28/11/2025
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ!
The NEET-PG 2025 trend says it all:
Out of the Top 100 ranks:
๐๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ
๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ
A few years ago, surgery was the ultimate dream.
Today, the brightest young doctors are quietly walking away from it.
And as a surgeonโฆ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ.
Surgery is beautiful, but ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐.
It demands ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐.
Training feels endless - residency, SRship, fellowships, super-specialisation and ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ โ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ โ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐.
And when you finally step into private practice, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ.
Competition is fierce. Building trust takes years. Nothing comes easy.
Success has ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐.
People assume surgeons โearn a lot.โ
But the reality is very different โ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
Behind every surgeon are ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐โฆ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
So when young doctors today choose Medicine or Radiology instead of Surgery, ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ.
I love surgery.
I love the operating room.
But ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ.
This message isnโt to discourage anyone. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
If we want more young doctors to choose surgery again, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ โ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ.
Until then, ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ.