12/10/2025
A must read.
Doctors, especially in Pakistan, carry a burden that very few outside the profession truly understand. From underpaid PG years, inhumane working hour, and emotional exhaustion, to finally reaching consultant level after decades of sacrifice — it’s a path filled with duty, discipline, and disappointment
What people forget:
Doctors don’t get off on Eids or any public holiday.
They’re in the ICU keeping someone's father alive while their own father is waiting at home for a visit.
Doctors don’t get regular 9-to-5
They're on call, post-call, and still expected to smile, teach, perform, and not complain.
Doctors aren’t machines.
They get tired. They miss weddings. They miss funerals. They miss their own life milestones while helping others get through theirs.
And yet, when they finally reach a point where they’re *allowed* to earn decently for the years they lost,
They’re suddenly labeled as
Greedy butchers or insensitive
The truth people need to hear:
You don’t owe free services to anyone just because you chose a profession in healthcare.
Compassion is noble — but compulsion is exploitation.
Doctors do charity every day — not always with free meds or procedures, but with the time they give, the sleep they lose, and the tears they hide.
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