Why blame doctors?

As i write this piece, there's talk of a nationwide strike by the medical fraternity. On June 25, doctors, affiliated to the Indian Medical Association, plan to strike work, protesting the central government's policies, including the setting up of a national commission for health. Any agitation is an index of popular mood and people's hunger for change. Given the huge demand-supply gap in India's healthcare, reforms are inevitable in this critical sector.

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