Why is it that only doctors are required to sign mandatory bonds worth ₹1 crore and take up rural postings, despite already putting in 80–100 hour workweeks during residency? Meanwhile, graduates from IITs and other government-funded institutions face no such obligation and often go on to secure high-paying jobs in multinational companies.
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The contrast between crore rupees packages in engineering and mandatory bonds for medical graduates highlights a harsh reality: years of study often lead to bonded obligations rather then freedom. Reforming these bonds and improving career anatomy is essential for valuing young doctor.
It’s a sad reality that doctors are not always respected as they should be. They are instead treated as commodities in this economy. Though the demand is high they think doctors are dispensable and are replacable
That is sad…quite unfair
Fully agree. Despite being in a country where most of the people face lack of health infrastructure, staff and facilities, including Pharmacist, most of the time medical profession is considered as just another field of study. Most of the offen ignore the requirement and need of the medical professionals.
The problem isn’t rural service. It’s the double standards!
Totally agree. This is very disheartening, healthcare system in India barely gets attention. The infrastructure is crumbling, doctors are overworked and underpaid. No new opportunities for young doctors. No security, no work life balance.
I think India will continue this until it has sufficient doctor density to support its population. With far more years of study as compared to other fields and even higher workload, medical field is already very demanding. With government spending lakhs on training doctors and looking at the condition of medical facilities in rural areas where there is actual need of trained specialists, 1-2 year of this essential service in rural areas seems valid, but should it be as a bond is highly debatable.
Wow this is surprising, belonging to life science field this was a news to me. Doctor is something general public respect as they are responsible for healthcare but they don’t get enough monetary incentives compared to engineers who although are important part of society and it’s development but they take care of non living things not lives. It seems to be healthy for doctor’s career growth to work in rural settings but such high penalties on not being able to that is striking.
It’s the abundance of doctors in the country. They are oftenly taken for granted as there are many of them and some people think that doctors are replaceable. It might also have something to do with the health concern of the people regarding the profession.
Double standards of health system! In the name of noble professionalism, we are getting screwed.
Engineering does not have the same social responsibility as doctors, who manage vital public health demands, which is why bonds exist.
It’s unfair that only doctors are asked to sign huge bonds and do compulsory rural service, despite already working extreme hours. If it’s about government funding, then IIT and other graduates should have similar rules but they don’t.
Medicine is a noble profession as it implies service to the people. Doctors are highly respected and required by the society. Doctors pour many years of hard work into this profession and have the poorest work-life balance. So if we weigh this in terms of monetary units. They do deserve high end salaries for their services and scarifies. If they bring in bonded obligations too,this is just very unfair.
Engineering on the other hand, is a source of early settlement than the medicine path and yet offers a high pay.
The endurance and motivation makes us question and compare between the two.
This is a harsh reality these days and is so true. While doctors spending many years studying, go through toughest times and lots of working hours during residency, But still are paying less when compared to engineering students. The difference is so unfair and has to be balanced and should be treated equally in our country.
I think there should not be any mandatory posting .A choice should be given to the doctors if they are interested in working in rural areas.
It’s because doctors are considered essential to public healthcare and there’s a shortage in rural areas, so the government enforces bonds to ensure service, even though similar rules aren’t applied to other government-funded professions.
This has been going on from ages . And it is high time government looks after the payscale of doctors. This is the only reason why most of the doctors are shifting from their field to the IT field
This is unfair, especially since being a doctor is already such a high-risk job.
Ensuring healthcare reach in rural areas is important, but policies must balance public need with the well-being and rights of young doctors to be truly sustainable.