Ravi is a committed doctor and works in a local government mental hospital. He is very well aware of the fact that the doctors should not disclose the secret information of their patients to anyone. Disclosing the information and ailment history of patient without her/his permission is against the professional ethics of any doctor.
One day a women visit him for the check up. After regular check up Ravi came to the conclusion that she suffers from traumatic mugging which require her adjustment in the medication she is prescribed to control anxiety and mood swings. In certain severe conditions she can even harm others physically and mentally. In the worst situation she can be a threat to the lives of others as well. On further inquiry she told that she works is the nearby school. Ravi was surprised to know that she is a teacher in the same school where his 8 year old daughter is enrolled.
After she leaves, Ravi immediately calls her daughter and asks the names of teachers that are teaching her. He gets disturb to know that lady that came for the check up is the class teacher of his daughter.
Ravi’s daughter seems very happy in her school and he cannot violate patient confidentiality by informing the school of a teacher’s mental illness but he is not comfortable with a potentially unstable person in a position of influence and supervision over his eight year old daughter and other students.
What should Ravi do?
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