Doctors

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—š๐—œ๐— ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜

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Reading Time: 3 minutes“Enough is enough,” thundered Dr. Sushila Nayar, her voice cutting through the hall.“No more free PG seats for MGIMS boys and girls. If they want postgraduate degrees, they must first serve two years in the villages.” She meant it. In 1969, Dr. Nayar had built MGIMS on a dream: to raise doctors who would live … Read more

Lessons That Last a Lifetime: Saying Goodbye to Dr. A.P. Jain

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Reading Time: 10 minutesPhysicians vary greatly: some prioritize art, others science; some are humble, others overconfident; some are bold, others cautious; some trust intuition, others data. Where did Dr. A.P. Jain fit among them? Nowhere and everywhere. He was art and science, instinct and intellect. He revered the power of physical signs but never dismissed modern technology. He … Read more

Physicians meet- only to part

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReminiscences- this weekend was filled with them. On December 19- thirty years since the first resident obtained her MD Medicine from the institute -a third of the hundred residents from the department of medicine gathered in Sevagram. Beginning 1979, exactly hundred residents had completed their MD training in the Medicine department, a number that aroused … Read more

Getting doctors to the villages: Will compulsion work?

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Reading Time: 6 minutesDespite more than a half century of proclamations on primary healthcare, most rural facilities in India continue to lack enough providers, equipment and infrastructure to offer effective and efficient care. In the latest effort to address this inequitable distribution the union health and family welfare minister announced a plan requiring doctors to practise in rural … Read more