The Good, Bad and the Ugly side of the noble profession- Time to amputate
Since the onslaught of the pandemic, several doctors, nurses and front line health workers have done unthinkable humanitarian service and saved several million people, risking their own lives. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), a voluntary organization of medical professionals, on May 17, 2021 released a list of doctors who died in the line of duty, battling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In the first wave of pandemic in 2020, nearly 750 doctors had succumbed to the disaster. IMA also claimed that the second wave of Covid-19 has claimed the lives of almost 270 doctors. The list includes K K Agarwal, a 62 year old, former national president of the IMA, who died on May 17. MoS Health, Ashwini Choubey said in the Rajya Sabha that 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers died due to Covid in India till January, 2021. There could be a mismatch in the figures of the causality reported, but the fact remains that several doctors, nurses and healthcare workers sacrificed their l