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New Delhi: With medical students as audience members, fourth episode of Aamir Khan’s television show 'Satyamev Jayate' focused on health care services in our country. Aamir’s guests on the show included doctors, victims and families who lost their loved ones due to negligence of doctors.
The show started with the story of VS Venkatesh who had to go thorough four surgeries because of an infection in his leg. He later got to know that the entire process that has cost him Rs 2 lakh was unnecessary and his infection could have been treated with medicines. Arvind Kumar from Hyderabad was kept in ICU for three days and was advised a surgery when all he needed was an ORS packet.
Is this mere negligence or we should call it a fraud? In a country where doctors are considered equivalent to God, the list of such cases is unending. Major Pankaj Rai’s wife Seema was suffering from a kidney ailment. Without her family’s permission, doctors took her to the operation theatre for kidney and pancreas transplant. Rai had to pay Rs 8.25 lakh for the surgery and Seema lost her life too. Doctors didn’t even inform the family about her demise and the switched off their mobile phones.
Dr Anil Pichad from Mumbai who owns a pathology lab revealed that he used to overcharge patients for tests as he had to pay commission to the doctors. After he went through a personal tragedy, he realized his mistake. He has stopped bribing the doctors now and takes nominal charges from patients.
It was surprising to know that many women in Kowdipally village of Andhra Pradesh were asked to get their uterus removed. The operation is expensive and the farmers had to sell their land or take loans for it. In most of the cases, the surgery wasn’t needed.
Major General (Retd) Som Jhingon, former Medical Council of India chief revealed that for medical colleges it’s only about making money. He tried to run MCI in a disciplined way, but when he failed to do so, he resigned after a year. Dr KK Talwar, Chairman, Board of Governors, Medical Council of India revealed that since 2008 there is not even one case where the license of a doctor have been cancelled. Dr Talwar had no satisfying reply to Aamir’s questions.
Dr CM Gulhati, Editor, Monthly Index of Medical Specialties says that health services aren’t a priority in India. He said the government should spend at least six percent of the GDP on the health services.
At the same time there are doctors who are trying to help poor people in getting better medical services. Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, founder and chairman, Narayan Hrudayalaya group of hospitals, Bengaluru revealed that under their Yashswani scheme every farmer pays Rs 10 per month and government adds Rs 30 to it annually. Dr Shetty explained how his group of hospitals has brought medical services in the reach of poor people.
Dr Samit Sharma, IAS, Managing Director, Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation was Aamir’s next guest. He revealed that the actual cost of medicines is pretty low, but they are sold on much higher prices. According to WHO, 65 percent of Indian population still doesn’t have access to basic medicines. Dr Sharma says that they have started generic medical stores in Rajasthan, which provide medicines on actual cost. A packet of blood cancer medicine costs Rs 1.25 lakh usually. Same generic medicines can be bought in less than Rs 10,000.
The previous episodes of the show focused on social issues like female foeticide, child sexual abuse and dowry system. Unlike the previous episodes of ‘Satyamev Jayate’, this episode wasn’t high on emotional drama. Aamir raised a very important topic this time and the show was packaged well. Let’s wait and watch how the show scores on the TRP scale this time.
The show started with the story of VS Venkatesh who had to go thorough four surgeries because of an infection in his leg. He later got to know that the entire process that has cost him Rs 2 lakh was unnecessary and his infection could have been treated with medicines. Arvind Kumar from Hyderabad was kept in ICU for three days and was advised a surgery when all he needed was an ORS packet.
Dr Anil Pichad from Mumbai who owns a pathology lab revealed that he used to overcharge patients for tests as he had to pay commission to the doctors. After he went through a personal tragedy, he realized his mistake. He has stopped bribing the doctors now and takes nominal charges from patients.
It was surprising to know that many women in Kowdipally village of Andhra Pradesh were asked to get their uterus removed. The operation is expensive and the farmers had to sell their land or take loans for it. In most of the cases, the surgery wasn’t needed.
Major General (Retd) Som Jhingon, former Medical Council of India chief revealed that for medical colleges it’s only about making money. He tried to run MCI in a disciplined way, but when he failed to do so, he resigned after a year. Dr KK Talwar, Chairman, Board of Governors, Medical Council of India revealed that since 2008 there is not even one case where the license of a doctor have been cancelled. Dr Talwar had no satisfying reply to Aamir’s questions.
Dr CM Gulhati, Editor, Monthly Index of Medical Specialties says that health services aren’t a priority in India. He said the government should spend at least six percent of the GDP on the health services.
At the same time there are doctors who are trying to help poor people in getting better medical services. Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, founder and chairman, Narayan Hrudayalaya group of hospitals, Bengaluru revealed that under their Yashswani scheme every farmer pays Rs 10 per month and government adds Rs 30 to it annually. Dr Shetty explained how his group of hospitals has brought medical services in the reach of poor people.
Dr Samit Sharma, IAS, Managing Director, Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation was Aamir’s next guest. He revealed that the actual cost of medicines is pretty low, but they are sold on much higher prices. According to WHO, 65 percent of Indian population still doesn’t have access to basic medicines. Dr Sharma says that they have started generic medical stores in Rajasthan, which provide medicines on actual cost. A packet of blood cancer medicine costs Rs 1.25 lakh usually. Same generic medicines can be bought in less than Rs 10,000.
The previous episodes of the show focused on social issues like female foeticide, child sexual abuse and dowry system. Unlike the previous episodes of ‘Satyamev Jayate’, this episode wasn’t high on emotional drama. Aamir raised a very important topic this time and the show was packaged well. Let’s wait and watch how the show scores on the TRP scale this time.
Source : ibnlive
Watch Satyamev Jayate Full Episode 4
Satyamev Jayate Episode 4 : The intelligent actor casts light on a slew of scandalous exercises ailing our healthcare system
Low on tears but high on shocking value, Satyamev Jayate’s fourth episode dealt with horrendous medical practices forthrightly. Right from the deceitful ‘Basin’ blood test to the ‘cut percentage’ offered by pharmaceutical companies, and from astronomical fees students have to pay to pursue medicine to drug mafias casting a wicked web of incentives to pocket more profits-Aamir Khan daringly portrayed a vicious cycle that is deteriorating our basic healthcare system without pointing an accusing finger at anyone. Not once did he condemn the government or any medical body and yet he made the required impact without being preachy.
Aamir started the show on an interactive note. The 47-year-old asked the young medicine professionals and students from the audience their real intent behind perusing medicines. “Be healers rather than being just profit seeking experts,” urgeed Khan.
Satyamev Jayate brought to light the shocking cases of a number of people who have suffered at the hands of fraud doctors. It also showed how a paltry 1.4 % of our total GDP is utilised by the government to look after the health of our massive population. On the positive side, Dr Shetty introduced the low cost insurance policy, an innovative scheme which can avail any treatment or any medical facility to the commonest denominator of our society.
Aamir also introduced and promoted the unique concept of generic drugs. The show, in totality, focused on how our healthcare system can gear up, take initiatives to bring about some positive changes in its functioning and provide the required medical treatments or facilities to everyone without discrimination. After all, medicine is a profession and even a doctor can err, but if one does one’s job with integrity and with a clear conscience, he can earn equally good money without disrupting the social and moral fabric of society. Satyamev Jayate’s fourth episode managed to drive that message home with gusto!
Source : bollywoodlife.com
Satyamev Jayate Episode 4 : The intelligent actor casts light on a slew of scandalous exercises ailing our healthcare system
Low on tears but high on shocking value, Satyamev Jayate’s fourth episode dealt with horrendous medical practices forthrightly. Right from the deceitful ‘Basin’ blood test to the ‘cut percentage’ offered by pharmaceutical companies, and from astronomical fees students have to pay to pursue medicine to drug mafias casting a wicked web of incentives to pocket more profits-Aamir Khan daringly portrayed a vicious cycle that is deteriorating our basic healthcare system without pointing an accusing finger at anyone. Not once did he condemn the government or any medical body and yet he made the required impact without being preachy.
Aamir started the show on an interactive note. The 47-year-old asked the young medicine professionals and students from the audience their real intent behind perusing medicines. “Be healers rather than being just profit seeking experts,” urgeed Khan.
Satyamev Jayate brought to light the shocking cases of a number of people who have suffered at the hands of fraud doctors. It also showed how a paltry 1.4 % of our total GDP is utilised by the government to look after the health of our massive population. On the positive side, Dr Shetty introduced the low cost insurance policy, an innovative scheme which can avail any treatment or any medical facility to the commonest denominator of our society.
Aamir also introduced and promoted the unique concept of generic drugs. The show, in totality, focused on how our healthcare system can gear up, take initiatives to bring about some positive changes in its functioning and provide the required medical treatments or facilities to everyone without discrimination. After all, medicine is a profession and even a doctor can err, but if one does one’s job with integrity and with a clear conscience, he can earn equally good money without disrupting the social and moral fabric of society. Satyamev Jayate’s fourth episode managed to drive that message home with gusto!
Source : bollywoodlife.com
The fourth episode highlighted the various issues that ails patients in India and the unscrupulous practises of doctors. India is a nation where almost 60% of all medical expenses are out-of-pocket, highlighting the need for a better healthcare system. The show shed light on various issues dealing with medical malpractice; a family who lost their loved one due to a forced surgery and medical cases where patients were misled about their ailment. To understand how the Medical Council of India dealt with such issues, Aamir spoke to Dr Talwar. He also highlighted the fact there are no stringent measures to deal with miscreant doctors and an RTI filed by the Satyamev Jayate team showed that not a single doctor’s licence to practice – had been cancelled since 2008 – clear proof that there are no consequences for medical malpractice.
Retired Major General Jhingon shared the tales of blatant corruption in the MCI and reckoned it was all about the money. The show also highlighted the trauma of women in Andhra Pradesh who were forced to undergo uterus operations without any reason. He also discussed at length the availability of generic medicines (something which the health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had actually promised would be available at all public health facilities free of cost) with Dr Shamit Sharma from Rajasthan who said that these medicines were no different from the branded medicines produced by big pharmas. The show also talked to Dr Devi Shetty, whose Yeshasvini healthcare scheme looks to provide affordable healthcare to the poor and Dr Gulati who urged the government to prioritise health schemes so that even the poor could lead a healthy life. Although this year’s budget claimed that it had allocated more on healthcare spending (Rs.26,897 cr to Rs. 30,702 cr an increase of 14%), there’s evidence that the full amount allocated during the previous budget wasn’t even spent!
In all there were various other health related issues which perhaps would lie outside the scope of this episode but which we as a health site have covered in the past and would like to bring to your attention:
The high number of infant deaths in J & K and West Bengal hospitals.
The fact that AIIMS, the country’s premier medical institution is severely understaffed!
The irregularities in the running of the CDSCO (drug control agency) be it the lack of quality or quantity of drug inspectors.
The fact that drugs are being approved without clinical trials.
The alleged nexus between big pharmas, doctors and drug control agencies.
Like the National Rural Health Mission which aims to provide healthcare to the rural poor, the government had planned to launch a National Urban Health Mission which looked to provide healthcare services to the urban poor but it still hasn’t been launched.
So health.india.com readers do share with us any other instances of medical malpractice that you’ve encountered or if you’ve any solutions that could improve healthcare services.
Source : health.india.com
Watch SATYAMEV JAYATE Episode 4: Aamir Khan tackles fraudulent medical practices
Satyamev Jayate: Episode 4 deals with medical malpractice
Satyamev Jayate: Aamir Khan targets corrupt doctors
Satyamev Jayate: Episode 4 deals with medical malpractice
Satyamev Jayate: Aamir Khan targets corrupt doctors
People trust medical practitioners, believing that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to safeguard their health. But when this knowledge is misused to exploit this trust, medical care becomes a nightmare. The profession is riddled with unscrupulous doctors and hospitals out to make big bucks at the cost of patients, but there are still medical practitioners who stand up for the Hippocratic Oath, and those who want to clean up the profession.
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Watch "Satymev Jayate" Does Healthcare Need Healing? - Episode Song
Download Ek Masoom Si Naav (Satymev Jayate) Mp3 Song Free Download and Listen Online watch
Song: Masoom Si Naav...Zindagi
Composer : Ram Sampath
Lyricist : Suresh Bhatia
SInger : Ram Sampath
Recorded by : Yash Divecha
Mixed by : Ram Sampath and Yash Divecha
Guitars : Deeral
Flute : Krishna Marathe
Produced by : Sona Mohapatra (for Omgrown Music)
Should every state government follow the example of Rajasthan and open generic medicine stores throughout their state so that all citizens get medicines at the lowest possible price?
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Download Ek Masoom Si Naav (Satymev Jayate) Mp3 Song Free Download and Listen Online watch
Song: Masoom Si Naav...Zindagi
Composer : Ram Sampath
Lyricist : Suresh Bhatia
SInger : Ram Sampath
Recorded by : Yash Divecha
Mixed by : Ram Sampath and Yash Divecha
Guitars : Deeral
Flute : Krishna Marathe
Produced by : Sona Mohapatra (for Omgrown Music)
Should every state government follow the example of Rajasthan and open generic medicine stores throughout their state so that all citizens get medicines at the lowest possible price?
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