The Golden Hour

In Indian medical practice doctors can fall under any of the three categories according to their qualification and experience -

• M.B.B.S: The vast majority of doctors (usually the only doctors in field)

• MD/ MS/ DNB: Specialists


• MCH / DM/ DNB: Super- Specialists

Handling of Emergencies
The best way to improve the outcome of any kind of medical emergency is to administer the required therapy within the first 30 minutes to one hour (The Golden Hour) of the onset of the condition.
The following two scenarios briefly define that in India how emergency cases are handled –

• In case of Emergencies, the people most competent to treat the patient seldom see the patient during his Golden hour. They are mobilised only after some time.


• The doctors most likely to & most required to handle emergencies (M.B.B.S), especially in the field, are given neither the adequate training nor the facilities to handle most of such cases, thus nullifying the purpose of placing them in the field and wasting six years of education.

The X-Man
Manish Saini