70% doctors go without 6 hours of daily sleep for 3 weeks in a month.

Our Approach

Our Healers Lack a Network of Care

If you are a health worker or student, or know someone who is one, you know there’s a grossly ignored side to our healthcare crisis.

Alarm bells are rising across the world, about the rising incidents of violence against or suicide of health workers.

Overworked and under resourced is a perfect recipe to perpetuate a toxic work environment. Some call it burnout, some call it moral injury.

We are a collective of guardians of health workers, starting out to setup a


01.

— Our Mission

Organize friends and family of health workers, collaborate with healthcare administrators and advocate healer-friendly policies.

02.

— Our Vision

A world where health workers don’t have to choose between patients’ well being and their own.

03.

— Our Story

… is still evolving.

Board

Vasudha Kulkarni

After almost three decades of serving Bank of Maharashtra, she now spends her time writing children’s stories.

Sudhir Kulkarni

Previously the Managing Director at Khamgaon Urban Coop. Bank and an AGM at Bank of Maharashtra, now focusing on giving back.

Team

Anand Kulkarni

Convener

Anchors the collective. Also serves as the CTO at Youth Dreamers Foundation.

Aditi Parimoo

Test Case 1

Senior Resident at cardiology department, AIIMS Nagpur. Also, Test Case 1 who inspired the idea for the collective.

Khushwant Singh

Designeurologist

Associate Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, SMVDH Katra on weekdays, photographer & designer on weekends.

Jayendra Dabholkar

Rugna Mitra, KEM Mumbai

Supports patients with scheme related paperwork so that resident doctors can focus on patient care.

You?

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Impact Stories​

  • A second-hand rant

    Or, why “First, do no harm” feels like a scam

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  • Putting the Horse Before the Court

    First, do no harm? No, no. First, type the form.

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  • एडशब्द का आरोग्यसेवा?

    19 मार्च ला शिवसेना कार्यकर्त्यांनी केईएम रुग्णालयासमोरील इंग्रजीतील एका कमानीला काळे फासले.

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  • Residents’ Wellness Survey 2023

    This survey, conducted in 2023, documents the working realities of 81 resident doctors across India’s leading teaching hospitals, including KEM Hospital Mumbai, AIIMS New Delhi, Government Medical College Jammu, Dr. RML Hospital Delhi, and Tata Medical Center Kolkata. Covering physical health, mental wellbeing, working conditions, institutional culture, and professional grievances, the survey presents one of…

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