State of Medical practice: India

This book is a record of my chequered sixty years medical journey reflecting, in general, the medical training at graduate and postgraduate levels, government service conditions and health of India; with a personal touch and some local flavour. It records actual case reports I came across in various stages of my medical training and my experiences in government service, medical college and later in practice which can reflect in a general medical atmosphere in India. It also records some professional medical practice changes in the last sixty years along with recording some difficulties in general medical practice. We all know the general practitioner is the first qualified medical person coming in contact with patients, all over India. Yet they are the most neglected lot with family medicine going into oblivion. We have in India the paradox of coexistence of world-class medical treatment with appalling poor rural health. Budget allocations for health are very meagre, the emphasis placed on various schemes are often misplaced. A general practitioner is now a neglected and threatened species.