It’s ironic that while hospitals have counselors for patients, the same provision is often lacking for the doctors. Stretching his limits to the utmost, serving more number of patients a day than could be considered sane, the Indian doctor works under extreme stress. And it’s showing. Emotionally exhausted, high on stress As Dr.Keerthi Pai, a […]
A response made by PGIMER(Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research), Chandigarh to an application by The Indian Express under the RTI ACT shows that between 1994 and December 31, 2014 six resident doctors had contracted tuberculosis among mortuary staffers. One came down with Hepatitis B. Though the various AIIMS and PGIMER hospitals across […]
Drama unfolded at the Christian Medical College and Hospital(CMCH) in Ludhiana when a patient’s relatives protested for more than two hours, alleging negligence. The incident occurred on Monday. 42 year old Hazara Singh was a resident of the Bonkar Village, Mattewara. He was admitted to CMCH on 7th June after a heart attack he suffered […]
The government spending “a measly” Rs.82 to provide a doctor with food during duty hours is “quite unfair.” It has to be raised to Rs.150 so that better quality of food could be served in hygienic conditions- something said by Dr.G. Srinivas, the president of the Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association. The doctor made the statement […]