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Episode’s Description
Doctors Are Not Murderers: Challenges Doctors Face Today?
What challenges do doctors face today?
Doctors today face rising workplace violence, increasing burnout, public mistrust, corporate healthcare pressures, unrealistic patient expectations, and rapid disruption from artificial intelligence in medicine. In countries like India, these challenges are intensified by systemic strain and high patient volumes.
In this episode of Postcall, we sit down with Dr. Debraj Shome, one of India’s leading cosmetic and facial plastic surgeons, to examine the realities modern physicians are navigating.
From rising violence against healthcare professionals in India to the emotional toll of patient outcomes, toxic training cultures, unrealistic expectations, and the rise of artificial intelligence in medicine-this conversation explores what it truly means to be a doctor today.
In one of the most controversial parts of the episode, Dr. Shome speaks openly about a growing fear in the profession: Are companies trying to make doctors obsolete? As AI platforms, digital health startups, and corporate healthcare models expand, many physicians worry about being replaced, sidelined, or reduced to technicians within larger systems.
From his early days in ophthalmology to becoming an American Board Certified Facial Cosmetic Surgeon and serial entrepreneur, Dr. Shome shares the journey behind the titles-and the realities behind the white coat. But this conversation goes deeper than credentials. It explores empathy in medicine, the emotional realities of patient care, and why he wrote the books Dear People and Doctors Are Not Murderers.
Key Topics Discussed
- The biggest challenges doctors face globally today
- Why doctors are often misunderstood-and why he wrote Doctors Are Not Murderers
- The emotional burden of patient care and public expectations
- Whether AI and corporate healthcare models are making doctors obsolete-or transforming their role
- How generative health platforms and tech companies are reshaping the medical profession.
If you’re a doctor questioning your role in today’s changing healthcare system, this episode is for you.
Listen now and join us in impacting healthcare differently.
To catch up on our previous discussion, check out our last podcast episode, where we covered ‘Unlocking Hormone Health: What Every Doctor Needs to Know’. Also, don’t miss our episode on: ‘Beyond Clinical Walls Lies Unlimited Potential – Be the Doctor Who Reinvents Healthcare’ here.
