r/DoctorsofIndia

Hello people in delhi, is dmc website not working?
Have been the trying the past 2-3 days to register , can’t log in. Called the helpline number but they didn’t pick up. What to do? Need to register as i have taken NOC from my state. Can we do offline too?

Came across news that Google may be reconsidering or changing certain review-related policies, so I thought this might be an important time to put this discussion out.

Should healthcare institutions be treated like ordinary businesses on Google Reviews?

As a healthcare professional in India, I believe this is becoming an important public policy and patient-safety issue.

India’s current online review ecosystem allows anyone to post reviews on hospitals and clinics without verification of whether they were ever actual patients. This creates multiple problems:

• Fake negative reviews, targeted harassment, and reputational attacks against doctors and hospitals• Fake positive reviews used by unqualified practitioners or commercial chains• Public misinformation influencing healthcare decisions• Clinical disputes being reduced to simplistic “star ratings”

Healthcare is fundamentally different from restaurants or retail services which all of us understand here. Medical outcomes are complex and depend on diagnosis, patient compliance, biological variability, financial limitations, and scientific judgment and not customer satisfaction alone.

There is also a structural imbalance unique to India:Under NMC ethical guidelines, doctors are restricted from advertising or aggressively soliciting positive reviews, while negative reviews can accumulate freely, even if fabricated or medically misleading.

At the same time, public discourse in India has increasingly normalized distrust toward evidence-based medicine and created a broad narrative that doctors and private hospitals are inherently exploitative or “looting” patients. While unethical practices can exist in any profession and should absolutely be acted against, this generalized perception has also resulted in very little institutional or legal protection for doctors facing online defamation, misinformation campaigns, intimidation, or even violence.

In many cases, medical professionals are presumed guilty in the public eye before facts are evaluated.

This is further amplified by online review systems where emotionally charged allegations can spread publicly without verification, while healthcare providers remain constrained by patient confidentiality and ethical regulations in how much they can even respond.

At the same time, there is limited public understanding of:

the massive operational costs of running safe private healthcare facilities,

regulatory and sterilization requirements,

trained staff and emergency preparedness,

and the reality that private hospitals frequently compensate for overcrowded public systems.

Patients understandably want affordable treatment. But healthcare infrastructure, equipment, infection control, skilled manpower, and modern treatment protocols are expensive to maintain. Pricing disagreements should not automatically become public allegations of unethical care.

Most importantly, healthcare misinformation online has real-world consequences:

damaged trust in qualified professionals,

delayed treatment,

reputational destruction,

defensive medical practice,

and in some cases even threats or violence against healthcare workers.

Perhaps healthcare platforms need:• verified-patient review systems,• stronger moderation standards for medical listings,• or even optional review opt-outs for licensed healthcare institutions on Google maps.

This is not about avoiding accountability.

It is about recognizing that healthcare is a uniquely sensitive field where misinformation and unverified public accusations can directly affect patient safety, doctor safety, and public trust in evidence-based medicine.

Would genuinely like to hear thoughts.

I’m a 23F BAMS student currently in my 2022 batch, graduating in 2028. I’ve reached a point where I need to be honest with myself: I do not want to practice Ayurveda.

My goal is Allopathy, but I’m feeling stuck. I have no interest in an MD (Ayurveda) and want to figure out my path before I graduate.

I have two main lines of inquiry:

The US Route: Is there any realistic pathway for a BAMS graduate to enter the US healthcare system in an allopathic/clinical capacity? (USMLE, MPH as a bridge, etc.?)

The India Route: Are there any legitimate bridge courses or lateral entry options to practice modern medicine if I want a decent salary?

I’m looking for blunt advice, personal experiences, or alternative career paths that don't involve traditional practice. What would you do in my shoes?

I am a 25 year old , newly graduated doc ( Batch of 2019) and im working in a rural centre for the past 10 months .

Ive come to realise that I am a horrible doctor.

I feel like I dont really care for the welfare of my patient, only about saving my ass if anything goes wrong , its never about the patient.

I hardly see any patients and even when they do come , I am grudgingly doing my job.

The only thing i think I enjoy is the novelty of the profession, which can wear off .

I started off on the wrong foot. During my UG years , combined with Covid and lockdown , I was going thru extreme social anxiety and possible depression that I feel like ive learned nothing . I failed all 3 subjects in my first and second year. I picked up in 3rd year only to be denied eligibility in my final year for one subject.

All these that happened over the years have wiped off my confidence, which was pretty high to begin with since I was one of the top ranks in NEET that year in my college ( <10k). But everything has been downhill from there , due to my mental health crisis.

I am better now mentally but the results and the effect it had on my confidence continues to make me doubt my skills, memory , efforts etc.

I really want to be better , know more , help more. I just dont know how. And I feel like i never will since I messed up my foundation years .

I really enjoy practicing medicine, diagnosis , treatment with whatever knowledge i have. But I doubt my knowledge and hence my skills

Hey everyone,

I’m an MBBS graduate reaching that point where the traditional "ward round → toxic residency → 24-hour duty" cycle feels like it’s destroying my soul and my health. I love patient interaction, but I hate the industrial hospital machinery. I’m looking at non-traditional paths and I need some brutal honesty.

1. MD in Hospital Administration (HA)

I’ve been looking into this, but the consensus seems... mixed.

The Scope: Is it just 9-5 paper-pushing, or do you actually get to innovate?

The Salary: What’s the reality in 2026? I’m seeing figures around 1.2–1.5 LPM for freshers in corporate chains like Apollo or Max, but does it stagnate?

The "Hate": Why is this branch so looked down upon by clinical peers? I’ve heard people say you "lose your soul" to the corporate side. Is it because you’re competing with MBAs who don't have the "humanity" of a doctor?

2. The MPH vs. MD PSM Paradox

This is what confuses me the most. We all know WHO and UNICEF are the "dream" for many, yet locally, these degrees are treated like fallback options.

MPH "Downgrade": Why is MPH often considered a "step backward" for an MBBS? Is it just because non-doctors (nurses, BAMS, etc.) can also do it? Does it actually hurt your career in India, or is that just a prestige thing?

MD PSM/Community Medicine: People call it "non-clinical" and say it's for low-rankers, yet the work involves massive population health impact. If the goal is global health, why is it still considered "bad" compared to, say, MD Medicine?

Has anyone actually transitioned from MBBS → HA/PSM/MPH and successfully joined a global body like WHO?

Is the workload truly "better," or is it just a different kind of "corporate toxicity"?

For those in HA—do you miss the stethoscope, or is the power of running a hospital better?

Would love to hear from SRs or consultants who took the "Road Not Taken."

I have never come across any Doctor 's resume. As a person from the tech community, I have seen countless resumes belonging to software engineers and people from educational backgrounds like professors, teachers etc. I am just curious to know, what it looks like. So, do help me guys.

Hi everyone,

I’m a therapist (EMDR + somatic work) based in India, and I’ve been thinking a lot about how fragmented care can feel for clients.

For example:

Stress showing up as eczema or psoriasis → dermatology route

PCOS / menstrual issues → gynecology

Chronic anxiety or brain fog → neurology / psychiatry

But often, the psychological component and nervous system regulation piece is missing in parallel care.

I’m exploring the idea of building a collaborative, referral-based ecosystem between:

Dermatologists (stress-related skin conditions)

Gynecologists (hormonal + emotional interplay)

Neurologists (stress, migraines, functional symptoms)

Psychiatrists (medication + therapy integration)

The intention is not to “replace” any field, but to create a more holistic, ethical, and client-centered support system.

I’d love to understand from this community:

Do you currently collaborate across disciplines? What works / what doesn’t?

As a doctor, would you find value in referring to trauma-informed therapists or somatic practitioners?

As a therapist, have you built referral networks with medical professionals?

What are the biggest barriers in India (trust, awareness, logistics, ethics)?

If anyone here is already working in an integrated model or interested in exploring something like this, happy to exchange ideas.

I tried calling many popular labs in Chennai but it appears none of them offer and many doesn't even know this test for H Pylori infection.

Any leads are highly appreciated.

Hey everyone, I’m a non-medico looking for some perspective—mostly because I’m worried about my best friend and I want to make sure I’m understanding what she’s going through.
She recently started her OBGYN residency at a high-volume government hospital. Ever since she started, it’s like a switch flipped. She’s constantly sleep-deprived, disoriented, and when we do talk, her replies are "cold" or very brief. She’s almost entirely stopped socializing.
I know the basics—the hours are brutal and the patient load is overwhelming—but the emotional shift is what’s jarring. She used to be so different, and now she seems almost emotionally numb or "hardened."
The thing is, she chose OBGYN. She’s brilliant at it and studied her heart out to get here. But seeing her like this is tough.
For the residents or doctors here:
• Is this "coldness" a survival mechanism or just pure exhaustion?
• How much of this is the environment of a government hospital (patient behavior, etc.)?
• As a friend, what’s the best way to be there for her? Should I keep reaching out even if I get 1-word answers, or should I give her space?
I just want to be a good support system without adding "social obligation" to her already overflowing plate. Thanks in advance for any insight.

Recently travelled from T3 Lucknow and visited Apollo pharmacy. A guideline mentioned that due to safety reasons, there is no scissor and hence no way to get loose medicines i.e. you need to purchase the entire strip. Now it got me thinking why OTC medicines do not have perforated lines for blister packing or others as well so that tablets can be sold in place of entire strips. Pharma companies can increase cost to some extent but atleast the medicines will not be wasted.

Hello, i am 2022 passout mbbs graduate, i have had ruminations and social anxiety since childhood. Therefore my mbbs life was a mess, always anxious no friends and depressed, in 2020 psychiatrist prescribed escitalopram but i switched into hypomania, so i tapered and stopped. From 2020-2025 i have various physical symptoms, cognitive deficits like delayed recall, lack of sustained attention. In 2025 pain became centralized. Now i am diagnosed as c/o bipolar iii+ social anxiety+ ocd. And i am on lithium lamotrigine escitalopram and propranolol. But i always feel that i wasted many years, 2022-2024 i worked in different hospitals, last year i couldn't clear neet pg. Neet pg is in August 30, and i am feeling very anxious not even able to sleep. I Have no social life, professionally i am not that good, i feel like dying. Feels bad that even after struggling for so many years there is nothing else in mbbs, and i have to clear this neet pg. Now i am saying improvements in mental health but i feel its too late, many psychiatrists didn't diagnose bipolar and kept increasing ssri, which made it worse, then i met this brilliant NIMHANS professor in December 2025, but i feel its too late, i cant take one more drop.

Hello seniors and friends,
I have just completed my MS general surgery and luckily got into MCH before completing my senior residency.DNB exam registration has already started and I am confused whether I should write it.I will start my MCH in 1-2 weeks.
Please guide me regarding this

Thankyou

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