being a person who has a number of friends and a close family member who have worked in hospitals such as KEM, Tilak, Bhabha etc., i am actually amazed that such talented people, such achievers are treated so shabbily in their initial days. if there was ever a definition of ragging then it applies to what these guys go thru during their formative years and at the hands of their own brethren (the seniors) who sit in committees with the BMC and state govt. the machinery works but it overloaded, just like the mumbai trains. one cannot blame the driver if the bus has a maximum capacity. perhaps that lousy life also propels many of them to go full steam in accumulating wealth at a later date. they are so starved and many of their peers in other disciplines have done so well that the doctors invariably fall prey. i have had many a bad experience in private hospitals and quite a few good ones in govt hospitals.
