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When I started to train as a doctor, more than a decade ago, society in India still believed in doctor's nobility and sanctity of profession. Though it was a dying trend then too, but mostly, positively palpable.
Then globalization happened. Indians became gullible recipients of anything western. Folks in India tasted the world of client servicing industry. They wanted everything tailor-made. From clothes, to cars. From vacations to gymnasiums. From birthdays to Valentine's days. At the same time social media was taking the world by storm. People had more avenues to show off their luxury filled life than ever in history of mankind.
Cut to diseases. Diseases are the big daddy of the biological world. They are bad ass. They are nasty. They are smart and they mean business. The way diseases infect humans and the way they are treated has not changed much over past century or so. We have developed unmatched technical wizardry in diagnosing and treating some diseases. But largely we have no control over when are we going to get infected/diagnosed with a disease. We have hardly any say in how long will the treatment last, will we recover fully? or if at all will we be able to afford it ?
Then globalization happened. Indians became gullible recipients of anything western. Folks in India tasted the world of client servicing industry. They wanted everything tailor-made. From clothes, to cars. From vacations to gymnasiums. From birthdays to Valentine's days. At the same time social media was taking the world by storm. People had more avenues to show off their luxury filled life than ever in history of mankind.
Cut to diseases. Diseases are the big daddy of the biological world. They are bad ass. They are nasty. They are smart and they mean business. The way diseases infect humans and the way they are treated has not changed much over past century or so. We have developed unmatched technical wizardry in diagnosing and treating some diseases. But largely we have no control over when are we going to get infected/diagnosed with a disease. We have hardly any say in how long will the treatment last, will we recover fully? or if at all will we be able to afford it ?
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