‘Doctor’s handwriting be like’: Anand Mahindra’s tweet goes viral

The chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra captioned the clip, “Hilarious. But true…” The tweet gained the attention of former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy who wrote, “Great research. Will find out what hand writing decode experts say.”

Watch the video here:

Hilarious. But true… pic.twitter.com/b3uoFIIm1R

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) September 4, 2022

The tweet triggered mixed reactions online. While many users whose bio says they are doctors vented out that the handwriting is a result of work pressure.

“Yea cos we have to write so many prescriptions with an OPD of 100 plus in 7 hrs … today we dictate and print in urban india .. with acute shortage of doctors in india this won’t solve .. in the near future,” read a comment. Another comment read, “Sorry sir, we do not find it funny. This transformation, every doctor fears, results from work pressures and responsibility at each stage with new gen pen-pushers adding to clinicians woes by ushering in mountains of paperwork to justify their own salaries and existence.” A third user wrote, “The level of pharmacist’s ability to read the prescription from student to pro goes upside down.”

Posts related to doctors often gain attention online. In June this year, a photograph of a board apparently installed by a doctor illustrating details of his fees for various consultation and treatment options went viral. The board poked fun at patients’ proclivity for self-medication and enlisted different rates for “diagnosis and treatment by patients”.