Being a Doctor in India the medical profession has been traditionally considered as a respectable, stable, and evergreen career choice in India. With more than 360 medical colleges, India produces more than 50,000 fresh medical graduates every year. During past few decades, health care landscape has rapidly transformed and so have the Indian economy and the society. Health care has also become more technology centric, expensive, urban-focused, and privatized.
Most metropolitan cities and tier 1 and 2 cities are flustered with corporate-owned tertiary care hospitals. However, rural population is largely uncovered from this boom and people have to travel long distances to get proper medical treatment. Even the urban communities are devoid of quality community-based health facilities, and population is dependent on tertiary care hospitals for minor illnesses and primary health care needs.…
