Synopsis: Dermatologists at Dakshin Health Summit spoke about the rising trend of extortion: influencer patients threaten negative reviews for free treatments, discounts, or priority slots. Doctors face coordinated attacks, abuse; some file police complaints. Doctors urge for calm replies, trust word-of-mouth, report fake reviews to Google. They say, ethical practice triumphs over online blackmail.

Doctors are facing a new form of extortion: patients with large social media followings threatening negative reviews to extract free treatments, discounts, or preferential scheduling—a growing phenomenon that’s forcing medical practitioners to file police complaints and seek legal recourse.

At the second edition of South First’s Dakshin Health Summit, during a panel discussion on ‘Social

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