The doctors who are under arrest for suspected terrorism, took the Hippocratic oath. To take life, or save it?

Question

If they took the oath, is to protect all life, as far as they can, or only in their work as doctors, but not their life outside that field.

It doesn't make sense to me, to train as a doctor, to then maim people!

Toodeemo,
I was only thinking of the irony of the whole thing. A doctor saves lifes, and yet these men where prepared to take it away.
I certainly wouldn't compare them to other doctors.

Thank you for your answer.

Medinturn, thank you, I stand corrected.

Joel James, I read the oath before I asked the question.
Thank you for posting it for me and for your answer.

Answer 1

Dr's are no different to anyone else they are merely human beings, take the present news away, you have the greatest serial killer on record "Shipman", Crippin , the German "Angel of death", and countless others, but all Dr's I have met were truly dedicated people and often have to deal with thankless problems. I will continue to have faith in them

Answer 2

Most Dr's do not take the oath. Also, they were mostly trained in India and I am not sure that they hold to that idea per se.

If Doctors answered the hippocratic oath still abortion, as well as several medicines that are used for things like Cancer would not be administered because they do cause harm. the oath says "first do no harm"

Answer 3

Medics have a long history of being involved in terrorist activities from the French Revolution onwards. I would doubt if any doctors take the Hippocratic oath all that seriously. Its like a vicar being asked at his ordination whether he believes in God. It gets a bit tricky if he says 'No!'. Fortunately medics tend to be pretty awful scientists and are even more useless as technicians so their efforts at bomb making are usually a bit of a joke.

Answer 4

These people probably meant well when they began their career as doctors. They were surely waylaid by the masters of Islamic terrorism who poisoned their minds with disinformation and false propaganda. Once convinced, it was Allah's bidding, they would have done anything. It is so sad, so many acts of terrorism around the world get carried out "for the sake of Islam".
Why don't the right thinking Muslims speak up against such?

Answer 5

Just because someone takes an oath doesn't mean they are going to abide by it.

People in America lie in court all the time and they took an oath to tell the truth.

Answer 6

These terrorist doctors have been fed lies that to kill the Infidel they will get to paradise with all their family. They don't seem to think that God would want nothing to do with murdering innocent people. I don't think Islamic people such as these are ever open to reason. What is horrifying, as you pointed out Cassandra, is that these people must be intelligent to be doctors and yet they can commit atrocious crimes like these. How many others like them are roaming free in our Christian country? Saudi Arabia gives millions to Muslims in this country, and the usage of this funding should be monitored closely by our security services. There are many Muslims here who are dedicated to Islamising our islands by any means.

Answer 7

this is the hippocratic oath. you may read this to find your answer...

swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

Answer 8

I completely agree, but just wanted to point out that they probably didn't take the oath. Most doctors don't, these days.

Answer 9

Dont you think it's kind of silly to even compare these doctors to real doctors? The idea that doctors are under "scrutiny" for the acts of terrorists shows how programmed we have become to the rantings of demented government. These people are terrorists. What their background is has nothing to do with anything, and even less to do with the millions of doctors around the world who would never have anything to do with them.

Answer 10

Not to defend what they did, just to correct what you stated--many physicians do not take any oath, Hippocratic or otherwise, now prior to obtaining their license. Many medical schools do not use oaths during training.