Even with a double digit growth of our economy, India is mainly rural based with >75% of population residing in villages. Ironically, 90% of qualified doctors are in the urban areas. It is not a wonder that most of the rural people have to depend upon unqualified persons for their immediate medical needs. Though we call them unqualified “quacks”, it is a fact that without their services, the rural folk will not have any access to medicare esp in Emergencies and for minor medical problems. This is okay provided the limitations are recognized.
More dangerous is the trend among qualified doctors to decorate themselves with dubious degrees and pass off as “Super duper specialists”. Spending a few months as an ‘observer’ in a big hospital does not make them qualified in any speciality. This malady is found all over India, esp in our parts of AP.It is unfortunate that these doctors are allowed to practice and thrive. This is one of those things which “happens only in India!!”.
........dr avsrao, rajmundry
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Yes Indian doctors love a long tail after their name. Many of them pay a subscription to a foreign dubious medical organization. The public should be weary if doctors have many degrees after their name. There should not be more then three to four degrees fro a doctor. A MBBS or MD takes about 5 and half years, a Post-graduate degree takes 3 years, a speciality degree takes another three years. Beyond this nothing more is reqd.