Brutally assaulting doctors and criticizing the medical profession 364 days in a year and then celebrating Doctors day and calling them second God on a single day and then expecting doctors to continue service to humanity undeterred has become the fashion in today’s India. Doctor’s Day in India was established by the Government of India in 1991 to be recognized and celebrated every year on 1st of July as National Doctors day. In modern times of frequent assault on doctors, the celebration has become a sheer formality .
Even the darling Prime Minister of our country during his speech in London didn’t hesitate in criticizing Indian doctors for the costly medical treatment, knowing fully well that it was not the doctors who were regulating the pharmaceutical companies enjoying autonomy in price fixation. Hollow adjectives such as second God are showered lavishly and lip sympathy is given…
