burnoutBurnout Among Doctors Is Not Only Impacting Their Health, but Also Patient Safety, Finds Study Burnout in medicine is reflective of the health infrastructure's inadequacies, and the responsibility of care must "shift from individual physicians to institutions." By Saumya Kalia
New Age of Modern MedicineIndian Medical Body May Replace Doctors’ Hippocratic Oath With an Ayurvedic Oath If enforced, doctors of modern medicine will be taking an oath invoking casteist and sexist sentiments. By Saumya Kalia
Dying to HealNEET Medical Exams Will Harm Tamil Nadu Healthcare: Panel Report Since its introduction in 2017, the NEET medical entrance exam led to many student suicides in Tamil Nadu, calling for its elimination. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Rightful IndignationMadhya Pradesh Doctors’ Demand for Better Pay, Security Draws Support From Medical Community Thousands of junior doctors in Madhya Pradesh resigned last week after the high court called their protest "illegal." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
We Need More DoctorsRural Health Centres Lack 76% Of Specialist Doctors They Need: Govt Report On the other hand, the number of Ayush specialists has increased in these areas by about 40%. By Aditi Murti
Not Enough DoctorsLow‑Income Countries Don’t Have Enough Doctors to Address Rising Demand for Cancer Surgeries: Study In order to catch up with the rising demand, low-income countries will require a 107% increase in qualified surgeons by 2040. By Aditi Murti
Anti-MixopathyDoctors Stage Nationwide Protest, Walk Out of All Non‑Essential, Non‑Covid19 Services Led by the Indian Medical Association, allopathic doctors are protesting the government's recent permission for Ayurvedic doctors to perform surgery. By Aditi Murti
Where Are The Women?Chinese TV Drama Sparks Debate About the Invisibilization of Women in the Covid19 Fight Despite women making up a majority of frontline workers, their experiences are curiously absent from Covid19 narratives. By Rajvi Desai
Grades Cannot Cure A VirusMaharashtra Medical Students Will Have to Take Exams Amid the Pandemic Final year medical students, who have been assisting on the frontlines, are protesting the decision with the hashtag #cancelmedicalexams. By Aditi Murti