Indian doctors

[Mike_Yates]

Why are there so many Indian doctors?

Is it like some kind of cultural tradition for Eastern Indian people to earn medical degrees?

 

[JohnnySavage]

For 20 years my doctor was Indian. She got old and retired though. Quitter.

 

[pointless]

because there are so very many indians.

 

[toubab]

Why are there so many Indian doctors?

Is it like some kind of cultural tradition for Eastern Indian people to earn medical degrees?

One reason there are so many Indian doctors is there are a whole lot of Indians.

 

[toubab]

because there are so very many indians.

Beat me to it.

 

[toubab]

For 20 years my doctor was Indian. She got old and retired though. Quitter.

How do you retire from being Indian?

 

[snugglestruggle]

Why are there so many Indian doctors?

Is it like some kind of cultural tradition for Eastern Indian people to earn medical degrees?

How may I be helping you ?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

My radiologist is Indian. He's the only one I trust.

 

[JohnnySavage]

How do you retire from being Indian?

She moved to Baltimore. Nobody survives that.

 

[CandiCame]

There are a lot of foreign doctors in my area because there's a program here where if you work in an impoverished area you can get some of your loans paid off. I know this because, interestingly enough, I work with a guy from India who's wife is a doctor, and it's the reason why they're here. He explained to me, in great detail, how it worked, and then I promptly forgot everything he told me.

 

[patient1]

To illustrate the point-

population of North & South America combined- 953 million

population of India- over 1.25 Billion

Lots of people on a mere subcontinent. I don't blame them for moving here, I would.

 

[Jennifer]

She moved to Baltimore. Nobody survives that.

Truth.

 

[Super-Surprise]

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[Noor]

I like my Indian allergist, he was the first doctor in a bunch of specialists to figure out what was going on with me, also the first Indian doctor of the lot. It's fairly rare but he was bright enough to spot it. He wrote it down for me and told me to look it up on the internet.

 

[patient1]

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I can hear Sting singing "Please don't stand so close to me."



My primary doctor is an Indian woman. She's very clever. She also has long thin fingers. This becomes an important consideration for a maturing fellow.

 

[robinh00d]

Why are there so many Indian doctors?

Is it like some kind of cultural tradition for Eastern Indian people to earn medical degrees?

In India, educating children is an important and integral part of raising the family. Children study in school for 12 years. As medical and engineering degrees give them higher returns as income, the push (from family, society and even self) is higher to go for professional courses and ultimate dream to make it big. It's not just doctors, you would find even a larger number of engineers.

In short the tradition is to allow children to spend childhood in learning, and think about earning only after they have completed at least 12 years of school education.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Is anyone here Indian?

 

[robinh00d]

Yes, I am.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

I prefer Asian doctors. I refuse to use doctors educated in the US; none can be trusted. The only exception are surgeons.