Technology has produced tremendous medical advances, what are some of the disadvantages?

 

It is fair to say that with all this technological advances there must be negatives that come along with it,this include

• for instance in the medical field disease diagnostic machines have been found to give wrong diagnosis,this amchines machines mainly run on programmes and one programme may give a wrong diagnosis of diseases with almost similar sysmptoms
• technology has also made healthcare very expensive.the cost of bringing up this kind of equipment has been passed on to patients,instruments like radiography machines are so expensive that some countries may not be able to afford.
• the use technology in treatment of cancer[radiography] causes massive side effects on patients and thus become even more harmful and dangerous to human life.this is also the result in using laser technology during brain surgeries which destroys other body cells and tissues.
• technology has also enabled the manufacture of biological weapons which are a threat to life.biological weapons have been used in war in Syria and in japan during the world war 2 and its effects are still evident till today.
• the use of technology requires human expertise and there being a limited number of this professional,this machines become less efficient,wen they breakdown it takes a long period of time to repair them especially when they are being used in third world countries.
• another disadvantage is that with the advent of technology in the medical sector the human element of health is being neglected,there is a continuous effort to replace humans with robots in the work place and this posses a treat to professionals.
• technology has also brought about the risk of data theft where personal private records can be accessed remotely by people with ill intentions through hacking.this is a constant treat to data storage centers as when data such as medical records is leaked it can have damaging effects on individuals.
• it has also brought about over reliance,they make work easier and it is easy for peolpe to get attached to them so much and thus loosing some basic human capabilities like walking and running.