Strangely India is not a country where your qualifications, resume and publications matter much when it comes to your selection for a particular job in a big hospital, especially in the private sector. It’s usually by the word of mouth – the word of peers and colleagues most of the times and occasionally that of a minister, politician or a bureaucrat especially if he/she happens to be your father-in-law or father that will place you on the high pedestal. Unfortunately most of us are not related even remotely to the driver/watchman or a milkman of any of the above mentioned dignitaries and we need have to work our way through sheer grit and determination and against all odds.
One can always tactfully hide any talent one possesses or doesn’t possess, but it is extremely hard to conceal one’s surgical talent or the lack of it. We little realize the fact that we are constantly being…
