On the issue of prescriptions, doctors in the public sector generally feel no direct impact from the sale of drugs. Specialists in premier private hospitals, on the other hand, treat affluent local patients or medical tourists, who have more options when it comes to their treatment plan, as well as the purchasing power to obtain patent drugs. Even though not all doctors are easily swayed by incentives from pharmaceutical companies into handing out more prescriptions than are necessary, the crux of the matter is that this mutually beneficial relationship between drug manufacturers and doctors is undoubtedly a conflict of interest in medical practice.