Young Doctors on Strike: A letter to Syed Talat HUSSAIN

Dear Syed Talat HUSSAIN Morality is a relative term. Being kind can be relative to other people’s behavior. Doctors going on strike looks like ridiculous. But if seen in a context, it might look a bit more than that. Let’s have a closer look. The strike call by young doctors might look like an over-reacted even to many but the fact is that it has been brewing up for quite some time. Since nobody paid attention to it, it has resulted in an anarchic situation where doctors have gone on strike and people are suffering or dying unattended. Following points are stated for your kind attention. Health system, as you noted in your discussion other day, is one of the most neglected sector in terms of financial and administrative terms, in whole of the country. On one side, it look like a department which is not funded properly. On the other side, which might not be visible to many, is that it has virtually collapsed under the rush of patients that visit the existing health care faciliti...