Following up on the Delhi Doctors strike – The Indian Express has dwelled into the matter and come out with an eye-opening investigative story.  The first in the series follows Dr. M (real name withheld to protect identity), a 32-year-old Senior Resident Surgeon as he toils through his 36-hour long shift at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Central Delhi. He starts his day in the surgical emergency at 8:50 a.m., and the 36-hour shift to follow will see him taking the aid of his copy of the Sabiston Texbook of Surgery, three packets of glucose biscuits, eight bananas and two bottles of water to make it through the day and a half. The article follows Dr. M as he does 500-600 catheterisations and cannula tweaks, handles angry relatives of patients, performs a 5 hour long surgery on an abdominal tuberculosis patient, carries out desk duty at the OP where he reviews an average of 50 cases in an hour, handles two patients brought in by police, tries to get the lights in OT fixed, again performs surgery on a road accident victim, manages and saves a suicide attempt case, operates on a household burns patient, sees to a 6 year old who swallowed two beads and much more – the amount of work is without a doubt, overwhelming!!!

Read the full story here :  http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/doctors-35-hr-shift-on-8-bananas-a-toilet-in-nearby-cafe/99/

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  1. Devyanand its very true.. well said. So come forward in suppport of reducing the hours of duties and shifts too. So that the doctors can be ,”NON MECHANICAL” in their work.

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  2. Not a politically relevant group, so no one bothered about the social slaves!

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  3. I am surgeon in PP.The story is raw truth about training of MedicalPGs in India.I did my PG in surgery . Every week on emergency duty our stint in the hospital &OT was used to be 42 to 46 hrs,bcz u have to finish operative work whatever u recieved in u r emergency.

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  4. i am medicine resident and see around 400 in 8hrs emergency duty

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  5. The very truth of resident doctors life… We all have gone through it… Thanks to Indian express to bring out this story…

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  6. Good update n info. Thank you..

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  7. Can somebody tell me if our degree of M.D /M.S is comparable to what degree of U.K./USA…..sad to say after working so hard n excellent experience our doctors with these degrees are not considered for consultant status in Gulf… most patients don’t bother about status they follow good experienced doctors and they prefer Indian doctors but it is demeaning when ur own resident acquires status of consultant because they have Arab board or similar Arabic degree.. like Syrian or egyptian masters . But very limited experience ….what has medical council done for that ….nothing….Our post graduation training n then senior residency programme r equivalent to United states residency programme but we need to get it acknowledged through our medical council….let’s all make our future generations benefit from this….

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    • Rupla is confused, grant of recognition and equivalence depends on mechanism devised by different countries and testing is also in tune with the country specific . We have FMG test by MCI , Usa has USMLE which certified by ECFMG. Mind you the toughest exam to pass recorded in Guiness Book of records is MBBS in India ?

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  8. And also try to find out the amount of money they re paid…..somehow the system is very peculiar. There s money only where making money is there….not for saving a life

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  9. This may be amusing nonmedicos but it is routine for any speciality SR in government institutions. Any Unfortunate rare event in treatment care these first hand SR only has to bare brunt of angry attenders, who always expect results sometimes unrealistic. No protection for poor SRs giving everything of their lives and risks too, neither police nor has stringent laws. Only God save them. Jai Hind.

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  10. People want the fruit somehow. Who cares for the poor tree ?
    One has to make a good life his priority, his choice.
    “Respect” and “great service” means one has been exploited for free !!

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  11. Amazing young man!!!!

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  12. THANKS for giving a space ,AGREED we are on wrong side but why and what circumstances are leading to all this ?After all this Hard work in college what happenss to us ?Where we go?how we do?what compromises?how many proper respected jobs gvt. offers ?what happens to rest?IF you try n study YOU will get some answers to at least some simple questions.I thought we will never be seen in the manner YOU did ….SO THANKS AGAIN

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  13. HEAVY WORKING LOAD THE N JUNIOR RESIDENTS IS DIRECT RESULT OF TIGHT SUPPLY OF ALLOPATHIC DOCTORS BY MEDICAL MAFIA TO PROTECT MONOPOLY OF DUBIOUS DOCTORS WHICH R SAID TO B JUST BETTER THAN Q.U.A.C.K.S

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