Improving government hospitals and competing with private sector is a way to reduce prices.
Capping private hospitals just divert those prices in other ways.
People are still paying 1500₹ to 3000₹ for CT/MRI in government hospitals.
Cant they focus on improving government hospitals first?
When government hospitals start competing with private hospitals, you don’t need a law or rule to bring down prices.
Doctors are perhaps the only professionals expected to be highly trained, permanently available, legally accountable, emotionally invested & somehow embarrassed about charging for it.
A ₹1,500 consultation after 10–12 years of training is “loot”
₹1,200 for a drink at a fancy bar? Lifestyle.
₹900 for a neopolitan pizza? Experience.
₹3,000 for a fancy haircut in Khan Market? Expertise.
But when a doctor charges for expertise, suddenly medicine must become charity.
By all means, PUNISH kickbacks, unnecessary tests & unethical practice. Ruthlessly.
But stupid politician who turn isolated malpractice into a morality play against an entire profession is not reforming healthcare. He is feeding an already convenient public prejudice. This dude, with not an ounce of morality, is suddenly targeting a profession already under so much scrutiny. (KEEP IN MIND NOBODY IS DEFENDING UNETHICAL PRACTICES)
Doctors are expected to charge like saints & pay rent, salaries, taxes & compliance costs like everyone else.
You cannot demand capitalism from the doctor’s expenses & charity from the doctor’s income.
This is what operating under extreme pressure looks like.
Surgeons at Kumamoto General Hospital in Japan were mid-operation when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck on the 28th of July.
You can see the anaesthetised patient and equipment in the operating theatre swaying violently, but despite this, the surgical team held the patient steady and kept their calm.
All 4 scheduled operations were completed safely with zero injuries to patients or staff. Serious kudos to their composure and dedication 👏🙇🏻♂️
Understanding Food Labels Beyond Front-of-Pack Claims
Front-of-package descriptors such as "Natural," "Organic," or "Heart-Healthy" serve primarily as product branding and may not fully reflect a product's overall nutritional quality.
1. Examine the Ingredient List: Ingredients are required to be listed in descending order by weight, offering a clearer picture of composition.
2. Review the Nutrition Panel: Prioritize checking levels of added sugars, saturated and trans fats, and sodium content.
3. Assess Declared Portion Sizes: Verify serving size information, as declared portions may be significantly smaller than typical consumption amounts.
Inspect the back panel of packaged foods to make objective, evidence-based nutritional choices.
#PublicHealth #ClinicalNutrition
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A Proud Moment for VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital
Under the leadership of Dr. Kavita Sharma, Director, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS) has achieved a historic global milestone by successfully performing the World's First Robotic Left Atrioventricular (AV) Valve Replacement in a 38-year-old patient with congenitally corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (ccTGA) and dextrocardia.
The patient had severe leakage of the systemic atrioventricular valve with significantly impaired heart function. Following meticulous 3D CT-based planning, the complex procedure was successfully performed through a robotic left-sided approach by the CTVS team led by Prof. Anubhav Gupta, Professor & Head, Department of CTVS.
This landmark achievement reflects the visionary leadership of the hospital administration, the exceptional surgical expertise of the CTVS team.
The World's First Robotic Left Atrioventricular (Systemic AV) Valve Replacement marks a defining milestone in the evolution of cardiac surgery and places India & VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital firmly on the global map of surgical innovation.
#VMMC #SafdarjungHospital #WorldFirst #RoboticCardiacSurgery #SurgicalInnovation #IndiaLeads #IndianHealthcare
Less protein, more lifespan!
A comprehensive review of the merits of protein restriction for healthy aging
A flip from the proteinmaxxing craze
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Caste-based discrimination must go.
It should be dealt with via strict law and order rather than reservations.
The new developing India runs on skill, talent, and market demand rather than reservations.
Jobs in India before the 1940s were purely based on birth and caste, but the new India in 2026 is different.
#reservationfreeindia
Our markets are now a hostage to the US.
Why? Our markets move NOT because the Indian government is doing something RIGHT. It moves MORE because the US decides to screw us less.
The highlight of our economy this year was US cutting tariffs on India.
Yes, that's how dependent we are on the US.
- 0 AI
- 0 Tech innovation
- 0 plans
All we did in the last few years: was extort more taxes. Ban notes, ban FnO, ban this and that. And show middle finger to anyone who said we were not innovating.
Look at global salary data and one thing is obvious:
Developed nations value doctors. India consumes them.
Here, doctors are expected to:
•Work longer
•Earn less
•Stay silent
•And call it “nobility”
Abroad, the same doctor is called a high-value professional.
The gap isn’t competence.
The gap is respect—and regulation.
#DoctorsOfIndia
#IndianDoctors
#DoctorLivesMatter
#RespectDoctors
#ValueDoctors
#UnderpaidDoctors
#PayDoctorsFairly
#DoctorExploitation
#HealthcareCrisis
#BrokenHealthcare