The stupid education system that the Queen burdened us with. Just like Manu’s VARNAS, the even medical profession is plagued by the caste system. Presently in the descending order from the highest class to the lowest in the orthopedic hierarchy is the following, in the field of orthopedics: M.S. orthopedics DNB orthopedics DNB orthopedics Orth D Orth MBBS practicing orthopedics. Add an original MCh orthopedics from Liverpool, and you become the elite highest class and caste.

This caste system is perceived and followed not only by the paying patients and the general public but also the surgeons, teachers and those in the profession. So much so, that even the MCI recognizes only the highest caste person (ie MS) as qualified enough to be a teacher in a recognized institution. However, in real life, things are a little different. A Diploma surgeon may be a brilliant teacher, while an MS may…