All professions, jobs, positions (how prestigious the position may be), or for that matter anything in this world have its pros and cons (or positive and negatives) and all of us are aware of this pros and cons, although we do not consider this frequently and seriously. All of us are aware of the positive aspects of being a doctor, such as well placed person in society, name, fame and blah blah blah (when you do not have enough time for yourself and family, in my opinion all these name and fame means very little).
But I wonder if you have ever wondered (if you are not a doctor or medical person) what are the cons or disadvantages of being a doctor. I am telling from my own experience, as I am a doctor, what are the great disadvantages of doctors in general and also I will tell the problems I face for being a doctor, which I would like not to face.
The greatest disadvantage of being a doctor is that you know that you are no body to save life (only God can save and doctors only do their job and try their best to do their job), but other people see you as a person who can save life (it is really a frustrating thing). If you are an honest (to yourself and not to others) doctor you know what you are, what you can do and what you can not do. Many a times you get frustrated, because even after your best efforts your patient is not responding accordingly, although you get joy when you see a patient is responding better than your expectation and this is enough to understand that nothing is in your hand.
Another great disadvantage is having less (and lesser) time for yourself and family. This may be frustrating, especially when you see your friends in other profession are having a ball of a time and you age busy treating sick people. I personally get frustrated in this type of job and so I changed my job from being a doctor to being a teacher in a Medical College and choose a Para-clinical subject, where I do not have to attend patients. When I was joining Medical College for study all these things were not in my mind, but I could manage my life. Unfortunately many doctors only live with all these disadvantages never realizing there is always a way out of every problem in life.
I will continue writing the negative aspects of being a doctor from my own experience.
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