Episode notes
Healthcare in India is failing because the country has too many medical schools that train doctors in exchange for huge donations. The reason these donations are paid is that wealthy individuals see medicine as an investment — they use their hoarded wealth to build hospitals, not out of pure compassion, but because it gives them power, influence, and social acceptance as “doing a great job.”
It has become customary for politicians and philanthropists to believe that offering charity is a way to rid themselves of karma. But according to Hinduism, giving charity to those who have not asked for it is like conquering their free will — an act that can be considered Adharma. Even Krishna, in the Bhagavad Geeta, says: “Love me, but do not surrender your free will.”
Hospitals impose rigid protocols, guidelines and Target tha ...