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A shared dream - finally on celluloid
- Arun Natarajan, Sreevidya Racherla, General Practitioner, Newcastle upon Tyne. (10 July 2006)
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Bollywood in a Welsh Hospital
- Jeremy Oates (25 July 2006)
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Good Effort
- Mukesh Hiranandani, WA9 3DA (18 September 2006)
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Multi-talented doctor
- ken otukoya, RM1 3PJ (27 December 2008)
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Arun Natarajan, DRWF Clinical Research Fellow Newcastle University, Sreevidya Racherla, General Practitioner, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Mr Kaushik may be surprised to know that his dream of making a movie on medical migration is shared by us and possibly many others. But he has gone taken that extra step and delivered it from the land of imagination. There have been several films made on the east-west migration theme, but this will probably be the first, to focus primarily on British doctors and hospitals. And the fact that the film features real doctors, of whom many play themselves, is unique. Off-beat films have always spurred our curiosity - we eagerly look forward to this film. We also hope that the "Bhavishya" of this movie is bright. Competing interests: None declared |
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Jeremy Oates, Clinical Research Fellow Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, M20 4BX
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I read with great interest and admiration of the endeavours of Mr Nikhil Kaushik, consultant opthalmologist at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital, in achieving his lifes ambition by making a feature film. Given the recent job losses and impending threat of redundancies across the NHS however, it seems somewhat inappropriate to publish a story which seems to suggest extravagant waiting list initiative payments to surgeons. The North East Wales NHS Trust, as well as many other trusts across the country, is still currently emroiled in Agenda for Change grading negotiations, and frequently staff feel short changed or hard done by in the grading decisions. Equally, theatre nurses and ODPs regularly complain over the perceived disparity between medical staff and non-medical staff payments for waiting list work. I fully appreciate that Mr Kaushik will have worked extremely hard and will have had to perform many procedures in his own time to achieve his waiting list initiative payments, and equally I am sure he has ploughed much of his own savings into his project. It is a shame that the wording of the article seems to suggest that the surgeons at the Wrexham Maelor have received such substantial payments that they have so much money they don't know what to do with it and can whittle it away on movie making or yachts. The recent public outcry over the suggested £250,000 GP salaries, stories over the state of finances in the NHS and general politicisation of medicine in th uk, the medical profession needs to think strongly about the way it presents itself with regards to salaries and equity with other NHS staff. Public support for the medical profession in these difficult times could soon be eroded by stories suggesting that surgeons earn enough from waiting list work to buy yachts with spare cash. Discretion certainly seems the more sensible way forward. Competing interests: None declared |
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Mukesh Hiranandani, Consultant Ophthalmologist St Helens Hospital, WA9 3DA
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I was fortunate to be one of the few who were present at the premiere of this film production. First of all I would like to congratulate Nikhil Kaushik on the success of his venture.I am sure he would have worked extremely hard with this project which was in addition to his full time job as consultant Ophthalmologist, which I know is very demanding. I found the film entertaining with string of small messages for the audience. I suppose I can identify with the story as I have faced similr dilemmas in my career. The movie has some bollywood style music and storyline moves smoothly. There is something for almost everybody in this film, therefore worth watching. Competing interests: I have a tiny role in this production with no financial or any other interest |
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ken otukoya, medical adviser Atos Healthcare, RM1 3PJ
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I'm so delighted to read this article on Dr Nikhil Kaushik, a consultant ophthalmologist at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales, as it remains a source of inspiration to some of us who aspire to achieve the same goal in life.I realise that he did realy invested so much into it but whether he was able to get a distributor is a different ball game. The world has changed since then as film can be watched on the internet and marketing can be done on various social network. Kudos to this great guy as he accomplished his mission .he should produce another one . he has demonstrated that doctors are not all that boring , we have lots of skills in the creative department and we will soon be conquering the world as the new generation of doctors are more diverse and multitalented . once more ,congratulations to Dr N. Kaushik.Goodluck in your future projects Dr Ken Otukoya Competing interests: Actor/Filmmaker |
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