Save the doctor and the nurse
COVID-19 has exposed the weakness in a largely privatized, profit driven health-care business, soaked neck deep in corruption both within and without the so called noble health care system. This is likely to have stemmed from years of under-funding of health care (% GDP spent on health care makes In...
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| description | COVID-19 has exposed the weakness in a largely privatized, profit driven health-care business, soaked neck deep in corruption both within and without the so called noble health care system. This is likely to have stemmed from years of under-funding of health care (% GDP spent on health care makes India rank one of the lowest in the world).
Although there are a few unscrupulous, unethical black sheep within the medical community, there are many who have dedicated themselves to serve patients with their heart and soul. Some form of media have been consistently sensationalizing and exaggerating physician errors and corruption while not throwing light upon the systemic errors that have lead to business men who make the big bucks in private health care while the doctor is made the face of it! |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55a57871225d4501bdce57f376f9afdb2022-12-22T02:23:20ZengUniversity College of Medical SciencesResearch and Humanities in Medical Education2350-05652020-05-017120122332Save the doctor and the nurseMurtuza Ghiya0D Y Patil, Mumbai, Emergency medicine departmentCOVID-19 has exposed the weakness in a largely privatized, profit driven health-care business, soaked neck deep in corruption both within and without the so called noble health care system. This is likely to have stemmed from years of under-funding of health care (% GDP spent on health care makes India rank one of the lowest in the world). Although there are a few unscrupulous, unethical black sheep within the medical community, there are many who have dedicated themselves to serve patients with their heart and soul. Some form of media have been consistently sensationalizing and exaggerating physician errors and corruption while not throwing light upon the systemic errors that have lead to business men who make the big bucks in private health care while the doctor is made the face of it!https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/332covid-19coronavirusindian healthcare systempandemicpoetry in medicineprivatizationrural healthcareurban healthcarephysician abuseviolence against healthcare workers |
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| topic | covid-19 coronavirus indian healthcare system pandemic poetry in medicine privatization rural healthcare urban healthcare physician abuse violence against healthcare workers |
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