Many senior Indian doctors are getting burnt out. They have spent a long time mastering clinical medicine, but unfortunately, lots of them find that practicing medicine is no longer as rewarding as it used to be in the past! They are getting squeezed between many forces, and they find they are powerless to handle these. Patients are now thinking of themselves as healthcare consumers. Not only have they become much more demanding, they no longer trust doctors, and will often resort to violence if their patient does not recover, in spite of the doctor’s best efforts.
Private hospitals are run by corporates, who want to maximize their profits. Doctors are treated as paid employees, who are encouraged to meet their targets, rather than focus on providing high-quality clinical care to their patients. This loss of autonomy can be very demoralizing. Private practice has become very…
