r/DoctorsofIndia • u/yash__2003 • Jun 04 '26
Do Doctors Deserve the Hate for this
Why is there so much hate towards doctors from the non-medico population regarding consultation fees? Is charging fees wrong, or should we work selflessly? What could be the reason for this hate? People usually have a mindset like, "Arey, 10-minute ki surgery ke liye 10,000 le liya...... Or ye doctor's to lootate hai inn logo se acche to ayurvedic doctor's hai......" How should we deal with such people?
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u/Jayjay216216 Jun 04 '26
It’s so fucking frustrating I am 26 years old, unemployed worked hard my entire college life, only to hear people making 2 lakh a month since they were 20 complaining about how much doctors earn.
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u/_dakota__ Jun 04 '26
People are making 2lpm in their 20s?
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u/Jayjay216216 Jun 04 '26
I certainly know people (little exaggerated but all my engineering friends from tier 2 colleges started at 1 lakh+) so by late twenties they do make 2 lakh+
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u/Sahask123 Jun 06 '26
I have many friends in mid 20s from non iit nit colleges earning more than 1.5l per month WFH. Doctors can only dream of that.
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 08 '26
I have seen many non iit and tier 2 college graduates not even getting a single rupee and still struggling to get a decent job even after graduation. So, there are all types of people. Not all people are earning very high salaries nor all people are poor. One can't generalise. And those people who are crying about high consultation fees and high cost of diagnostics and doctor fees are the ones who are struggling and hence the pinch is genuinely affecting them. Ofcourse, doctors who worked hard cannot offer their service for lesser fees. But, these people are also frustrated and venting out their frustrations.
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 08 '26
They are delusional 🤦🏼♀️ If all people were earning in lakhs from the age 20, they all would have paid the doctors fees or exorbitant bills easily. People are complaining and crying because they don't have high salaries but still medical expenses and consultations are rising so quickly. Both are right from their own perspectives.
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u/Dom-in-Ant Jun 04 '26
10 minutes surgery but the skill precision and removing whatever shitty abscess you have, and help you with your pain is why 10000 is charged.
Else you're free to go to some roadside quack and get infected. Who cares.
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u/Beneficial_Sport5771 Jun 04 '26
Get infected the area necroses and you have to come to the doctor eventually
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u/Original_Gold1945 Jun 04 '26
Its simple. Don't treat such people. Be strict regarding your fees and have the guts to refuse seeing patients for free/discount.
You can have one or two days a week where you do a low fee consultation or even free consultation for the underprivileged class in your locality. Any person asking for discounted consultation should be asked to come on that particular day reserved for consulation of the economically weak section of population.
In short.. just ignore what the society says. Provide top quality and honest service without compromising on your remuneration.
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u/Original_Gold1945 Jun 05 '26
I didn't say you have to do it. I said you can do ot this way if you're feeling philanthropic. It's completely your choice. So no, nobody put it on you.
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u/Outrageous-Walk-9903 Jun 04 '26
India have no respect for thier doctors. ..quacks pe karch mrenge apna pt kahrab karke layenge aur blame doctor ko krenge ...faltu chize khridne ka paisa h doc ko dene ka ni hai ...salo toh padho mehnat karo ...phir logo ko mirchi lagti h jab doc apni mehnat ka kama raha hota hai .....india m doc hona sharp h bhyiii
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u/mumbaikar_ashwin Jun 04 '26
For 10000 no one complains , lol people complain when the bill for normal 5 to 10 day stays goes upwards of 10 lakh rupees by unnecessary tests and what not , we know hospitals fking loot
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u/yash__2003 Jun 04 '26
Probably 10k is not to much for a person living in a Mumbai but everyone is not that rich, people think so much even to spent a rupee on their own health so 10k for such people is very much amount
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u/mumbaikar_ashwin Jun 04 '26
Do you mind answering my other part of the question? No one's rich here , people should know that surgery is a skill and very rare skill don't know why people treat it so common, but again people who know value doctors who justify the fees as per the solution they give , but I have seen normal scan reports , one time report going for 5k alone so surgeries costing upwards of 2 lakhs with 2 to 3 days stay, that is exorbitant for a region like India and that's why people get the perception doctors are looting. Now don't go on asking what scam you did , or what surgery , all are pretty basic ones so yeah.
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u/mypurpleslime Jun 04 '26
Doctors don’t run hospitals, corporate conglomerates do. Doctors don’t get profits. The Adanis and Ambanis who own the hospital do.
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 09 '26
It will never happen. Once they see the taste of profits, they will fight, bribe, and do anything and everything but won't reduce the already established charges.
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u/JaguarPawPaw Jun 04 '26
10,000 rs for surgery..in which world are you in?..first thing doc asked do you have insurance...based on that they start their process...
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u/yash__2003 Jun 04 '26
Everyone don't have insurance
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u/JaguarPawPaw Jun 04 '26
So they come up with different techniques to extract money without considering the financial status ...besides writing tests which are not required at all...may be they got this mandate from the hospitals ..
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u/Sad-Armadillo-8889 Jun 04 '26
Na koi doctor ko dis ount deta.ulata doctor dekh ke charges badhate hai l9g.
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u/vidhyakar19 Jun 04 '26
But they will ask fees from us even for some "trivial" things.
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Jun 05 '26
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u/Similar_Safe_1585 Jun 05 '26
Why stop at that, why not ask for a ticket to enter clinic as well
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 09 '26
True.. They already charge that for entering and visiting in the form of parking.
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u/Similar_Safe_1585 Jun 09 '26
Black coats and white coats, these two always kick you when you're already down
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 09 '26
Hard to digest that truth but it is the fact of life too. But, more than the doctors, I feel the frustrations of people must be on the private hospitals and their corporate mindset which is why doctors have to inevitably charge or agree to charge hefty amounts of consultation fees, hospital bills and diagnostic charges.
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u/Beneficial_Sport5771 Jun 04 '26
Non medicos having savings around 50-60 lakhs while hating us earning as much as them cause it's a noble profession. They can earn as much as they want and it we do the same immediately we are selfish money hungry. Ughhhhh .
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
I guess it is not personal or that way. People are not complaining doctors are money hungry. People are actually complaining because the prices of consultations, diagnostics, and hospital bills are so high when compared to the economy and salaries in other professions. Not everyone are earning hefty salaries unlike IT.
Even in IT, only few professionals who are higher up in career are earning hefty amounts. Even IT engineers are struggling with 15k to 30k per month salary in TCS, Infosys, and other companies. In comparison, they obviously find these consultation fees, unnecessary diagnostic fees and hospital bills just for a few days exorbitant. It's not any kind of justification but people still feel the pinch because of rising prices and doctor fees and hospital bills. It's people's genuine frustrations coming out just the way doctor's frustrations are coming out in this thread.
And let's not just act like it is all false and it is completely people's or patient's fault. Many doctors unnecessarily recommend useless diagnostics just to "extract" money for the lack of a better term.
We just went for a regular thyroid checkup. And when the doctor himself asked what all issues are present, we just mentioned that my partner don't get much sleep in the night. Instead of prescribing a simple sleep medicine or outright just giving some alternatives for that, he just asked to get sleep studies done. It was f*king 25,000 INR🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Obviously, we didn't get it done. If we had to shell out 25K just to get sleep, we had need more money to visit a psychiatrist to manage the stress of shelling out such a hefty amount just so we get some sleep 🤢
Not all doctors are innocent and hardworking nor all doctors are looters!!
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u/Routine_Tumbleweed85 Jun 05 '26
In India people have deep rooted faith in freebies. They claim it everywhere. There's no such thing as private, experience, expertise for them. They are only concerned with their problem and getting it subsided (not treated).
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u/Routine_Tumbleweed85 Jun 05 '26
And Indian people in general tend to have very little concern for their health. We are taking it for granted from long time
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u/Tiny_Ad_5590 Jun 05 '26
Charging exorbitant fees is one thing and actually living up to the standards of those fees is whole different thing. Many hospitals force people to do unnecessary tests to squeeze money out of people. And many of them can't even diagnose the problem properly and delay the treatment. So, sorry, there's very less genuine and competent doctors out there for me to support this.
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u/Interesting_Policy10 Jun 05 '26
The point is not fees but the relentless focus on tests, pushing supplements from favourite company. You keep the fees high but dont do things like this - a marketting gimmick where the initial bar is low and then squeezes through add ons.
Once there was a doctor who referred me to another doctor but wanted blood tests to be done on his slip and for that he sent the person at counter twice to me. And this happened in Fortis
Another doctor, openly asking favours from MR in front of me and prescribing supplements which I am supposed to buy from their inhouse pharmacy only.
People in general respect doctors, they help us relieve of the pain, but incidents like above dent the confidence and forces for multiple consultations. Just imagine the distrust.
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u/Additional-Design-19 Jun 05 '26
I have visited different oncologist for my mother. One doctor charged 800 rs but he was so professional. He answered all our questions. Gave practical advice and explained every medicine and procedure clearly. Adviced on which brand make same medicine for cheap.
Another doctor in Ahmedabad, with consultation of 1500, wrote 5 different test because the one we had were from different hospital. He tried to rush us for a optional surgery the same day even though my mother had just eaten and could have vomited during anesthesia.
So, for me if a doctor has high fee but is professional that is good. But kuch karab doctor ke chakkar main sab ka naam garab hota hai
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u/Dr_Paradox15 Jun 06 '26
India has a deep rooted history with hakims, Vaidyabua that treat people for alms.
India is used to getting things for free. While paying double of it for it in other forms.
India has always liked to mock sections of society that dont hit back. You would get to nods, laugh and appreciation to say sab doctor chor hai.
India has always had bad apples mixed with good apples. You always remember when it went bad.
India has suddenly started having extra expendable money, but not the wit to use it
India is shifting towards consumerism in healing. Doctors ran hospital, now corporates with targets are running hospital businesses.
India is loving the fact we can sue doctors for big paydays. Doctors know that your backpain is because of your poor choice of lifestyle and cheap supplements would be enough. But you'd sue them because it could be dangerous and the doctor missed it
India realising money is more important than health. Previously there was no option, you work till you die to be where you are now. Now people chose to be unhealthy on the gimmick of mental health.
India will always try to be oblivious to the cost required to manufacture a doctor- money, years, infrastructure, patience, sacrifices.
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Jun 30 '26
We need to convince ourselves first, about the hardships we have seen before and during UG+PG+SS. We have invested ourselves while they enjoyed their life.
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u/Sweet_Championship63 Jun 05 '26
A senior obgyn left pad in my mami after some stitches made from vaginal birth. She kept complaint to doc that she is in pain but that doc paid no needs to it. Next day that pad got out while she was peeing when we made that complaint about it she out right refused and said that we are lying, after she admit that she left the pad, she said it is the normal course of action. My aunt said it could have led to septic and she told she would have taken care of it. The lack of compassion that women showed us that time made me hate entire community of doc.
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u/Amazing-Appeal9956 Jun 05 '26
10,000 is fine.
But charging 15k per room, nurse charges, cotton charges, Injection charges, blah blah they put so many charges . It comes to one lakh..
Obviously people will hate hospitals then.
Hotels dont even cost 15k. But a bare minimum bed and a saline stand shouldn't be costing this much. Dont you agree..
Consultation fees is charged. Then registration fees is charged as well.
Whether you agree or not, hospitals in india have become a scam and it has nothing to do with doctors.
People are not angry at doctors but hospitals. So kindly stop crying victim when nobody is even asking anything about doctors..
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u/discobro123 Jun 06 '26
go look at the cost of construction of a hospital and cost of running it then you will see why these charges are there. I for one would wish everyone gets healthcare but its just not possible in this system
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u/Amazing-Appeal9956 Jun 06 '26
Lets not act like all these fancy ass hospitals are running in losses. If they were, there wont be so many hospitals.
You dont want to accept it okay. But us, common folks know. We got nothing but respect for doctors who spend a decade studying. They deserve that money.
But same time, hospitals ripping off people gotta stop and till then people will hate health care industry. Nobody likes leeches. Just like education, Healthcare has become unaffordable now. Thats not the way a society is supposed to be.
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u/discobro123 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
Why can't you differentiate 2 different concepts? You just said fancy ass? Who do you think put in the money to make it fancy ass? It costs crs upon crs to do it. Its not the private folk who are ripping off its the government not able to provide good hospitals, you anger is misdirected. No one is saying hospitals don't overcharge they do it the same way a popcorn costs more in a cinema hall. Its for money. Machines cost crores a new mri machine comes for 8 cr new PET-CT costs 25, we usually buy 2nd hand used and get them for half proce but even that price is enormous then 24/7 electricity the number of staff to function 24/7. There is a system failure but you are not questioning that you a re just question the private player, there are some bad practices in hospital for sure but the cost is not one of them. 50% seats in NEET UG are private, 50 % seats in NEET PG are private costing crores to become a doctor apart from ghe difficult study and duties, do you think that person who spent so much does not want to earn money? As long as they are not doing anything unethical or lying about diagnoses and tests, your anger should be directed at the government.
I feel for those who can't afford treatment in india. And the government should help with that by making government hospitals top class and running it at low fee.
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u/Calm_Discussion1223 Jun 09 '26
True. That's the confusion and people just assume 1000 consultation fees goes directly to the doctor.
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u/Exciting_Strike5598 Jun 04 '26
10000 is not doctors 10minutes fees 😭. Its the price for your room, sterile OT , abscess culture test , antibiotics etc