Today, the investment is in lakhs of rupees, and for post-graduate entry into the choicest of branches, the investment amount is in multiples of 1 crore! (1 crore is 10 million, and 65 Indian rupees is equivalent to 1 USD). How can society then expect today's newly graduating doctor to be altruistic, to treat patients at low cost, to be charitable? Their first goal will be to get back their investment, not to give free treatment, right? Thus, society has reaped what it sowed.
Today's doctors are not the brightest students either ... those who have deep pockets, regardless of their intellectual levels are doctors today, while the truly deserving student with an economic disadvantage is often the one who misses out on becoming a doctor. So, you not only have avarice, but also incompetence added to your pot of miseries. Coming now to the media: in India, doctors were at the receiving end…
