Around 14% of doctors in the US were born in India. In the UK that number is closer to 20%. It's an accident of history, the natural consequence of a shared language and the gap between the high quality of education that India's top schools provide and the wages its economy can sustain. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, it has become vital, because Indian medical schools teach their students how to deal with pandemics whereas - shockingly - most Western ones do not. As a consequence, disproportionately high numbers of Indian doctors - and nurse, and support staff - have ended up on the front lines against the disease.
What is it like to take on such a risky and demanding role in a foreign country, without parents or siblings around to provide support? Sweta Rai's documentary introduces five doctors who know all too well. Their stores sit side by side.
What is it like to take on such a risky and demanding role in a foreign country, without parents or siblings around to provide support? Sweta Rai's documentary introduces five doctors who know all too well. Their stores sit side by side.
- 10/14/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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