Doctors’ Day Special: Healing the Healer- How to Reverse the Trend of Short Life Span of Doctors? Wish you all very happy Doctor’s Day. As we celebrate the birth and death anniversary of late Dr. Bidhan C. Roy as Doctors' Day on July 1, 2019, it is the right time for all doctors/healthcare professionals to take a look at their own health and wellness and ensure to heal the healer.
To be a medical professional is a great privilege that is looked upon with respect and interlaced with humility, as doctors have been bestowed the noble responsibility of looking after patients. From medical college to residency and from trainees to medical specialists/super-specialists, doctors have had a certain job security and most of them eventually earn decently well. Yet, the life expectancy of doctors is 59 years as compared to 67.9 years of an average person in India. Doctors are expected to live…