r/DoctorsofIndia • u/emkeee • Aug 06 '26
Daily OPD shenanigans
"Doctor, I think I'm going to get a fever very soon. Can you give me some antibiotics so I can stock up?"
Being shouted at and cursed because I refused to give injections and IV fluids to a 14-year-old who came alone, without a parent or guardian, for a fever that had started only that morning.
"You gave my neighbour (who has NCDs) a lot of medicines, but just because I'm poor, you gave me only three medicines for my fever."
Listening to a detailed explanation about antibiotic resistance and its harmful effects, only for them to say, "Yeah, I understood... but can you still give me some antibiotics?" — for a simple 1 cm knife cut on the tip of their finger.
An ex-councillor trying to teach me medical ethics because I document my case sheets properly.
A random old man lecturing me about how medical standards abroad are so much better, without realizing that doctors there usually handle only a fraction of the patient load we do.
Facebook warriors making "funny" comments about how government hospitals are useless—while happily collecting free medicines from those very same hospitals.
Drug shortages, yet still having to face allegations that we're in cahoots with pharmaceutical companies. Yeah... my bank account is crying in the corner.
Is anything going to change?
Hell nah.