Movie Ek Doctor Ki Maut

[Jessica Wilson]

Afteryears of painstaking research at the cost of his personal life, Dr. Dipankar Roy (Pankaj Kapur) discovers a vaccine for Leprosy. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international recognition. Professional jealousy and abuse of power threaten Dr. Roy, even as the Secretary of Health reprimands him for breaking the news to the press. He is asked to report to the Director of Health. Professional colleagues Dr. Arijit Sen and Dr. Ramananda invite him to a lecture but, it is merely a pretense to humiliate him. Dr. Roy suffers a mild heart attack, but he refuses to go to the hospital. His wife (Shabana Azmi) and a few others like Dr. Kundu (Anil Chatterjee) and Amulya (Irfan Khan) stand by Dr. Roy, but the harassment continues; a letter from a British foundation, John Anderson Foundation, is suppressed and Dr. Roy is transferred to a remote village. The last straw is two American doctors receiving credit for discovering the same vaccine. Dr. Roy is shattered. However, in the end, Dr. Roy gets an invitation from the John Anderson Foundation inviting him to be a part of an eminent group of scientists working on other diseases. Dipankar Roy realizes that his research was fruitful. He also decides to accept the invitation as he just wants to work for the betterment of mankind.[5][6]

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Lalsot is a small town in district Dausa, Rajasthan. Its population, 34,363, is 3.9% of the population of just one taluk of Delhi, Kalkaji. Its working-population is 10,906 but only 85% have main work. The remaining 15% are marginal workers. That should put in perspective the medical facilities that Lalsot has or can have.

Lalsot has a small, private, Anand Hospital, owned and run by a doctor couple, Dr Archana Sharma, and her husband Dr Suneet Upadhyaya. Before moving to Lalsot, Dr Archana, age 42, was an associate professor and a unit head at the government medical college, Gandhinagar. So, she was an experienced and skilled gynecologist.

A doctor must treat a patient with a reasonable degree of skill, care, and knowledge. A doctor is not guilty of negligence if he has acted in accordance with a practice accepted as proper by a responsible body of doctors who are experts in that speciality. Medical negligence is not proven if even one doctor is found who would adopt the same standard of care. Simple lack of care or an error of judgment are not negligence.

Patients go by the outcome. If the outcome is good, the doctor is good, even if she botched up the treatment. If the outcome is bad, the doctor is bad, even if she did everything right, and the patient files a medical negligence case.

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Medical negligence case statistics for India are scanty. One study showed that in only about 14% of the cases the doctors were found guilty of medical negligence. More extensive US statistics are available. We may look at these on the assumption that India statistics may be similar.

In the US, in 28% cases doctors were found guilty of malpractice The US has 400,000 unnecessary deaths annually in hospitals alone. And about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000-2002. In many of the deaths and patient safety incidents, medical negligence was involved. But suits were not filed in 80% of the cases where negligence was involved.

A doctor must know that he will be penalised if he is negligent. A clear case of negligence will be if a doctor does something for which he is not trained or qualified. But she must also be given the confidence that she will not be penalised for an error of judgment, or for an adverse outcome that is a known prognosis of a disease or a procedure.

After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and just as the junior doctor receives international recognition, he has to suffer humiliation from the professional jealousy and abuse of power from his seniors.

Tapan Sinha's Ek Doctor ki Maut is an engaging and riveting tale showcasing how jealousy,negligence and oppression can lead to mental setback of a person.The movie beautifully portrays the corrupted nature of human beings and how artists/scientist never get the fame and glory they deserve.

Dr Roy,played by the impeccable Pankaj Kapur works on the cure of leprosy and ignores the world around him including his wife(another brilliant performance by the elegant Shabana Azmi) to focus on creating the vaccine.What follows is a series of devastating events where bureaucracy and jealously shatters the doctor and leaves him in pain and anguish.The movie is backed by its excellent score.It was great to see Irrfan in his early works.

Pankaj Kapoor acted very well here, especially the seminar scene,

Very good film but would've been better if they had been a little closer to the real life story of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay, as his life wasn't nearly as hopeful and optimistic as his movie counterpart.

As a film it is well done.

The title does not necessarily implies the demise of protagonist but it's rather more harrowing, it's death of one's Diligence, ingenuity and most importantly Dream. A brilliant film further elevated by great performances.

The first thought to pop on my mind after finishing it was a Remake this brilliant film essentially need from one of Indian Contempary artists, and it certainly has to be Chaitanya Tamhane (imo) who has knack of capturing socio-political themes in Subtle, Minimalistic and Outstanding manner.

Was surprised at how accurately Tapan Sinha portrayed the medical profession, without trying to dumb down many dialogues or aspects like most directors would. Pankaj Kapoor plays the short-tempered but genius doctor perfectly, making us sympathise with, root for, as well as often hate him. The protagonist isn't a heroic character free of flaws, and the director does not try to present him as so.

Shabana Azmi was also a very well developed character, with Sinha presenting various aspects to her-- her love for the protagonist stops her from leaving him, despite being neglected and treated in a vile and most patriarchal way. She is a University graduate who can easily live an independent life if she wanted.

The ever present Galilean conflict of truth vs the inertia of the world to disregard its messenger continues to exist, sadly even after 30 years since the film first got released. We look at the past and wonder about the achievements of individuals but what this film will do is make us also look closer into the struggles it takes to make those achievements come to fruition. As much as we like to laud breakthroughs of the past that unravelled unfound truths we hardly can do service to people bringing them forth in the present.

\r\n\tMaria Reichel, MD is a board-certified primary care doctor at Mount Sinai Doctors, seeing patients of all ages Monday - Friday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Trained in New Jersey, she is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She was awarded her medical degree from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland and completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Luke's University Hospital in Phillipsburg, NJ. She is adept at providing comprehensive acute and chronic care to her patients and emphasize preventative care for children and adults. Dr. Reichel is fluent in Polish.

Maria Reichel, MD is a board-certified primary care doctor at Mount Sinai Doctors, seeing patients of all ages Monday - Friday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Trained in New Jersey, she is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She was awarded her medical degree from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland and completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Luke's University Hospital in Phillipsburg, NJ. She is adept at providing comprehensive acute and chronic care to her patients and emphasize preventative care for children and adults. Dr. Reichel is fluent in Polish.

the world. It was this travel that allowed her to experience the global underserved communities. She also had the privilege of traveling to Eastern countries that developed her love for a more holistic approach to medicine.

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