Articles by Puneeta Uchil

Puneeta Uchil is a Communications Professional from an OBC Tribal community.

What does it mean to be a doctor? To have a doctor in your family? For most people in the mainstream of India it is a matter of pride, a status symbol. Maybe a way to earn a lot of money. And of course a way to heal people, at a big hospital in a big city. Maybe open a clinic of your own. Maybe open a hospital of your own (if your parents can afford it). Most doctors in the mainstream prefer not to treat their own family members for various reasons. I have a doctor in my family.…

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