hi AMMD,
i personally feel that life in delhi , mumbai , bangalore or other big cities is fantastic. I have spent a large part of my life in delhi.
I am from a family of doctors with many family friends and acquaintances working in good hospitals.
There are numerous high paying hospitals in delhi of which Apollo , Escorts , Batra , Gangaram , PSRI , Metro etc. are a few . Every metropolitan city has such hospitals.
Regarding the physicians they are trained in the best institutes in India as AIIMS , PGI etc. Many do fellowships abroad as in US , UK , Japan, etc.
I spoke to many physicians regarding recruitments to such hospitals. There are some who have american residencies and fellowships and indeed all have great careers. But all of them have trained in university based programs with fellowship training too. To be honest , residency in a community based program and without a decent fellowship will not be sufficient to get in these places.
In fact I know of some doctors in different specialities there about where they did residencies. To be honest they have great practices in the most sought after places , live in great areas with fame and glamor. But that is after residencies and fellowships in good academic programs . I am not saying they went to cornell or hopkins , but yes they have been trained in decent academic univ programs as wayne state , umdnj , suny , univ of illinois etc. Once this kind of residency is achieved , we have a good shot at good fellowships . It is only after this that we can achieve careers like them.
Honestly, most community based programs in the US thrive on FMGs , but that kind of training will not get anyone in these hospitals.
BEST PART , NO or very less medical malpractice liability and more respect.
I am very excited about the India Pak series. It is always a hard fought series with lot of fanfare. Hopefully peace prevails .