of dress, ethics, and care!
Those were the days! Your mother I am sure was very professional
@@drsuneeldhand She was a gem. Thank you for all you do!
Totally agree. My aunt looked so awesome in her white uniform and hat.
My aunt was a nurse who died of breast cancer in 1980. She had lost a lot of weight. My mother suggested to her BIL that she be buried in her nurse’s uniform because of the longer sleeves. When the nurses she worked with heard that, they came to the funeral in their uniforms. It still makes me cry when I think about it.
I graduated from Nursing school in 1971. It was around the last of the days you describe. I wore a white uniform with white hose and white nursing shoes. I was required to wear my school cap and my beautiful school pin. It was a little hard for me to pull off since I was up early and was not a morning person. I rejoiced the day we were no longer forced to wear a cap. In truth, my cap served no function other than to waste my time putting it on with bobby pins and spread germs from patient to patient. It was not something that could be routinely washed. So getting rid of the cap was a huge relief for all nurses. However, the tradition was sweet and I know patients liked them. But they did not protect me nor the patients. But I still wore a uniform until my last day of work. But it was purple 🙂
What about doctors and nurses who are overweight and/or obese? How can I possibly take you seriously?
That's how I feel, as well.
When I was a teen, I gained weight and my mother sent me to a doctor to help me loose weight. Luckily there were no drugs for weight loss back there - just diet pills which were essentially speed but were not prescribed to kids back in those days - I am going back 55 years, so we just talked about diet.
He was fat. Despite the fact that I was a teen, because he was fat, I listened to him NOT.
I already knew about dieting but I was addicted to sugar - different animal from a diet plan and counting calories.
I left his office and headed for the grocery store on my way home.
@@debpratt52Precisely
Yep, @amybird460
I’m a RN and the stress is unbelievable and eating anything is a win. My crap diet caught up with me quick. Walk in my shoes and see what goes on.
It's a clown world. Sloppy doctors and dancing nurses.
And HOW do you explain all the FAT doctors?? Tells me that they really know a lot about being healthy!! 😂
You're a class act, doc ❤
And and and an honor to humanity ❤
I remember when they changed in the hospital
after arriving in work, but they travel to work in there uniform, big contamination, should be stopped.
I loved working in ICU. We came in street clothes, entered a locker room and changed into fresh scrubs every time. Then we go in to scrub up for about 10 minutes. If we had to leave the unit we would don a lab coat over our scrubs. So much easier and cleaner to dress in the hospital.
@@cellgrrl But now we have men dressed as women lurking in women’s locker rooms….permission given by some of our hospitals!
Dr. Dhand, you are absolutely correct!!!
I'm a nurse, and it's difficult to recognize some doctors from some patients these days.
I’m a nurse and at my work.. the front office staff , phone staff and other dept wear scrubs. It drives me nuts .. no way for anyone walking into the clinic to distinguish who’s who. 😒😒
Unfortunately, I dont repect many doctors anymore....actually, very few.
I have ALL respect for you Dr.Dhand, and thank you for all you do as a real doctor with real integrity.
Totally agree on both counts 👍
Same here. Dr Suneel Dhand is a great, professional doctors. 💝🙏👍🥰
Nurse here! I agree with you! Much respect to Dr Dhand.
Not only do they look messy, many of the doctors and nurses are vastly overweight. It's difficult to take their advice seriously.
Tell me about it - 🙄
You don't like it?
Right
yep, seen this for years!
I don't know why, but it reminds me of parents who tell their kids, "Don't do as I do, do as I TELL you to DO"," Example, example, and example are the top three ways to teach a principle. I evaluate and appreciate "good advice" no matter where it comes from, but it does seem incongruous when the physician doesn't follow their own advice.
Doctors in hospitals in Scotland wear own casual clothes and you only know they are doctors if you can see there ID badge on a lanyard, I don’t like it, I would prefer if they wore a white coat, 🏴
My favorite neurologist wears a t-shirt that says "Doctors can't fix stupid, but we can sedate it"
As a Cardiologist here in NY, I wear sport jackets almost every day... Ties... even bow ties.......I have had many people especially women say most of the Dr's I have seen dress like slobs...I cant speak to them for as a professional and a adult man, I chose to live my life and be in my profession according to my values.....On a personal note I have learned that first impressions go a very long way in todays society.
Well said. And well done!
Yes, this works. No worse turn off than medical providers in too tight scrubs, dirty shoes, fat, and bunch of tattoos.
When I was stationed in Spain, 1974 or there abouts, I was watching an excavator dig foundations for a new apartment building and at the end of the day the operator climbed out of the cab and un-zipped his coveralls and walked away in a suit and tie with fedora.
The nurses I saw today showed up in jeans and sandals. All overweight. The whole profession has fallen.
I totally agree with the doctor! Nowadays it is so hard to know who is the doctor the nurse the aid whatever.
Very true
I'd say in the UK Doctors (GPs and in hospitals; also Dentists) often wear casual/smart casual. I'll concede on this issue of the importance of dress (because maybe Dr Dhand is correct) although I grew up with the culture that taught me to never judge a person by the way they dress: my Mother used to say to me - it's the men in suits that are so often the ones we should be wary of. From another perspective, I perceive that it does raise questions that if they are sloppy in the way they dress, maybe they are sloppy in their work too.
I agree, don't think the dress part has anything to do with the state of Healthcare!
My doctor wears jeans and a t-shirt. Me? I wear scrubs because I have a respect for the profession. And I'm also a surgeon. When my doctor enters the examining room he calls me Steven. I asked him politely not to call me Steven. My name is Dr. Penny. After I said this, when he answers the examining room, he doesn't say anything. He doesn't call me anything. I know a very famous judge; supreme Court of Arkansas and I always call him your honor or judge. There has been a huge denigration in the way we address people this world. I have three trauma teams. For example, I have a nurse name Lidka Kafarska. I call her nurse Kafarska. In my home in Poland, city center, it takes me approximately 2 hours to go from one side to the other because most people know me and they always call me doctor. I get on a train and they say hey Doctor how are you? On a lighter note, I always buy my patients flowers. Every patient.
I really don't like it when staff calls me by my first name, as if I'm 12. Often, it's a nurse or clerk that is young enough to be my grandchild. It's infantilizing and disrespectful. As a patient, it's not really possible to correct them. That means I will pay later, because I'm at their mercy. Thank you for highlighting this issue.
We had an older gentleman at church and he wore a suit everyday to work even on casual Friday and when he retired on his last day everyone dressed up in there suits
The problem with dressing up like that and having more authority is what if the Doctor who does that still believes lies that diabetes type two is irreversible, that sugar and carbs are OK to eat, that processed food is OK in moderation, etc. etc. etc. Lie after medical lie after medical medical lie.
MOST people, especially now,
Looking like they rolled out of bed!
Sad.
No fitted clothing, too heavy to wear. Wrinkles, too lazy to iron.
Absolutely, no class and self respect or standards.
too lazy to iron here
Many of these comments seem to be petty, BUT a doctor or lawyer is always held to a higher criteria/standard of professionalism, so tats, piercings, sloppy dress, being overweight, smelling like tobacco, etc are telling signs that the professional is not who they claim to be (hypocrite), are not following their own standards (unauthentic) or just dont care (unconscious). ALL BAD so I would not get near them or refer them.
I agree with the petty part. Some of these comments made me sad.
I am 77 and living in Canada. When I was young I've never forgotten that my mom told me that when I go to the doctor, dentist or anyone professional that I should go dressed looking the way I expect to be treated. I still do and sometimes feel out of place because the doctors are dressed in casual pants, shirt and shoes and most patients look like they've not even bothered to shower and put on clean clothes. Also, I would never call my doctor by his first name which I hear a lot now. Things have definitely changed and not for the better.
Yes, always treat a medical appointment like a business meeting, dress presentable, have your notes in hand. I also agree with Dr. Dhand that having a nurse practitioner as the health-care go to is superior.
Call me old fashioned, but dressing shows respect for one’s profession and the patients they serve.
Sad day to see everyone’s helping around hospitals these days.
Absolutely!
I wish old fashioned would make a comeback 😢. Even so many people don't dress up nice for church like they used to, and there was a time when kids dressed nice for school, too.
Why should Americans respect work? They don't respect each other to begin with. We are taught to throw each other into the trashcan since birth.
I just came from the ER and every doctor was wearing his own clothes. I didn’t even know that they were doctors , it was street Casual , Run to the store clothing ; the badge that they showed me was the only identifier.
That’s very unprofessional
Good point. I wore suit and tie while taking classes in the college of agriculture except for field work. As a preacher, when in a church, we dress appropriately too. When visiting patients, it's also best to dress appropriately otherwise the staff and patients take what you say less seriously. My work is as serious as it gets. However, I don't want to dress up so much as to intimidate my clients.
I do judge a book by its cover as usually I find the more care people take in their appearance, the more care they take of everything else. I obviously don't mean the OTT fakeness lots of people go for.
I think the lack of standards regarding the nurses attire is worse. I recently spent 3 weeks in hospital (Canada) and the nurses, in a word, looked slovenly and were not fit for purpose. Isn't part of their job the ability to start an IV? Mine had to be started by either a Dr. or a competent nurse from Emerg. She didn't even need a light and I am very thankful for her skill.. I might mention also that the lack of housekeeping standards didn't help and for added fun visitors children running amok in the halls. Luckily my room was private so I could close my door. The state of health care in Canada is appalling, but both of my Drs were well dressed and competent surgeons who I saw only wore scrubs in tbe OR.
Love your no nonsense content.
There should not be children on adult floors. Some teaching hospitals don't allow nurses to start IV's because the interns are needing the experience so they supposed to do it. If it is a private hospital then nurses do it.
Over the 3 weeks several nurses had a go at me. If I remember correctly only 3 pokes a day were allowed and once the IV was in they left it in until it blew. They called me a "hard start" so it must have been my fault that they had no skillset. Please don't try to make excuses for incompetence.
If your hospital is like the US most floor nurses don't have enough experience with starting IV's as they're usually started in the ED before admission and here in the US most IV's can stay in place for 96 hours unless they need to be changed for whatever reason. I work in the ED in the US and we often get called to start IV's on the floors...and yes I have been called to ICU and NICU.
My Dr. Wears nice slacks and a nice button-up shirt and nice dress shoes. In fact, I always tell him he looks nice. I guess Im one of the lucky ones. And he's kind and caring.
I thought doctors wearing scrubs on the wards was part of infection control, however, being smartly dressed in clinic makes them look professional. Standards are very poor nowadays which leads to lack of confidence in medical staff.
USA hospitals can't tell the nurses from the cafeteria or cleaning staff. Everyone including drs look the same.
I think that's fine. White coats make me nervous
I totally agree. I don’t think it’s a minor issue at all. When I had to go to the emergency room a few years ago I had no idea who was a nurse, PA, doctor, phlebotomist, etc. everyone had sloppy scrubs. The medical personnel also tend to not introduce themselves and let you know who they are which is very unprofessional and actually rude. I want to know who is taking care of me.
I'm in a happy and silly mood, and a song popped into my mind when you spoke about doctors wearing scrubs. The song is "No Scrubs" by Unlike Pluto. 🎶😅😂🤣
Can we also talk about the way people dress at the airport!
Terrible!
Pajamas and slippers in public...we live in a very fallen world...and I don't care if that hurts people's feelings.
The last time I flew was back when it was special and people would dress nicely, not slovenly.
Thank you Doctor
I have seen a doctor at a U.S. hospital dressed like a Ninja
Incredible 😂
Absolutely spot on 🙏🏻
My Dr put on the pounds in the past 20 years He’s beginning to resemble the Buddha
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OK, I agree with this in general, and I have seen the same decline of professional appearance in the law profession. However, I recall reading that a doctor's necktie is a raging pathogen vector. Do we really need ties? (I hate bowties, so that's also a no-go).
Some values had to go to allow for 16 hours of screen time per day. Guess it was appearance.
Overweight and purple hair is also a issue.
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Not to mention reeking of cigarettes
Body piercing yuck.
Just get rid of your mirrors!!
I don't notice what they wear but I do notice how rude 90% of them are to me. They won't order scans for injuries so I just have to put up with the pain
And I've seen them going in the hospital restaurant where staff & visitors go, with their stephoscope dangling from around their neck- Pathetic, like they what to show off to say I'm a doctor- its embarrasing. I've suffered badly with GP's attitudes when I've suffered for decades with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There are only a few gems and you Dr. Dhand are one. I knew one good one once but he has since passed away he was in his 80's, in his book he says he done his training here in London at Guys Hospital and remember him saying that becoming a doctor used to be a Proffession, but not anymore. I always say that they're in it for the Prestige- but not all of them.
FYI most people never find out what is causing them to be chronically fatigued for years. Sometimes it is a really common nutrient deficiency or a problem with the immune system or genetics. Most doctors like to say the syndrome is a mystery with one cause as they can't be bothered investigating. I have been to a couple of good doctors who did investigate and they did find out but future doctors ignored the results. At time my pancreas was not producing enzymes and I was very malnourished but not underweight. I recovered but the modern lazy doctor would just say "oh you're a female so it must be anxiety or IBS or chronic fatigue, maybe you should try some intermittent fasting and see if that helps."
The whole American society has become slovenly in appearance as well as behavior over the past few decades. Nobody dresses up. Everyone looks like the Underground Workers in the silent film METROPOLIS... and everyone is as depressed as they were.
NZ.. young male Dr that attended to Mr, turned up in jeans,tee and a fleece hoody.. he looked rough, non professional and immature... he could have been a man off the street..how would I know... my respect for him dropped ...
The consequences are based on results.
Poor results, folk don't come back.
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WOW I've just noticed how many subscribers Dr Dhand has 👏.
Dr.Dhand,I completely agree with you and I think it is disrespectful and abhorrent that doctors do not " dress in a professional attire; a suit,tie.Thank you,for sharing this Quite important aspect of Healthcare.
Society has been slowly dropping their standards of dress. Polo shirts have replaced sport coats and ties. Dress shoes have been replaced with Topsiders or Vans tennis shoes. I agree with the Dr. dressing a notch above most makes a good impression and makes you stand out among the poorly dressed average person.
I've only had one doctor that shows up in scrubs,the rest wear a dress shirt and pants. One Dr. (older Dr ) always wore a shirt,tie and white coat.
Dr Dhand. You are a star! I wish we had doctors like you in the U.K. You are
absolutely right in your views on the correct way to dress and maintain
standards. Your medical advice is sound too. Thank you.🙏🌞🇬🇧
I worked in an environment that would sometimes sell thousands of dollars of equipment. Many younger, less experienced, even students would show up with shirts untucked, and shoes havent been polished in months. I would carry in my office a polishing sponge for this occasion. I was instilling the need to look professional at all times. 🤷♂️ I think doctors should always look professional and not be total slobs and I’ve seen a few that were even obese or very overweight. What kind of message are you “saying” with your appearance?
Mom’s neighbor, a retired registered nurse teaching at the local university. It’s no longer about the grade. It’s who has paid and must be passed.
Outstanding points being made here!
the TIE if not tucked in so it does not dangle is a big source of contamination for patients
I came here to mention that!
My OBGYN wore a 3 piece suit with Italian loafers, and slicked his hair back. Dr Edward Hall. He looked like a gangster, but would draw the fetus to scale on a sheet of paper. I absolutely loved that guy.
When I was in hospital I had people coming into my room and asking me medical questions. They weren’t dressed as a doctor should, or did they introduce themselves. I’ll be ready for them next time this happens!!!
Clean and groomed... that's all I can and should expect. Naturally, circumstances denote things but for the most part, clean and groomed
I'd settle for doctors washing their hands.
That is the point, if you cannot be bothered to present yourself well, why do you think any effort goes in to basic hygiene….
To me ,I don't care what my doctor wears..I judge them by what they know and the manner in which they tell me.
Let's focus far more attention on healing rather than on how good we look. As long as a doctor wears clean, sterile clothes appropriate for the tasks performed, it's more important to spend time on preparing for work and providing good service.
I agree drs need to be clean and well groomed. However - neck ties can not be tossed in washing machines . That seems like a breeding ground for germs.
I agree with you on this topic, Dr Dhand. It just as true for other professions, too.
Saw a man in the parking lot, hands full, letting his white coat drag on the ground as he walked to the building.
A great video & what a person wears is often judged. We dont expect to see Police, court officials & Judges wearing casual clothes. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Hospitals were more efficient when there was a Matron on wards
100 percent!
Note from the great Brian Tracy, dress like a person they would take advice from.
Dr. Dhand sir. You have advised us to read the "ingredient label" (Ingredient list). Do you need to be wearing a suit and tie for me to take you seriously on that issue?
I took a look at some of my favorite You Tube doctors were wearing. Most were in what I would call a dress shirt. One time Dr. Eric Berg was wearing a tie but no suit coat. Dr. Jason Fung was wearing a coat but no tie. Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Richard K Bernstein (who turned 90 this past June) were wearin T-shirts.
Frankly I would almost rather a doctor or other professional be wearing pajamas than a suit and tie. Only Doctor Tony Hampton and you were wearing a suit and tie.
Im more concerned with your attitude and how you treat me than I am with what you're wearing. I don't want a doctor playing dress up under the DISGUISE that you're being professional. I care a lot more about who you are than how you dress
You advise people not to eat hospital food and to bring their own when a loved one is in the hospital. Do you need to be wearing a suit and tie for someone to take that advice seriously? I think not.
As a retired financial advisor for a major Wall Street firm, I absolutely concur with Dr. Dhand and others regarding dressing appropriately for our professions. There clearly is a psychological expectation of how certain professions should dress. In my case managing people’s money, I should look the part. I will also take it one step further,,,, I personally feel more professional when I am wearing my “uniform”. In the financial services industry, after almost forty years, this “Dress down” environment started in the late 90’s leading up to the “Dot Com Bubble”, and has gone down hill since. MAJOR “Kudos” Dr. Dhand for sharing your thoughts. In my opinion, you are spot on! Blessings to you and your practice?
The ob/gyn who was allocated to me as my physician during my second pregnancy looked like he was the gardener or handyman. It was disconcerting at first, but I don’t care what my doctor looks like as long as they are professional and know what they’re doing - preferably with a good bedside manner but that’s only an added bonus.
I've seen medical staff looking scruffy, in crumpled scrubs, in hospital restaurants - it looks so slovenly, they don't give a toss!
100% agreed. Now, who is making an easy to understand plan for everyday people like me to remember all I have learnt in the last month regarding LDL, Glucose, Insulin. I am trying to get off the rousavastatin.
Hi doc,I’ve been put on statines after a stroke a couple of years ago ,can I get of the statines immediately or?
Thanks,love your work
Went to the Gp a few weeks ago and the doctor was wearing scrubs a mask and gloves. If I hadn't have been in so much pain I would have left without being seen. Contrast it with my husbands private consultation with a consultant and he had a shirt and tie on.
Suneel, I’m not sure I’m with you on this, I feel that doctors dressing more casually can facilitate a more comfortable relationship with patients, however this does not take away from your regular, informed and rational presentations that my Wife and myself have greatly benefited from.
Thank you. Mike and Barb in the UK
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There are no standards in the hospital I go to in Canada. I can't tell a doctor from any other medical staff as the scrubs they all wear are scruffy and look dirty. The janitorial staff I was told wear blue and they look smart and clean in comparison.
Years ago as an anesthesiologist I always wore suits to the hospital and changed into scrubs to work in the ORs. Surgeons were the same. Now sloppy MDs and RNs are usually obese and wear scrubs to and from the hospitals. There was a male RN who wore scrubs to his kid's little league games.
At least they're not wearing blood stained butchers aprons! 😂🤣😂🤣
Where I used to work, the hospital and the dental school had two OPPOSITE policies regarding gowns! At the dental school, students would put on their gowns OVER what they were wearing when working on a patient and remove them when they left their chairside position and moved around the general public. However, in the hospital they worked on patients without gowns and put them on over their scrubs when they moved around the general public. The end result was that in the dental school, we kept telling the students to REMOVE their gowns while walking down the corridors, while at the hospital they told their students to put their gowns ON!!
Most of the doctors my husband sees, In Perth WA, are wearing shirt & tie. I'm tired of seeing so many doctors, which means we see a few. The only ones in scrubs were those who come to see him before or after surgery, I don't recall exactly which.
How difficult is is it to iron a crease on shirts and trousers. Blue Jeans should not be worn to work even of Fridays/weekends.
Their dress is a secondary concern to me. In my entire life, NO doctor has ever asked me what I eat. That concerns me.
I don't care what they dress like as long as they are clean, honest and knowledgable.
When I visit the health clinic the doctors are dressed as someone on the street, doesn’t make me feel very confident of my doctor. Same with teachers they dress in leggings and baggy shirts hair a mess, it’s hard to take them seriously when they appear to have no respect for their position
Here in the UK it is hard tell the difference between cleaners, porters and nurses because they seem to all wear the same ill fitting sloppy looking uniforms.
Same at churches now no one dresses up. Only the odd few. Some like they just come in from gardening 😐
My late mother was a nurse in the fifties. If she and her fellow nurses were not perfectly groomed, matron wouid be on their case😊
When I graduated in 1995 in nursing I started on the orthopedic floor and we wore white uniforms either a dress skirt or pants but all white and a name tag showing we were the nirse. Then I went to ED and we wore scrubs which I loved because we were often kneeling on the floor or other such issues we didn't do onnthe floor...as for people talking about contamination...everyone has the potential to transfer contaminants to others in their daily lives...most hospitals no longer have locker rooms to be able to change into and out of work uniforms that being said if you're worried walking into and out of a unit in regular clothes is the same as wearing a uniform and having to bring your clothes and somewhere to store them is not viable as lockers are small and barely hold your work bag...most hospitals provide uniforms that they pay for but still unabe to have storage...and if we did get uniforms contaminated we can get others from housekeeping to change into...If i get blood or other stuff on my uniform(which I purchase myself as I don't like the ones the hospital provides)I end up throwing them in the trash as I don't want to put them in my washer at home. I do think doctors should wear more professional attire but not in the ED where they do more procedures than on the floors.
The standard of dress has drop. Plus you have know ideal with whom you are taking to these days .this includes the nurses.
I work in a public accounting office, and last year we were told that we can wear jeans and sneakers to work every day. I continue to wear my dress clothes, I refuse to treat my career like I'm merely hanging out on a Saturday afternoon. I do dress down on casual Friday, but that's it.
I teach cosmetology, and it drives me nuts when my students put 0 effort into their appearance, when that is what we do!
You are so correct on this point!!!!Thakyou for lettin other doctors know that this really does matter to their patients! 😊❤
They also wear these on the streets and return back on the ward.
Thx for filming this and sharing it with us.
as far as i can tell a vast percentage of the medical industry’s main concern is itself.
I wish there were a lot more true professional doctors such as you.
2 words: Flip flops.
Great point Doctor that’s because many Doctors are woke DEI in the hospital here in Peoria Illinois your family Doctor doesn’t even make rounds you see a a hospitalist my mother needed an ear and throat specialist and was told they only see patients outside the hospital they don’t come to the hospital to see patients
Cause? Corporate hospitals, that's the problem.
Why do we not see your audience? This seems very strange to me.
Either it's a room full of Wombles or they are shy 😂. Maybe they just don't want to be on TH-cam 🤷🏻♀️
Perhaps they have not given permission to be on video.
That is quite common.
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