Doctors’ day celebration : Meant for whom?
July 1, 2025 by dr s venkatesan
Current generation doctors are gifted, can be immensely proud to practice medicine with cutting-edge technologies and advanced medical therapies .Today is the official doctors day in India, in honoring one of most great physician of our times Dr.B.C.Roy on his birth day.
Who celebrates Doctors’ day and for what ?
Sharing here , one of the deeply reflective article about, reality of being a doctor today. Published in today’s Hindu, (July1 2025)India’s National New paper, Opinion Column by Dr C. Aarvinda . It is a 6 minute read, must for all those who truly love our profession.
Courtesy : Dr.C.Aravinda MD, Assistant Professor of community medicine. Thanjavur medical college. Tamil Nadu .India.
While the profession is glorified at every level, there seems to be little to celebrate at a personal level. The same public who celebrate doctor’s day , become a mute witnesses to innumerable attacks unleashed on them on a day-to-day basis across the country. It is a sad truth the medical profession has been hijacked, far away from its original intended destination by both visible and Invisible forces. Many honest, hardworking, and humble doctors are compelled to traverse a turbulent moral landscape.
Final message
Doctors’ day celebration is meant for whom? Realistically, it is the occasion for patients who want to wish and show love to their healers. The whole idea got distorted in recent times. Definitely, it is not meant for pride hunting doctors and industry to complement each other.
