Episode 2: Malpractices by Docs| Doctor's Day Special
Malpractices by Docs Doctor's Day Special Today we will be talking about malpractices by doctors in India. As said by Sherlock Holmes "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data". So I have made sure to collect enough data before defaming a profession. Doctors are the white knights of our society. It's a pain to realize that each year about 7.4% of all physicians have malpractice claim over them. By percentage 19% in neurosurgery, 19% in thoracic-cardiovascular surgery, 15.3% in general surgery and 5.2% in family medicine. Nearly 25,000- 1,20,000 deaths are reported due to medical negligence which gives a ratio of 4:1 of the patients who die. No doubt we do have exemplary doctors like Omkar Hota in tribal areas who carried a pregnant lady himself to the dispensary for treatment. But do you know that even he couldn't escape the medical malpractice as he himself recounts. When he was ...
