A lot has been said about the entrenched corruption, institutionalized unethical practices in medicine, involving prescription of unnecessary tests, surgeries, or un-necessary admission to hospitals, either for commissions or to meet the targets, forcefully imposed upon the doctors, by the hospitals. Apart from the damage caused by these obvious manifestations of corruption, … [Read more...]
Dengue Hasn’t Hit For The First Time, And It Won’t Be The Last Either. So Who Is At Fault?
Yes, all those who are suffering from this horrible disease or whose closed ones are facing these difficult times, and even those who are petrified of seeing the gargantuan figures related to dengue must be having this question in mind. At least people living in Delhi-NCR region are constantly in fear. I wonder when the population of mighty ‘Aedes Agypti’ will hear our … [Read more...]
His Daughter Studies Medical, And He Begs On The Street. It’s His Punishment For What He Did!
Every day I saw him sitting at the same place asking the passersby to give him a penny or two. He looked decent, didn’t have any sort of disability but still why did he resort to begging? I always thought about asking question this question to him, but then the busy life we lead hardly allows us to stop and ask people like him. I always dropped him whatever little I was left … [Read more...]
The Story Of Every Indian Student – Prepare For Engg Or Medical, Or Become A Useless Student.
“Engineering or medical?” texted an old friend. “Er. Verma Sir. The best Chemistry tutor in the city.” Read out a pamphlet. “What I’ll teach you next has got nothing to do with your CBSE syllabus, but it will help you to crack your competition exams”, said the school mathematics teacher. “The new batch for IIT preparations starts from Monday”, said a pre-recorded voice … [Read more...]
The Indian Health Care System is completely flawed and AIIMS is the best example for it
When we got our independence, the first thing our planners did was to build heavy industries. The Health and education sections were sadly neglected. The result is, still we have poor HDI. The human capital was never developed. As a practicing intern at AIIMS, the weak health system of India is starkly visible to me. Even for minor illness like PID (Pelvic Inflammatory … [Read more...]