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It is my request to Indian doctors, please 
increase your fees

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It might sound odd to non medicos, that I’m 
requesting Indian doctors to charge more

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The general perception among public is that 
Healthcare should ideally be low cost to 
people and affordable for poor

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When compared to developed countries like 
USA, many feel India has this positive aspect 
of cheaper healthcare

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Yet I request Indian doctors to follow the 
American model and hike their fees

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If you're charging ₹300 then charge ₹3000

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Make it 10 times over night, or even more. 
It's absolutely not against the law to do 
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Believe me, if that happens then India will 
scale much greater heights than ever

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This is what will happen.

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First of all. Patients’ behaviour will improve

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If you're a doctor then some patients will 
ask “why are you charging money?”

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Even if you’re charging as low as ₹200 (less 
than USD 3) per visit

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They won't ask about the electricity and 
water bills that you have to pay

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They won't ask you about rental expenses

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They won't ask you about staff who demand 
salaries on time and a hike every year

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They won't ask about inflation

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They won't ask about hardware companies selling 
devices at profitable rates

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They won’t ask you about family members aspiring 
to have a lifestyle at par with their peers

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They will simply ask why isn't their doctor 
treating them for free

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Because the fees is so low people take it 
for granted

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On the contrary, people don’t ask expensive 
brands like Mercedes and BMW to give free 
things

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They happily pay what is asked and feel proud 
doing so

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Hence, charge such a high amount that people 
won’t bother asking for freebies

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Next advantage - It'll reduce vicious cycle 
of commission

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Some humans in medical profession (not all) 
prescribe medicines from selected brands 
based on "targets"

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Some humans in medical profession prescribe 
more number of tests to patients so that 
they'll get referral amount

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Why? Because they're earning less from their 
regular income

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They’re unable to increase their rates, for 
several reasons

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So let them earn so much from their regular 
income that they won't retort to these external 
things

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Let people take only those medicines and 
tests which are essential

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The next benefit is it'll Improve health 
of a patient

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Because it’ll be expensive, patients will 
try to come fewer times to a doctor

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and will take better care of their health

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That way they'll take each prescription and 
advise more seriously

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Same way people let scratches happen on cheap 
Nokia phones and take utmost care of their 
expensive iPhones

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Another plus will be Lesser brain drain

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I have seen people in USA buying things like 
house with botanical garden area and private 
jets

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which their Indian counterparts can't imagine

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If Indian doctors earned this much amount 
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then neither will they go abroad to practice

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nor will our rich people go overseas for 
treatment

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Happier youth.

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These days, people of young age like going 
to restaurants with plush interiors

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They don’t care as much about basic raw material 
or savings - they just want good ambience

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So that they can click selfies and upload 
on social media

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This is a stark contrast from my parents 
generation,

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for whom eating out meant a place serving 
fresh meals

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They didn’t care much about interiors

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Not judging anyone, the current urban Indian 
youth wants good interiors

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They’re willing to spend ₹1000 for a plate 
of golgappas in a 5 star hotel

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even if they get the same thing elsewhere 
for cheap

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Hence doctors should do the same. Make their 
hospitals a 5 star selfie spot

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Youth will look forward to coming there and 
clicking selfies

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For that, doctors should increase their fees 
exponentially

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The next benefit will be Happier doctors

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Most of our society looks down upon doctors 
who spend money on themselves

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They don’t expect them to buy a Mercedes 
or take vacations abroad

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This has a toll on some doctors

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as they can’t publicly display the results 
of their hard earned money

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Hence, if it became acceptable that doctors 
are meant to make money

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then they won’t be judged

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Then every doctor will be able to freely 
display their wealth and also security systems 
at home

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In fact, the more society tries to suppress 
a doctor from displaying their wealth,

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more they’ll want to show it. So give them 
the freedom to do it

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The next advantage will be Relaxed doctors

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These days, it’s a matter of stress for doctors

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when a patient does self diagnosis on the 
Internet

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The patient reads some random articles via 
Google

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and then argues with prescription given by 
doctor

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Some patients feel their few minutes of random 
research

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is more insightful than several years of 
experience held by the doctor

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Some patients also come for time pass

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whereas they should be coming only if they 
seriously need a check up

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Because the doctor charges very low, patients 
take it for granted

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If instead of ₹200, a doctor was charging 
₹20,000, then the patient would have dared 
not argue

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They would have thought that the doctor is 
charging so much, so they must be right

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The next advantage of increasing fees will 
be More number of doctors

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Experienced doctors are flooded with

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a lot more patients than newer ones

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One reason is they continue charging much 
less then younger ones

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Even in your city you'll see old doctors 
charging less than newer ones

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If the experienced ones charge more

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then younger ones will get a chance as well

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So there will be more number of doctors graduating 
and it'll be a level playing field for new 
entrants as well

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Instead of engineering, parents will force 
their kids to take up medical

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Then even the fresh graduates will have a 
chance of finding clients

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due to less rates, just like software engineers

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Level playing field, experienced has more 
rates, younger have less rates

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Another big positive will be Doctors having 
More time for family

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Due to standard deviation

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Each doctor will have similar number of patients, 
so their working hours will reduce

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I have seen Doctors who work 15 hours and 
yet patients come to their home at 12 in 
the night

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citing emergency, even though the Doctor 
has clearly mentioned they don't check at 
home

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If working hours becomes balanced, Doctors 
will be able to devote more time to their 
family

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This will boost the economy

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as they’ll get time for shopping, eating 
out, buying luxury goods, etc.

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And a very big plus will be that people will 
understand it's Just another profession

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It’s time people realised that doctor is 
a profession, they are not gods

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I do not know a single doctor who calls herself 
/himself as god

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Just as how a cricketer gets out on zero

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same way a doctor too makes unintentional 
mistakes

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If people realised that a doctor is here 
to earn money and try their best

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then they won’t break hospital windows after 
death of a patient

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Because for someone who is not a god, the 
outcome is not in their hands

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One more plus is It will improve things

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People will start driving safely on road, 
fearing high cost of treatment

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Parents will force kids to spend less time 
on mobiles, as they won’t be able to afford 
eye care

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also they'll encourage kids to go and play 
outdoors

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Like in Singapore the treatment is so expensive,

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people make efforts not to fall sick

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People who will feel “why deprive the poor 
of affordable healthcare?” will have to start 
improving levels for their upliftment

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It’s not the responsibility of doctors to 
end poverty, isn’t it?

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For many years poverty hasn't been eradicated, 
we must all make collective efforts on that

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We may finally see cancer getting eradicated,

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thanks to investment in research. I pray 
no one goes through cancer

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And we may see the end of inventing diseases,

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just so that people will buy their antidote

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Because such companies will know that people 
won’t be able to buy en masse

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Because such companies will know that people 
won’t be able to buy en masse

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We may see people’s bodies getting stronger 
due to taking less medicines,

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and getting back to ways of holistic health, 
like in the olden days

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Because cheaper doesn’t always mean it’s 
better

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If only we could value the importance of 
having a human body

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If you are not a doctor, it's my request 
to you.

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Please understand what all a doctor goes 
through and has to face in life

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A doctor devotes their entire life in education 
and self study

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They start the process from early on in school, 
for various competitive exams. After so much 
of struggle, they finally get admission in 
a college

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Nowadays, the general category MBBS fees 
of some colleges is Rs. 50 Lakh for entire 
course

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Once that is over, the Doctor has to study 
further, as some people insist they won't 
get themselves treated from a simple MBBS

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So, they end up doing MD, DM, M Ch, etc. 
and so on

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By the time they finally get into practice, 
they are often under fear of violence against 
them

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they feel a lot, hearing that a patient passed 
away accidentally and their relatives broke 
hospital's windows

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A doctor also wants to devote time to family

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however they have so many working hours that 
some patients expect to treat them even if 
they've worked 15 hours a day

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Some doctors treat patients for free, by 
putting in money from own pockets

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Yet some patients don't value it

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Not only that, there are many more issues 
faced by Doctors in India

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If you see a Doctor, please understand that 
they're also a human

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There are all types of humans, good ones 
and the other type. You please see them simply 
as humans

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As will be our society, so will be its type 
of humans and hence the type of Doctors

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My wish for all of you is that may our country 
progress, people remain happy, and good things 
happen to good humans.

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Thank you for watching the video.