I believe one will find that this conditioned practice has become terribly commonplace the world over - especially within the framework of the more developed medical/healthcare systems.
People run off to emergency rooms, doctor's offices, clinics unnecessarily......almost always for such trivial and non-essential reasons - putting a load on already overworked, strained and understaffed systems [everywhere].
Adding to the hardships of all, the abundance - and the unnecessary prescriptions thereof - of pharmaceuticals is made easy.....yet, preventive care or alternative treatments are never explored......especially within the realms of modern Western allopathic practices.