No, the patient cannot dictate any doctor, to follow their protocol. According to the requirements of Clause 7.7 of the IMC Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations, 2002, the name of the doctor will be erased from the register of MCI, if he/she is found to have signed or given under his name, any certificate, report, etc. which is false or deceptive. The provisions of Clause 7.7 are reproduced hereunder:

Signing Professional Certificates, Reports and other Documents: Registered medical practitioners are in certain cases bound by law to give, or may from time to time be called upon or requested to give certificates, notification, reports and other documents of similar character signed by them in their professional capacity for subsequent use in the courts or for administrative purposes etc. Such documents, among others, include the ones given at Appendix –4. Any registered practitioner who is shown to have signed or given under his name and authority any such certificate, notification, report or document of a similar character which is untrue, misleading or improper, is liable to have his name deleted from the Register.