Couple of days ago, a patient was admitted in a renowned hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi complaining acute fever. After formal checkup it was diagnosed by a doctor on duty that it was a viral infection that caused fever. Patient is an employee of renowned company and that hospital is on the panel of his company. Patient remain admitted in that hospital for two days and had moved to another hospital as his condition could not be improved as platelets in the blood was continuously being decreased while fever was dropped down. Surprisingly, duty doctor did not come to see his patient and was giving instructions to paramedical staff for medication. Patient was being given antibiotics and when that patient moved to another hospital, doctor of that hospital remarked that on viral fever, antibiotics are not given and continuous decrease of platelets was a side effect of antibiotics. This is sheer negligence of a doctor who did not come to see his patient in person and took it very light which could lead to worst condition of that patient. Administration of that hospital should take serious note of such behavior of doctors. FAISAL ANSAR Karachi Published in Daily Times, December 11th 2018.