Originally posted by: indianfighter
Good post Kanan! ๐๐ผ I agree with you.
I hate the fact that the writers of HD are well aware of the social situation in India, because they are bound to exaggerate and upset us with their half-hearted attempt to depict the real situation. Yes, corruption in health care services is common across many regions of India but health care is not field that is most subjected to corruption (correct me if I am wrong here). The writers never leave a chance to put the doctors and nurses in a bad light. Just take the examples of Dr. Shweta, Dr. Mukul and now these scumbags in the mental hospital. Why this bias? ๐ค The writers seems to have problems with some specific fields, like the fields of medicine and law. Or maybe they are just not good enough to depict the reality in fullness, without avoiding the unpleasant, uneasy or inconvenient dimensions of this reality? ๐ I am tired of this kind of stereotypes.
Sorry if I sounded negative, that was not my intention. You just gave me a chance to put down some thoughts that are frustrating me. ๐
I had written about this someplace before in the context of their portrayal of the police force as bumbling fools. In daily soaps, all sorts of misleading stereotypes abound.
About the statement in bold, you're right. Corruption does exist, but not to the extent that it does in many other fields. Organ harvesting is a big issue. Also, due to the shortage of cadavers, there is a nexus between doctors and patients awaiting transplant. There are malpractices associated with gender identification and several other issues related to the dubious functioning of regulatory bodies and the availability of medical services.
But this is in the context of the medical field in general. When it concerns mental health, the issue is much, much more serious. Detailing it here is impossible, but The Times of India had broken a story in which they had mentioned that families, many of which have limited financial means, leave their family members in the mental hospital because they cannot care for them. In the mental hospital, life is of the worst kind. Doctors are not qualified and not interested in helping them out. Well-to-do families do not want to bother with a mentally ill member of their family. Many times, they refuse to pay for the upkeep of the patient after admitting them. Food is substandard and of zero nutritional value.
Also, in India, the concept of counselling and asking for the assistance of a psychiatrist is still considered taboo (I am not talking of urban places). People are termed mad and shunned. I could go on and on. You would not want to read something that is turning into a rant. Sometimes, I think the stereotype is preferable to the truth.
Sorry...I am not sure this is the response you were looking for ๐