Reportedly it was said that 10% of the total population of surgeons who are associated in the corporate hospitals are women and mostly they are in Gynecology and Obstetrics department. Women surgeons are less in number in Cardio Thoracic surgery, Oncology, Urology, plastic surgery, Pediatrics, neurology and even in gastroenterology department.
Their absence in the field is because of wrong notions ad family and work has to be balanced. Women are not specializing as surgeons because of family obligations and they can’t spend more time in hospitals. Over a period of 25 years Dr. Chiranjeevi has organized around 10,000 Orthopaedic procedures and she is the only women in the Osmania General Hospital.
Generally the public thinks that women are weak in muscle strength to do orthopaedic surgeries. Everything needs patience and involvement in performing the surgeries. The doctor has said that than men, women can do the surgeries with more patience and skill. Dr. Rani is the only cardiac thoracic surgeon in Hyderabad city.
They have said that it is not difficult for women to become surgeons. Any person with minimum intelligence can become a surgeon. To persuade her medical surgery a doctor need moral support from her family. Women are most suited for this profession as they are compassionate and patient.
