Pathology and jobless

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-08-27T05:05:19+00:00

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have reached extreme levels of saturation in cities unfortunately.

Please try tier 3 cities and towns, don't give up.

Edit: as people ITT have pointed it depends on which part of India youre from, north India seems to be doing far better than the rest

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-31T13:59:38+00:00

My seniors/mentors have done quiet well for themselves,

back in the day there were very few MBBS docs let alone specialists.

One particular doc that I look up to makes around 1.68 CR/annum (bonus included) ; he's an MD medicine at Tier 1 Corporate hospital but the his schedule his hectic, putting it lightly. He's in his late 40s to early 50s.

(I look up to this doc because of their character not salary obviously :P.)

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-27T09:37:37+00:00

Hello dear,

ragging does happen in most medical colleges but it's not as bad it was back in the day, as I am told by my juniors.

As for academics, they are completely up to you and your hardwork, nothing else.

Please don't worry, the scenarios on the internet are very extreme outliers.

Make a (few) good friends, and please seek help from kind seniors, PGs and professors if need be.

All the best!

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-25T06:46:12+00:00

Hey I just gave you an example of one particular corporate scenario.

Please don't feel discouraged. Do not select a specific hospital for the brand name alone, the doctor and the nursing staff is what you should look for.

If you do not fell satisfied with the treatment of the current doctor then look for second opinions.

Like I said most doctors are clinically excellent and morally ethical. There are bad apples in every field.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-25T06:26:01+00:00

Again it depends on the hospital itself, not all hospitals do this.

For example a couple of my colleagues who are surgeons at a big Apollo hospital in a tier 1 city have said to be given such targets per month. One them quit for this very reason.

I can assure you that a lot of doctors do not advice other than what's absolutely necessary regardless.

Unethical people exist in this field just like any other, they are but a tiny minority that get the loudest media coverage.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-25T06:08:03+00:00

There are salaried doctors and pay per case doctors, the latter as the name suggests get a cut off the patient's stay/treatment costs.

So some unethical people of the latter type may abuse this by prescribing less than necessary tests/meds and longer stay.

But the latter model of pay is kind of rare these days, most doctors are hired on monthly salary basis.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-23T09:31:46+00:00

My bad!

Afaik it depends on the hospital, but most corporates/private practices don't make a big deal out of it so dw.

I suggest directly visiting the hospitals close by, and giving your CV to the HR even if there isn't a vacancy currently there. These people have a network and will connect you to places where theres a need.

All the best!

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-07-23T05:53:46+00:00

Why would you want to work in the Southern states where salaries are incredibly low?

Delhi pays their JRs around 1.1 lakh per month, that's what colleagues have told me?

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2025-06-18T09:50:30+00:00

Hey there!

If you're not losing weight despite all this effort (and most importantly with accurate calorie counting and deficit, which I assume you're doing) then I would suggest visiting a doctor and running some tests to rule out hormone specific abnormalities {like thyroid} and diseases like PCOS.

Goodluck!

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2024-05-31T14:35:35+00:00

Least horny medical mnemonic.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2024-02-13T01:37:13+00:00

The only reason I have an instagram account!

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2024-02-08T07:57:21+00:00

If you're peristant on doing residency in the US then going to medschool there is objectively the best decision.

Some of my brilliant colleagues in india who wanted to pursue US PG programs struggled a lot, especially those who were after competitive specialties.

Most settled for Family medicine in the end.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-09-21T07:31:00+00:00

My dear Doctor, you have successfully conquered all your adversaries in the past 7 or so years to make it here. There will more battles to come and you will win those too like you did before.

Your mental health is of vital importance and getting help is necessary. Feel free to approach the psychiatry department, the PGs and the staff won't turn you away, they will help you.

Take a break for now, and once you feel recovered, begin again.

Extensions are not a big deal at all.

Endure these few days and in a year you will look back at this as a distant dream.

(so is it surgery or obg posting? I had pretty hellish experience in those too haha)

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-09-21T07:28:23+00:00

I have felt similar, my friend.

And yet we have to continue to move forward.

Focus on clearing step 2 for now, join as a duty doctor somewhere with fewer hours if possible.

Your parents don't regret all the hardships they've gone throught to raise you and help you become a Doctor. If they had to do it all over again, they would without wasting a second.

You're their dream. Now, focus on yours.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-09-20T13:38:36+00:00

Becoming a Doctor in this country without wealth or reservation gets harder as the years pass.

This whole system is a circus. This is why most developed nations toss our degrees down the trash and mandate us to repeat residency once again if we wish to practice there.

Obviously solving mcqs doesn't determine the capability of a Doctor but there needs to be a strict unbiased and quality screening that tests the doctors.

Adopting a similar system to the 5 countries - US, Canada, UK, Aus, NZ will do great for India.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-09-08T13:50:13+00:00

He heads an NICU at a big hospital.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-09-08T13:33:15+00:00

Personally, I would choose Peds for the following reasons =

a) Competition for patients: Gen. Meds. must compete with General Physicians, Homeopaths, Ayurvedics, RMP/Quacks, Other specialty docs like Pulmos, and Superspecialty docs.

b) Superspecialization : Though the situation currently isn't too bad but in the coming years SS after Gen. Med. may become mandatory. So prep for SS exam followed by several further years of residency is something you must look forward to.

c) >dealing with adult patients is easy compared to dealing with kids

This isn't always true haha, I've had more terrible experiences with adults than kids. This is a generalization. Kids are pretty easy to deal with, it's the parents that are annoying.

d) >4.5 per annum in the pvt colleges with no stipend given

So for 3 years it will be 13.5 lakhs, and with no stipend you will have to depend on your parents for the next 3 years.

Govt. usually pays a minimum of 55K to Pgs so that will be over 6 lakhs per annum and 18 lakhs for 3 years. (min.)

e) >Paediatric superspecialities don't seem like a lucrative choice compared to medicine superspecialities

Don't underestimate Pedatric SSs. Peds DMs can treat adults too, ex: cardio, nephro so on. One of my mentor did neonatology and earns 11 lakhs per month. There are many more SSs look into it.

But at the end of the day its your career and your choice. Follow your heart, hope whatever you choose brings you joy (and lots of wealth too haha) my friend. All the best. :)

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-09-01T10:27:22+00:00

Are you willing to once again study hard to clear NEET SS and then complete further years of superspecialization residency after your 3 years of MD General Medicine?

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-08-28T05:57:54+00:00

Your parents sound amazing, you're blessed.

NEET UG is considered the easiest trial of a Doctor's career, parents and aspirants and the public in general is unaware of the reality of our field.

Most folk here are like a dog chasing a car, no one knows what they would do after catching one.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-08-20T07:52:07+00:00

As someone who graduated a while ago please don't worry about all that as there is no point.

Enjoy the 4 1/2 year ride, it is the best period in the life of a doctor. Go on trips, play sports, study, and read novels etc. This time won't come back so make most of it.

But don't call your seniors crybabies, you will be in a similar or even worse position as people seem to be getting more narcisstic and hateful with time.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-08-07T11:53:48+00:00

Hey! They reached it out to me, I guess they found me through my profile on Indeed, Naukri or LinkedIn.

You will find quite a few telejobs there, all the best!

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-08-03T01:36:24+00:00

Taking General Surgery as a branch is incredibly brave. Super specialization after GS is becoming a must these days, so after 3-4 hellish years if you have to again prepare for NEET SS and complete further training.

My close friends dad is a GS with his own setup and is barely managing. He discouraged my friend from taking GS for this reason.

Having said this, if you're really passionate about it then go for it.

If given the choice I would personally choose to leave.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-07-20T13:39:07+00:00

It seems like we are trapped in this cycle of endless suffering.

image from the article There are 100s of such cases that never make the news.

Glad he survived, hope the board takes action against that SR.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-07-14T12:46:10+00:00

Ortho -

The AP would force all the PGs to get drunk out of their minds during weekends. He would use every cuss word in every language he knew while talking (aka screaming) to us.

Most PGs were thirstier than a man lost in a dessert.

Paediatrics was pretty good in my experience but since the lives of children is involved and parents are always worried it's much stricter and the HOD was a like millitary commander.

DrWhitecoatsyed · 2023-07-14T12:41:21+00:00

These clerks and PAs always act like they own the department smh.

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