India celebrates its Independence Day every year on 15th August, commemorating its freedom from British rule in 1947. It is the day that all Indians pay homage to our freedom fighters and leaders for their immense contribution that led to freedom of our country. In this democratic country, everyone from a homeless person to the president of India have right to exercise their freedom. Then why are doctors suppressed from their professional freedom? In a country where there is just about 1 doctor for 1700 patients, the Doctors are always over worked and swamped with patients.
This leads to a minimal or no family life along with lots of personal sacrifices from missing family member’s birthday to their child’s birth. Nowadays, the biggest stress for doctors are medico-legal issues. And, it is not without any reason. Doctors are being blamed for mistakes that others make. Many untoward…