Thread by @dikgaj

I like the idea. 2/3 of my 12th std mates went into med not because they wr passionate abt medicine per se but because they (1) its lucrative (2) half said they wd love to be obsgyn specialists so they cd feel up **** & *****, other half thought they wd hv a "shot" at the nurses.

https://twitter.com/ProfSomashekhar/status/1313461113493676032

ppl shdnt go into a discipline if they dont have a passion for the subject on its own, regardless of its perceived side benefits, and not just for making fabulous amounts of money. One who doesnt care for human beings deeply shdnt become a doctor, or a teacher, or a preacher.

If most students choose to exit India to become doctors, it might force us as a society and state to rethink how our core services run, from health care to law-enforcement to education. Periodic shakeups and reorientations are not bad for societal health.

But what shd surprise most is doctors r beaten up while I can easily think of other professions who possibly do more harm, such as those in judicial process, and unlike doctors almost always guaranteed harm at least one human in exercising their professional skills- r not beaten.