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WOW! That is all I have to say about today's episode, it was brilliant and thought provoking. What a comeback from Aamir after the slightly disappointing dowry episode, he reflected every Indian's sentiment when he questioned the MCI chief upfront, without giving him a chance to defend 👏. It makes one think, why was Mr Talwar tongue tied? Why was his instant impulse bordering on defense rather than explaining the measures that are being taken to clean up the system that retains such doctors? Like Aamir asked, WHAT IS MCI DOING? Why does a patient, rich or poor or middle class have to pay 3-4 times than the actual cost for his medicines, tests and treatments? THAT right there should give everyone an idea about why our country is reeling under the effects of inflation today in general. Health services are just one part of it, if one extrapolates this trend to all our basic needs in this country, we can easily calculate just HOW MUCH we are spending when we don't have to, it also explains why the adage of "rich becoming richer, poor becoming poorer" applies so starkly to our country. I am not sure about everyone and I am sure that was not SMJ's intention today but I felt it, I just couldn't help but apply this to everything else to see why we have to read about inflation and rising (or should I say RAISING) prices every other day. What I am saying right now, might come as an off tangent to the actual issue of today's episode but if you REALLY think about it, today's topic had attacked some really core issues that are plaguing our country today. Now I don't want to explicitly name all of them (I already named inflation but there are few more) but I am sure most of them got how today's issue threw light unassumingly on some "not so political" issues as well. Another important undercurrent focus of today's issue, personally for me, was the education sector. To reflect Dr Gulati's thoughts- if you are paying 50 lakh Rupees for getting into a private medical college, you want to squeeze out as much as you can , from your patients, when you graduate- now this can be applied to other fields like engineering, business or other commercial services (not forcefully commercialized ones) but health care? For someone who works hard day in and day out to study and top the gruelling medical tests, is this simple, basic point lost? You can perhaps teach someone how to do business for money and even if he/she doesn't turn out good or screws up it is still okay because such fields offer more scope for committing and rectifying mistakes. But I cannot fathom, how someone can be taught to be a doctor for money because it is simply not the kind of field where you can afford to make a lot of mistakes. Ever wondered why there are so many corrupt doctors? Could the reason be their incompetence which in turn is a result of commercializing education? Now I am not saying that only and all incompetent doctors are corrupt , even competent doctors can be corrupt but it is just something to think about, isn't it?
Coming to the episode itself, I liked that today was mostly about giving the audience an insight into the root of the health care services negligence issue with the stories serving as the support needed to drive forth the point. I appreciated the inputs of the Doctors who came on the show because that really helped me understand a lot of things. A special mention to Dr Gulati who said "we just see if we are doing better than Pakistan in health care services" - he couldn't have summed up our country's "attitude" with respect to the interpretation of the GDP in general and not just health services 👏 . Dr Gulati's absolute off handed manner of stating RAW facts was fantastic, the facts themselves were appalling and disturbing, especially the point he made about our country's priority of healthcare services , just how slacking can we be? Sometimes I wonder should we really be proud of being born as Indians? No, SMJ is not making me question this, there have been innumerable times in the past when I questioned it. Where are we heading as a nation? Should we REALLY call ourselves a "developing" country? Like Dr Sharma from Rajasthan said, when we have kids dying for the lack of 150 Rs, what basis do we have to put our country in the same line as progress? WHERE have we progressed when the so called educated ones are also not aware of the existence of generic medicines and their availability? Another shocking fact which I learnt about the availability of generic medicines thanks to my mom who is in the profession of healthcare is that some time back a corrupt director who took over the government entity that supplies medicines to public shut down generic medicines supply to the public through the government entity for his commercial gain. Really, with such people on board in influential positions, how can we even DARE to say that we have progressed? Do the McD, KFC franchises and the innumerable malls, fashion stores, IPL, grocery chains etc., define our "progress"? Or does Bollywood do it? Barring the employment opportunities created by the MNCs, I don't understand how and where we have 'progressed' ?
The questions in my previous para are answered by SMJ the moment they bring up Narayana Hrudayalaya and the patience of a man like Dr Shetty who actually made the model of healthcare services reaching the underprivileged work. It is sad but if you really want to do something good in this country you need a lot of patience because we work on only one principle - commission, commission and commission. On every level and micro level you have to battle it and pursue your cause with patience if you want to accomplish something good for the benefit of the society. People like Dr Devi Shetty are the glimmer of hope in the darkness that has engulfed us, when we see such forward thinking people accomplishing something inspiring others to do the same, I can proudly feel and say it with a hand on my heart that yes, we are progressing. What was really interesting for me is the way Dr Devi Shetty threw light on the economic aspects of Narayana Hrudayalaya because at the end of the day Doctors are human just like us, they too need money to live and survive, we cannot expect them to do charity or behave like gods. The key, however is to strike that balance between making money while continuing to stick to the ethical standards and considerations on the humanitarian grounds demanded by the profession. and that could not have been explained better than Dr Devi Shetty did today 👏. It is a lesson we need to learn, to think forward and move towards progress as an individual, as a society and as a nation.
I wholeheartedly salute people like Dr Devi Shetty, Dr Gulati, Dr Sharma and I thank AK and the entire team of SMJ for bringing such people forward and creating a forum that reaches out to the majority and for putting together such a wonderful concept 👏 ⭐️. Like my friend said, "FINALLY some real television". 👏 👏
Coming to the episode itself, I liked that today was mostly about giving the audience an insight into the root of the health care services negligence issue with the stories serving as the support needed to drive forth the point. I appreciated the inputs of the Doctors who came on the show because that really helped me understand a lot of things. A special mention to Dr Gulati who said "we just see if we are doing better than Pakistan in health care services" - he couldn't have summed up our country's "attitude" with respect to the interpretation of the GDP in general and not just health services 👏 . Dr Gulati's absolute off handed manner of stating RAW facts was fantastic, the facts themselves were appalling and disturbing, especially the point he made about our country's priority of healthcare services , just how slacking can we be? Sometimes I wonder should we really be proud of being born as Indians? No, SMJ is not making me question this, there have been innumerable times in the past when I questioned it. Where are we heading as a nation? Should we REALLY call ourselves a "developing" country? Like Dr Sharma from Rajasthan said, when we have kids dying for the lack of 150 Rs, what basis do we have to put our country in the same line as progress? WHERE have we progressed when the so called educated ones are also not aware of the existence of generic medicines and their availability? Another shocking fact which I learnt about the availability of generic medicines thanks to my mom who is in the profession of healthcare is that some time back a corrupt director who took over the government entity that supplies medicines to public shut down generic medicines supply to the public through the government entity for his commercial gain. Really, with such people on board in influential positions, how can we even DARE to say that we have progressed? Do the McD, KFC franchises and the innumerable malls, fashion stores, IPL, grocery chains etc., define our "progress"? Or does Bollywood do it? Barring the employment opportunities created by the MNCs, I don't understand how and where we have 'progressed' ?
The questions in my previous para are answered by SMJ the moment they bring up Narayana Hrudayalaya and the patience of a man like Dr Shetty who actually made the model of healthcare services reaching the underprivileged work. It is sad but if you really want to do something good in this country you need a lot of patience because we work on only one principle - commission, commission and commission. On every level and micro level you have to battle it and pursue your cause with patience if you want to accomplish something good for the benefit of the society. People like Dr Devi Shetty are the glimmer of hope in the darkness that has engulfed us, when we see such forward thinking people accomplishing something inspiring others to do the same, I can proudly feel and say it with a hand on my heart that yes, we are progressing. What was really interesting for me is the way Dr Devi Shetty threw light on the economic aspects of Narayana Hrudayalaya because at the end of the day Doctors are human just like us, they too need money to live and survive, we cannot expect them to do charity or behave like gods. The key, however is to strike that balance between making money while continuing to stick to the ethical standards and considerations on the humanitarian grounds demanded by the profession. and that could not have been explained better than Dr Devi Shetty did today 👏. It is a lesson we need to learn, to think forward and move towards progress as an individual, as a society and as a nation.
I wholeheartedly salute people like Dr Devi Shetty, Dr Gulati, Dr Sharma and I thank AK and the entire team of SMJ for bringing such people forward and creating a forum that reaches out to the majority and for putting together such a wonderful concept 👏 ⭐️. Like my friend said, "FINALLY some real television". 👏 👏
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