New Delhi, July 1, 2025 – On the occasion of Doctors’ Day 2025, Medtalks, India’s leading digital platform for medical education and doctor engagement, has launched the #DoctorsDeserveBetter campaign. This national initiative calls attention to the emotional and systemic challenges facing India’s doctors, placing their mental health and wellbeing at the centre of the conversation.
A short film created in collaboration with Red Comet Films anchors the campaign. Shot with a minimalist and immersive approach, the film follows the lived experience of a doctor through a single day, showing the emotional burden that often remains unseen. It captures the unrelenting pace, the weight of patient expectations, and the silent emotional labour that defines the profession.
The campaign is supported by findings from the Doctors’ Day 2025 Survey conducted by Medtalks, which gathered responses from 200 doctors across public and private healthcare systems in India. Key insights include:
- 74 percent experience emotional exhaustion on a weekly or daily basis.
- 38 percent are worried about violence in the workplace.
- One in three work more than 60 hours per week.
- Only 17 percent receive a full day off each week.
- Just 14 percent believe the system supports their wellbeing.
Nilesh Aggarwal, Founder of Medtalks, and CEO IJCP Group said: “This film and the data behind it reflect a sobering truth. Doctors are working under intense and often unsafe conditions, with limited time to recover physically or emotionally. The #DoctorsDeserveBetter campaign is about creating space for real conversations and urgent reforms.”
Ankit Ahuja, Founder, Red Comet Films said: “Our intent was to bring honesty and restraint to the storytelling. Doctors rarely speak about what they carry. We wanted this film to reflect their reality without embellishment, and to let the silence say what words often cannot.”
Beyond data, the campaign acknowledges the deeper emotional role doctors play. They don’t just deliver care, they carry the weight of difficult conversations, make space for pain, and absorb the stress of constant decision-making. The message is simple: while doctors hold up the healthcare system, they deserve a system that supports them in return.
About Medtalks
Medtalks is India’s most comprehensive digital platform for doctor engagement, combiningcontinuous medical education, patient awareness initiatives, and healthcare advocacy.Backed by clinical rigour and a strong peer network, Medtalks empowers over 500,000doctors across India with credible, up-to-date information and interactive learning. It is partof the IJCP Group, one of India’s most trusted medical communications organisations, with alegacy of about four decades in evidence-based publishing and practitioner outreach.
Watch the film: https://youtu.be/XhKotiGrXik
