November , 2007
Doctors' Strike...Greed or Bureaucracy?
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In 4 days Mumbai has seen two doctor strikes. First it was resident doctors at peripheral hospitals in Mumbai and then it was resident doctors at medical colleges across the state. The first was a demand for higher wages and better medical equipment. And the second was purely against the government rule to impose compulsory rural internships on every course that the doctors undertook. So the rule said 2 years after MBBS, 3 more years after your post graduation and 5 years after a super specialisation. So a doctor who started his studies at 18-19 would complete his super specialization and his internship at the end of 22 years i. e. by the time he would be in his forties. When I went out to cover this story, I went through the same gamut of sentiments. How insensitive can doctors get? After all they earn so much? How....
More about Kajal Iyer
Kajal Iyer is a senior correspondent with CNN IBN. She is a gold medalist in Mass Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Media and communication and got placed from campus. It was the shows like Surabhi, The World This Week and regular reading of Sunday Op-ed pages that prompted her to consider journalism as a career. Prior to CNN IBN, she has also worked for newspapers like Times of India, Midday in Pune and the Gujarati eveninger Sanj Samachar in Rajkot. She covers the civic beat in Mumbai and is interested in the basic bijli, paani, sadak brand of journalism, but also loves to cover the ocassional court room drama. Her biggest assignment till date has been covering Nariman house during 26/11 attacks. Writing is a passion for her and so is old Hindi film music. She is a trivia enthusiast and loves to watch shows on Discovery and the History channel.
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