Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines counselling as a well-focused process, limited in time and specific, which uses the interaction to help people deal with their problems and respond in a proper way to specific difficulties in order to develop new coping strategies. A doctor-patient relationship formed when a doctor attends to a patients medical needs and this relation built on trust, respect, communication and a common understanding of both doctor and patients (1). As a patient, being counseled in a good manner enables you to obtain sufficient information about your health problem, symptoms and available treatment, then how to deal properly and cope with the disease. Research Methodology: This is a descriptive hospital-based cross-sectional study. Results: 7% considered their doctor to be very rude 8-10, while 27% considered their doctor to be kind 1-3. The remainder 66% were rather neutral, assessing their doctors at between 4 and 7 on the rudeness scale. 85% answered yes when asked if their doctors explained their illness to them. Most of those (78%) were very satisfied with their doctors explanation, 3% were very dissatisfied with it and 10% were neutral on the topic. 100% of our participants answered Yes when asked if their doctors explained the function(s) of their medication. 100% were very satisfied with the aforementioned explanation. 26% of our participants had only been with one doctor, 74% had seen at least 2 doctors in their lifetime. Despite this, only 7% of them had changed doctors due to them not liking the way their doctors treated them. The findings were consistent with data pertaining to the education of parents of children with VSD. Conclusion: Conclusion: our research showed that patients were not very knowledgeable in regards to their illness. It also showed that not enough medical doctors sufficiently teach their patients of their illness.

VSD

Councelling

Sudan