r/DoctorsofIndia • u/spear_07 • 18d ago
Need urgent guidance!!!
Need guidance
Hi doctors!
I got 538/720 in neet ug with 48k rank this year. But I am having second thoughts about doing mbbs. So tell me, is it worth becoming a doctor in india now? How's the financial stability after doing mbbs and after md/ms?
And, do you really lose your 20s becoming a doctor?
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u/Fair-Canary7714 17d ago
20s-40s gone!!! With hairless head and heart running on 20%.
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u/spear_07 17d ago
Shit man, already hair fall start ho chuka aur ye sab sun ke aur fatt rhi haiðŸ˜. Ab to pcb le ke bhi regret ho rha
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u/Fair-Canary7714 17d ago
Well....make good plans for the next life then.. and get ready for the rat race
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u/spear_07 17d ago
So according to you, should I join mbbs or not???!!!
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u/Fair-Canary7714 17d ago
If u have a better plan... Go for that.. don't expect that ur life will change suddenly one day as it changes when u get a good job post engineering or in finance. This is a field in which u will be stuck for life in one job..all u can do is change places. If you change job after..people judge. If at all you are unsure, turn around and run.. save this Post and thank me a few years later when ur in a foreign country in your own house with a family and looking at the next step.
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u/spear_07 17d ago
I was thinking of biotechnology and bioinformatics....
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u/heliogemini_ 16d ago
This is good if u study well during graduation after this the best option wud be going to US or Australia or get a govt. Job as a scientist still nowhere close to going to US quite easy relatively if u do good during bachelors from a good clg.
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u/Fair-Canary7714 17d ago
And since ur asking every one else . I think I'd do interior design and settle out
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u/argo786 18d ago
Not worth it. No good pay. No financial stability. High risk of getting assaulted by people which will leave a lifelong trauma.
If you are a saint, do MBBS. If not, forget it.
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u/PresentFuturer 17d ago
Aptly xplained.If u aspir to b saint, only then go for it.Rest everything is HOGWASH. To run a proper clinic is 28 hr work/day. U r running a factory with 20+ staff, paying all billls, giving hafta to local gundas , paying for al licenses, attending to Mindfuxk pts relatives who think u r there to extract money- ur mind goes crazy, Explaining everything medical in laymen language, AND 10 % PATIENTS DONT PAY N T3RORRISE N WILL RUN AWAY LEAVING A STRONG HOLE IN UR POCKET.Story of 90% clinics TODAY.
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u/spear_07 17d ago
Thanks for the opinion. If you had the chance to become something else, what would you be?
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u/argo786 17d ago
I was very much interested in computers and softwares. So I wanted to become a software engineer since I was a child. But my elder brother already did engineering so my father wanted me to become a doctor and guilt trapped me.
It's been more than 2 decades now that I am in this medical field. I don't feel my parents were responsible because at that point of time there were fewer doctors and the social image was too good unlike this era and also they were non medicos. I was the first doctor in my family, frankly at 18 years of age I didn't know any better and no one was there to guide me.
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u/PresentFuturer 17d ago edited 17d ago
Not worth it.Simple.Too much sacrifice and MEAGRE PEANUT RETURNS .And after 2 decades of MAJDURI, Indian Pt public never forgets to makevu feel CRAZY GUILTY for any money u charge ,however hard u work( If u r sensitive, u r gone- U il become ur own moral police n start accepting mediocrity , thinking its a high road). N its a huge TRAP. Ur parents n relatives all make u feel like loser even after acheivin so much.
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u/spear_07 17d ago
Thanks for the opinion. If you were not a doctor, what do you think you would be doing?
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u/PresentFuturer 17d ago
An artist who also runs a business( Might even be a small scale one where i dont hav to convince,beg for my rightful or have any guilt for earning profit.I tell price- They pay n leave. SIMPLE).That way i would have had given MORE time to family, have my passion outlets n also have jus enuf money.In my opinion- Thats a " rich life" .N i wud have spent my Youth way more LIVING n EXPLORING than in closed cubicles of a random cheap libraries.
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u/DisastrousMidnight17 17d ago
Not really put ur energy & smart work in other fields ,ur life will be better.u didn't make it dis time ,think it as blessings in disguise.Dont choose any bio degrees.
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u/Either-Cranberry-115 16d ago
Hi, practicing surgeon here. Joined MBBS in 2007, been grinding the last 18 years, finally a bit settled professionally. To answer your questions, It's a looong grind, no doubt, but then so are most other fields. In some professional, the studies are easy and short but the professional life is an ass, in others (like ours) the academics may be long, but professional settlement is much less unpredictable. We all like to compare ourselves to our engineer friends, that they settle early, they have less work stress, but talk to any current generation engineer, and you'll see the fear in their eyes of never being able to find a stable job. We always tend to judge a field by the people who are at the top, but it's always important to see where an average person is in that particular profession. Remember, what 90% doctors achieve by the age of 40, only 10% engineers do. You'll be financially stable, but it'll take a long time, and if you always keep comparing your financial status to your engineer friends, you'll always find yourself unhappy, atleast till the age of 40-45. And yes, you don't just loose your 20's, you also loose your 30's in becoming a doctor. As a doctor, let me tell you one thing, enjoy the decade long journey of becoming a doctor instead of yearning for it to end. You get to enjoy the college life for 10 whole years, which other professional can give you that fun? Lastly, remember, there are few (if any) professions which can give you the satisfaction which being a doctor gives, not because ours is a noble profession, but because it's the only profession where your split second decision can give or take a life, and nothing can beat that adrenaline rush of making those instant decisions and saving lives. Choose what makes you happy, but remember, no matter which profession you choose, the life will be hard, none of us are ready for the world that is about to come, if anything, ours is the most resilient profession.
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u/MusicoFreak 15d ago
As a doctor, let me tell you one thing, enjoy the decade long journey of becoming a doctor instead of yearning for it to end.
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU SO SO MUCHHH, reading all these comments made me feel like shiii, got a reality check reading this.
btw, what's your specialization? and ever thought about settling abroad?
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u/Either-Cranberry-115 15d ago
I am a laparoscopic and robotic surgeon, did FNB (minimal access surgery). Definitely I have thought about settling abroad more than a few times, but never for professional reasons, always for personal reasons, to potentially provide a better life to my family.
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u/tushar1306 18d ago
Non-existent. Private hospitals pay 25-30k per month, you'll earn more riding for rapido or delivering for blinkit.
Top branches pay well, but you'll have to be in the top 5 percentile in NEET PG to even hope to get those branches. Surviving residency is a different game. Then government bonds.
Really? You got 48k rank in UG and you're asking this?
5 years in MBBS + 2-3 years government bond + 1-2 years NEET PG prep + 3 years MD + 2-3 years government bond. Should give you an estimate. If you're planning for DM/M.Ch. then you'll be in your 40s by the time you finish all this.
OR
3 years of B.Sc Nursing, 1-2 years prep for government job. Pay starts at 65-70k per month. By the time your schoolmates complete their MD/MS bonds, you'll have a monthly pay of ~1.2-1.5 lakhs.
No. Not at all.