Docs on the war path
It is no longer unusual to read of doctors or medicos going on strike It happened in Rajasthan and then inDelhi in the Safdarjung Hospital "What is this malady and is there no tonic for this" is the question most frequently asked by the press and media and one they want us to mull over. SURE THERE IS but to determine the “tonic” we need to first analyze the ‘Etiology’ or cause of the malady In all the strikes called by the medicos all over the country so far there are two main reasons 1. Increase in pay and allowances 2. Scuffle with patients attendants and a demand for security Let us take the second cause first Have we ever wondered why there are no scuffles in private or corporate hospitals? The security there does not allow anyone beyond the stipulated to enter the hospital wards or ICU no matter who or what I wonder if any one even remotely related to the Gehlot family would have dared to barge their way in at The Medicity Hospital in Gurgaon And yet we are hell bent on