In India Doctors Day or National Doctors Day is celebrated on the 1st of July in the honor of Dr. BC Roy. This day is celebrated to honor all the doctors across the country for their constant service throughout the year. India celebrates National Doctor’s Day on July 1 each year, in memory of the great physician’s birth and death anniversary and West Bengal ‘s second Chief Minister, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Since then, India has grown in the medical field by leaps and bounds, not only to further the work of Dr. B.C. Roy but also with new and innovative techniques. This day helps to thank all those who supported us selflessly and faithfully in our time of need, in commemoration of these values, for the wellbeing of their patients.
Theme of Doctors Day 2025
This year the theme of Doctors Day 2025 is-Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?
A thought about the mental and emotional problems that people who work in healthcare have to deal with. The topic urges society to acknowledge the doctors’ humanity and need for assistance in addition to their efforts.
Doctors put their patients’ needs above their own every day, frequently putting their own health on the back burner. According to a Health Ministry official, this year’s theme serves as a reminder to take care of those who take care of us.
History
The Indian Government established Doctor’s Day in 1991, marking the anniversary of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy’s birth and death on July 1. Dr. BC Roy, who supported Mahatma Gandhi during the Civil Disobedience Movement, was also a respected scholar and a freedom fighter. He was honored with Bharat Ratna award on 4 February 1961 as one of the few people who received F.R.C.S. and M.R.C.P. degrees at the same time.
Doctors’ Day celebration is an attempt to accentuate the importance of doctors in our lives and give them our gratitude by commemorating one of their greatest representatives.
Swikriti Dandotia
