Quota any day, to keep the doctor away

What happened in Mumbai is a crying shame. Beating up life-saving doctors with whole world watching sends the wrong signal to the world. What were the Mumbai cops thinking? That they could hammer doctors into submission? Almost every medico-legal case requires the attestation of a government doctor. I have heard of stories about how an […]

The Price of Your Life

One of the leading national news channels is doing a special report on medical negligence this week. I’m not surprised that there was the need.Reservations and ‘payment seats’ rule medical education in the country. Probably reservations for the weaker sections of the society in undergraduation make sense. But what sense does it make to hold […]