Mr. Khan,
Just when I was about to change my opinion on you, you
screwed it again. After two well-researched episodes of Satyamev Jayate, you
messed up big time with the fourth one. Though I agree with some of the things
that you’ve said on the show, there are plenty that you got wrong.
You said a patient on dialysis can live upto 15-20 years.
Looks like you believe in miracles. Fact is, life expectancy of a person on
dialysis depends on the severity of the disorder. Someone suffering from acute
kidney failure can recover and live a long life. But someone with chronic
kidney failure cannot live for more than 5 years, unless he opts for a
transplant. There have been a few cases where the patient has lived upto 20
years, but lets not ignore the fact that the quality of life is also reduced.
Now after watching your show, many patients would not go for kidney transplants
and die within 5 years. I hope you take responsibility for that. Also, somebody
from the audience (btw, do you pay them for sitting there and reacting? In that
case, I’d love to come too) said that her father was forced to undergo a liver
transplant 7 years ago. Now, there are only a handful of hospitals in India today
that offer liver transplant. So for that to happen about 6-7 years ago in some
remote part of the country is almost impossible.
When you compared the
doctors here with the ones in U.K, I wish you’d also compared their working
conditions, doctor-to-patient ratio and salaries. You should’ve probably spent
a day in a government hospital as a part of your ‘research’. I do not say that
the ‘bad doctors’ shouldn’t be punished. Their licenses should be suspended for
life. But it looks like you prefer calling all of them as ‘Maut Ke Saudagar’. It is this generalization you’re doing that I
have a problem with. And what the hell did you mean when you said people with
ambitions of earning good money should not become doctors? This, coming from a
person who earns 3 crore per episode is ironic.
And about that generic medicine thing, you can’t force it
down people’s throat, you see. Access to these medicines is essential when
people cannot afford branded medicines. But do not forget that the companies
who charge more for the same medicine spend millions on research and
development of new drugs. Generic drugs, more often than not, are produced by
local companies and may produce side-effects and cause aberrant deaths due to their
inferior quality. And if you’d done so much of ‘research’, you should’ve
atleast bothered to suggest some solutions at the end of the episode, rather than
your continual lambasting on doctors.
See, now that ‘Perfectionist’ tag of yours has started to
bother me again. Uh, and also those recurring expressions. They call you a good
actor. Try some new reactions/expressions if you can. And for God’s sake,
please do not wipe tears when you don’t have any. That goes for your audience
too. (Ah yes about that, seriously, you pay them?!) It worked for the first two
episodes, now its kinda irritating. But let me tell you, the saving grace for
your show is the song at the end of each episode. I love the lyrics. Swanand Kirkire
is a genius.
I sincerely hope you come up with a better episode the next time. Please don’t ruin my Sunday.
Yours faithfully,
A Concerned Viewer.
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