Why medical profession is the most corrupt profession in India? By Pulkit mohan singla Doctors are always considered god in India and their profession as the most Nobel profession as they save lives which is the most appealing and great thing one can do. The image of this medical profession in India is so incredible that whosoever passes out from the medical college is considered the most qualified person. No matter how much educated or how much uneducated we are, we admire and respect the doctors to a very big extent. We may not be aware about the intelligence as well as the experience the doctor is having, for us being a doctor is enough. The most surprising fact is that almost 90 % of people have the same thinking. They believe that being a doctor is being the son of god. A doctor is considered the best above all professions as if other professionals of other fields have not studied at all. This faith and belief of nobility in the medical profession has given rise to the corruption as most of us has a legal mindset that a doctor is always right. Let me explain you how it is a corrupt profession and from where the corruption
starts. The corruption of the medical profession starts from the beginning when the students work hard to pass the pre medical test popularly called as PMT. Most of the students know the in and outs to crack the pmt and there are many illegal ways by which Students pass the PMT and the most common is bribe which we all are aware about. As the students approach for medical colleges, most of the medical colleges are just like 5 star hotels that are ready to fetch money. They are not concerned with your marks and calibre as most of the colleges like and invite the students who can pay bribe. For colleges the bribe is called as donation which is obviously in lakhs and crores depending on the subject of the medical science. Generally there are very few students who actually work hard and get selected rest most of the students offer donations to get the favourite department. As the students get the admissions the colleges start their drama of so called studies. Most of the medical colleges in India have inadequate arrangement and facilities and the time which should be spent on learning surgeries and medicines is generally spent on the seminars which are presented in other states which again serve as a income source of colleges as colleges fetch money in the form of registration charges and this process of frequent seminars goes on till the student period of study in the college. Moreover most of the teachers appointed in medical colleges are those who are a failure in the outer world as they charge less and again spend some hours and some alternate days in college as they do 2 or 3 jobs to run their kitchen. In this way they just pass their time and charge money of their presence, the education is out of the question in this case. Moreover most of the PG students are appointed as the teachers just after their graduation by these colleges no matter how much qualified or experienced they are. The PG students are generally at a very less pay which is again a best thing for colleges who only want to fill up the posts. The unqualified teachers don’t teach any surgeries and engage students in paper work and seminars. In most of the cases students learn the surgeries outside the colleges from local doctors and clinics by paying extra. This unprofessional way of colleges waste the time and money of the students and corrupt the whole medical environment.
Most of the students please the teachers by gifts and other gains to pass out well and this tendency of pleasing through gifts is circulated from seniors to juniors. Most of the students after passing out carry aggression and hatred towards medical profession as besides paying huge donation and fees they have learnt nothing but have wasted time in paperwork and in pleasing the teachers with expensive gifts. These students generally have a mindset that they have to get the money back which they invested in the college as they have not learnt anything. Most of the medical students open clinics and start exploiting the public as they want to make money as fast as they can. The level of sympathy and nobility towards public is reduced as they have suffered a lot in their college time. The people generally get attracted to good ambience and show-off and approach the 5 star clinics in order to get comfort from their pain. They pay high in order to get relief but end up with long treatment with no results and end up as a shuttle cock that is travelling from clinics to diagnostic centre to back to the clinic. The diagnostic center and medicine shops give commission to the doctors for business doctor’s offer to them by the patients. In this way the medical profession is just like another industry where doctors charge money for their time with no sentiments and emotions. The profession is noble but they people aren’t.