Question

One day Chetan’s mother developed a severe stomach ache all of a sudden. She was rushed to the doctor who suggested for an immediate endoscopy test and gave an estimate of expenditure for the same. Chetan immediately contacted his class teacher and shared the information with her. The class teacher arranged for the money and rushed to the hospital. On realising that Chetan belonged to a below average income group family, even the doctor offered concession for the test fee. The test was conducted successfully. 

Answer the following questions based on the above information: 

(a) Which principle in optics is made use of in endoscopy? 

(b) Briefly explain the values reflected in the action taken by the teacher. 

(c) In what way do you appreciate the response of the doctor on the given situation? 

Answer 1

(a) Total internal reflection: If a light ray enters at one end of an optic fibre coated with a material of low refractive index, it refracted and strikes the walls at angle greater than critical angle. Thus light rays shows multiple reflections, without being absorbed at the side walls. 

(b) The teacher knows that Chetan belongs to a below average income group family, so he/she immediatelly arranged the money required to be paid as test fee. His/her caring and helping attitude towards the others resulted in timely help to Chetan’s mother. 

Such helping attitude on the part of the person living in the society make it a better society to live in. 

(c) Seeing the situation of Chetan’s family and helping attitude of class teacher, doctor took the sympathetic view of the situation, and give the reduction in fee, which is highly appreciable. Such professional ethics of doctor in the society would be an immense help to the person’s belonging to below average income groups.