Besides all odds,there is no doubt about the availibility and capabilities of Indian doctors, which has been proved to the whole world. What we need is a visionary approach regarding the constructive use of this talent pool within our country. To have this I feel we need to have a central system enforced for the government health services all over the country, akin to defence services or railways. This will bring symmetry in pay scales, working hours of all staff and the quality of services as well. Why a doctor working in kerala or maharashtra be earning less than the one working in delhi? Also it is time that we have a sensible union health minister( Like our present president or PM), as i feel no one has done any radical impressive job till date for improving the health services of our nation.
It was a really good article, and written especially at the right time. I would suggest, that this article should come again once the Class XII results are out. I would like a cite an example of a classmate of mine. Both of us passed our Class XII exams in 1993 from Delhi. He also belongs to Delhi like me. He cleared the CBSE PM/PD exam, went to Kerala for MBBS. Now the twist in the story starts. After his MBBS, he can't appear for MD/MS exams in Kerala as he is an outsider, nor can he appear in MD/MS exams in Delhi, as he has not done his MBBS from Delhi. He is only eligible to appear for AIIMS exams. (AIIMS students have a 33% reservation in this exam.) When this anomaly was taken up to the honourable Supreme Court, nothing much was done for these select set of students. Poor souls. Moreover, people from outside the state are not welcome everywhere. The outside students are failed in 1-2 exams, and have to spend an extra 6 months pursuing the degree. So, the total degree comes in 6 years, and still not a penny to earn. I would seriously advise people against opting for a Medical degree, looking at the bleak scenario. And still doictors charge more! A common refrain.
RE:Of Indian brains and medicine
by galib on Jan 14, 2006 06:40 PM
that why if you have the scope go abroad .At least you will get what yu deserve .Here all the patient care , critical management , important intervention , clinical , investigative decisions are taken by doctors and the money is used by powerful people to satisfy their own cravings .Doctors have to unite if any change is to be made in the system .And one more thing some doctors who could not have done anything as a proffessional now advances because of his links .
Medicines are purchased just on paper. They are shown as allocated to certain centres & expended too! That's all. The money "spent" on these medicines is used by, you know what I mean.
Equipments are purchased after calling for "three" quotations. None of the specialists will be in the purchase committee. The specialist concerned is not even asked as to which brand is more suitable for the work under a given situation. They are purchased at exorbitant prices & part of this difference in price reaches the hands that have given the supply order. For example, a costly color doppler may not be needed in a rural set up. Instead, an ultrasound scanner with basic facilities would do. Our netas know nothing about the machines but finalise the contract sitting either in their own chambers or a five star hotels.
By far the latest among the netas is to "Kill" a govt med college by not equipping it with the latest gadgets thus inviting derecognition by the MCI. One can easily smell a rat wherein it is difficult to rule out the hands of those controlling local private med colleges.
In the end, med edu is costly & not affordable by many
Its indeed a struggle for graduating doctors, the only way out for them seems to be to get a good Post graduate degree, which is also limited in numbers and is very competetive to get in. Even after which they dont earn anywhere near what a fresh engineering graduate would earn at a top MNC Software company. Pity, So guess what they would do., try to make up by fleecing patients. And now you know why even for a small headache, the specialist doctor wants you to get a scan done (he gets a cut on each scan he recommends).
Its because of the sick system we have that eventually it is the common man who has to suffer, and not to mention the bright high school graduate who dreamt of being a doctor and serve the country, now only wants to make up the time and money lost at the cost of poor patients.
To take a decision of doctor/engineer on the basis of the amount one can earn is sickining and nauseating and mediocre level. The profession has to be taken as per the persons interest otherwise one land up into bigger trouble. In India the whole problem of mediocrity cropping up is this.. a peron is in the job he did not liked and in order to sustain in the system he/she will start taking shortcut and kill the persons who actually are capable. Imagine ascientist or the artitect.. I fel this profgessions are realy great but if the money one can earn could be very meager if at all! So to se the prifssion from "the money one can earn afterwards" is nothing but very sicking way of deciding the career path... one PAU BHAGI WALA will and can more earn money then even a IIT engineer that should not be crieteria. God bless this country. Nitin
RE:What a mediocre thinking....
by Atul Garg on Mar 09, 2005 08:45 PM
Hello Nitin. I do not know which profession you are in, but I sure know that you do not have a good realistic view of life or you are not old enough to be a professional as yet. How many IITians are actually in there because they love Engineering? How many IIM students are in there becoz they love management? How many mechanical engineers have you heard of continuing to do what they were educated for? I know several Electronics engineers from reputed colleges doing management afterwards and landing in marketing. When you decide a professional career in India, you have to look at earnings after completion of course and in later life. If I loved Badminton very much and I wanted to take up that as my career, I would have been struggling in India at a sports center earning 1000-3000 rupees per month and hoping that one day I can play big time events and win some sponsored events. Later in life I would become a coach earning 5000 rupees per month working very hard at the age of 45. But you cannot take up what you love as your career path in India as yet. In America or UK, Universities have sponsors and scholarships. India will develop slowly, Till then........
RE:What a mediocre thinking....
by nitin on Mar 09, 2005 09:21 PM
Young man, unfortunately this is the reality, and every body has to face it one day or the other.
RE:What a mediocre thinking....
by neha on Mar 09, 2005 06:48 PM
very true yaar....i mean what this country needs most is literacy...education to all...n what our system is trying hard to do is pull back all students from hard work as the results never seem to b proportionate to the efforts put in!
