I will not apologize to the doctors: Aamir Khan - Page 3

I never thought the profession was being vilified...wrong doings were shown and good stuff were shown...

System changes will happen if cases like these are shown and more people are aware...people will demand such things from the politicians and policy makers! Just knowing is not enough...you have to be moved enough to demand a change...I hope SMJ manages to move people into action!

Originally posted by: LifeOLicious

I never thought the profession was being vilified...wrong doings were shown and good stuff were shown...

System changes will happen if cases like these are shown and more people are aware...people will demand such things from the politicians and policy makers! Just knowing is not enough...you have to be moved enough to demand a change...I hope SMJ manages to move people into action!

Originally posted by: Nuktaacheen

the supply will always be there (even if it's lesser in numbers), if the demand is there... that is what needs to change in our society as a whole...

society of course needs to change. but change happens slowly. it took many years of campaigning to curb smoking...it still is an ongoing process...policies have only recently started to take effect! think about it...when anti smoking campaigns started the nicotine producers paid researchers/doctors to say it's good for health! LOL! smokers still complain that their rights are being violated! i just hope such a show will make people wake up and demand change! there should be follow up to these issues...otherwise it will all be forgotten by the next month and things will go back where it was! This show hopefully will be a catalyst!

Originally posted by: Nuktaacheen

i hope they can change the system... but system can't change with one episode... or people getting flared up temporarily... someone needs to take the responsibility and keep at it... until that is done, thse are temporary things... similar to people going on rallys and when the whole thing calms down, they are nowhere to be seen...

true. so i hope in the next election, people ask their politicians what they plan to do about healthcare! what changes do they plan to make! it's not just about doctors...the issue should be about healthcare system in it's entirety!

Haha typical Amir nahin bolunga kehne ke liye bhi itna socha.. itna socha.. ke almost ek week ke baad jawaab diya 😆

Originally posted by: Nuktaacheen

perhaps, aamir should have stated the stats as well... isn't that what the association is accusing him of...?

on one hand, he says these things happen... yes they do (don't see anyone denying that point)... however, portraying a picture that is mostly skewed with a few handful of doctors who really care about their patients is not the correct picture...

yes there are cases like this... but there are many more cases about the good that is associated as well... in India, most of the doctors are required to serve in underserved areas... there are many such examples... just because there are a few rotten eggs, doesn't mean the whole basket is rotten... and your very last comment implies otherwise, which is the same thing that people are complaining that aamir's show implied... which he himself claims is not true...

it's all about how the picture is presented... as i said.. many people have a tendency to go into the negatives only...

Originally posted by: LifeOLicious

society of course needs to change. but change happens slowly. it took many years of campaigning to curb smoking...it still is an ongoing process...policies have only recently started to take effect! think about it...when anti smoking campaigns started the nicotine producers paid researchers/doctors to say it's good for health! LOL! smokers still complain that their rights are being violated! i just hope such a show will make people wake up and demand change! there should be follow up to these issues...otherwise it will all be forgotten by the next month and things will go back where it was! This show hopefully will be a catalyst!

i hope so too... it's just that aamir's record in such matters is what tends to put me off... and not just aamir, even amit ji has done the same... why do celebs take up a cause when they think they'll get some benefit from it or portray themselves in good light, but then disappear when it's time to actually do something about it...? 😕

^the celebs need to pick one/two topics and keep at it. i agree most of them just talk about things show their faces do some pr and talk some talk and then go back to their usual!

seems like next week's topic will be about becoming a bollywood heroe! i am looking fwd to that...

The people asking for an apology..have they even seen the episode? It was hardly sensational and highlighted some good work done by doctors like one doc prescribing generic meds and Dr. Devi Shetty running an insurance for the poor, funded by the poor. Anyways its good for a change Aamir has refused to apologize for now. Not sure how long this stance will continue though given his history.

See, the thing is, the poor are already down asit is. They feel lonely. So when u tell them the docs are frauds, theyre bound to panic. Who can they trust? Perhaps what amir should or shouldve done is, just said that there are "some" docs who practice unethically but not all are like that so dont lose faith.