Doctors Day Importance

Doctors’ Day: Ist July

 

 

Doctors’ Day is celebrated in India on 1^st July every year to earmark the Birth & Death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Awardee, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (Dr B C Roy).

 

Dr. B C Roy was born in 1882 in Patna, Bihar and after doing his medical graduation in Kolkota and MRCP and FRCS at London, he started his career as Physician in Patna in 1911.

 

He taught in Patna Medical College and in Carmichael Medical College. 

 

He was a true freedom fighter and joined Mahatma Gandhi in Civil Disobedience Movement. In the field of politics, he became a leader of the Indian National Congress and later Chief Minister of West Bengal.

 

He left us on July 1^st, 1962 but his soul is still there in the collective consciousness of the medical profession of our country.

 

In 1976, he was conferred Bharat Ratna and Dr B C Roy National Sward were constituted in his name the same year.

 

The demand for the Doctors’ Day originated in Kolkota by Kidderpore Branch in 1989 under the Presidentship of Dr. Santanu Banerjee and Dr. Pradip Kumar Chatterjee as the Secretary.

 

Later state working committee of IMA Bengal and the IMA Bengal State Council in 1989 resolved to declare 1^st July as Doctors’ day under the President ship of Dr. Ashok Chaudhuri.

 

The forwarded resolution was considered by IMA Central Working Committee held on 24^th & 25^th April 1991 under the then National President, Dr. Ram Janma Singh and IMA declared 1^st July as Doctors’ Day starting from 1^st July 1991.

 

IMA persuaded the Government of India to accept it as National Doctors’ day and 1^st July 1992 became the historical Doctors’ day when it was accepted and recognised by the Govt. of India.