Doctor, Heal Thyself: India need to manage “physician burnout” and “violence” against doctors June 30, 2021, 5:21 PM IST
Dr.Kishore Kumar, Founder Chairman & Neonatologist, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Bangalore
Today is July 1 and every year this day is observed as National Doctors’ Day in India to express gratitude and acknowledge the dedication and commitment of the doctors’ towards our society. The observance of the day honours legendary physician and West Bengal’s second Chief Minister, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy whose birth and death anniversary coincides on the same day. As we continue to fight the second wave of the pandemic and prepare ourselves to beat the third wave, as a practicing neonatologist, I am deeply concerned about two issues that still continue to affect the medical fraternity i.e.
Doctors embrace Twitter and Instagram to fight misinformation around Covid-19 and help the people. But even they cannot seem to escape the ugly side of social media, the vicious trolling
COVID warrior: 32-year-old Dipshikha Ghosh, Resident Doctor, Critical Care at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals in Kolkata has been on the frontlines since April 2020
Kolkata:
Soham Chatterjee, a Kolkata man who sang Tere Mujhse hai Pehle Ka Naata Koi on his last call with his mother, who is fighting COVID-19 in a hospital, has posted a video of himself singing the song once more.
Last week, Dipshikha Ghosh, the doctor who is treating Soham s mother, posted on Twitter an emotional moment between the mother and son. According to Soham, his mother died a few hours after the call.
Soham paid a heartfelt tribute to his mother by posting a video of himself singing the same song on Monday.
While singing the song, Soham wrote, Music was something that tethered me to my mother. That s how we expressed our love and respect for each other. This song is ours and will always be irrespective of validation and recognition of any magnitude. Mom knew. Or, still knows. Who knows…I love you, maa. It s really hard here without you.