Abroad at least, both data protection laws and medical profession guidelines prohibit it strictly, and the doctor would not only be fired, but could potentially lose their license and go to jail.
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Because, had this occurred in gora-land:
1- There would be an investigation on how the doctor found their FB profile in the first place?
Either they stalked a patient on FB (unlikely but very creepy and and a legal issue on its own), or they got their contact info from the front desk (more likely, and could lead to a data privacy investigation)
2- Doctors MUST seek consent before contact with patients through informal channels, such as social media.
Clearly the Celebrity's sister had come through emergency, and was certainly NOT in an position to be doing so.
3- Doctors MUST maintain separate professional and personal social media profiles, and can only contact their patients (AFTER consent) from their professional profile.
Clearly There is no indication this happened here. Because if he were the type to maintain a professional profile, he would also realise not to initiate contact before consent.
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But the fact of the matter is, we just HATE sharmeen so much, we don't give a damn about the actual situation. This was NOT your family doctor , who you whatsapp everyday about what to take for your lastest headache. This isn't even about Sharmeen herself. This is about non-celebrity sister, who went to the emergency ward, and a doctor who had no reason to contact her on social media.
The same happened last time when Chaudhry Shujaat's consultation with a doctor was leaked, we just laughed at his medical problems instead of realising the horror of what had happened.
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I think this is why Pakistani Doctor's find it so hard to get equivalence abroad, some of it may have to do with their education, but part of it has to do with the fact that professionalism is not as strictly applied here.
I have no clue if there are any specific laws preventing doctors from doing this, sure AKHU fired the doctor, but that was most likely due to pressure rather than any legal or ethical obligation.
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Truth of the matter is, had this happened to us, WE would not have been in a position to do anything about it.
Here are some links to give you a picture of how strict the application of the law is abroad, almost all the situations given in the article have no malicious intent by the medical professional involved:
https://webcache.googleusercontent....ons-on-social-media+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk