NATIONAL DOCTOR’S DAY 2024: 10 EMPOWERING QUOTES BY MIRACLE MAN OF MEDICINE BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY

National Doctor’s Day 2024: The annual occasion of National Doctor’s Day is celebrated on July 1 to pay heartfelt gratitude to doctors, who work tirelessly to serve humankind. Particularly celebrated in India, National Doctor’s Day also marks the birth anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, who was a popular physician and second Chief Minister of West Bengal. 

Also known as the ‘Miracle Man of Medicine’, Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on July 1, 1882, in Patna and made several miraculous contributions to the field of medicine. Dr Roy’s impact on West Bengal extends beyond just political endeavours and also signifies his relentless efforts for the medical warriors.

National Doctor’s Day is not just an occasion, but a profound acknowledgement of the crucial roles and responsibilities that doctors undertake in their lifetime. As National Doctor’s Day is being celebrated in the country today, we have brought you some empowering quotes by Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy that signify power, inspiration and ways to lead a better life. 

Quotes By Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy

“My young friends, you are soldiers in the battle of freedom from want, fear, ignorance, frustration and helplessness…. By dint of hard work for the country, rendered in a spirit of selfless service may you march ahead with hope and courage…Remember in this dynamic world you must go forward or else you will be left behind…”

“Cultivate the company and friendship of people outside your community, and come to know them as well as your own. The understanding and appreciation that develop from such social contacts is the best way of removing inter-state differences, and makes life richer and more interesting.”

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“Independence from colonial rule will remain a dream until and unless the people of India are healthy and strong in mind and body.”

“No Gandhiji…. I could not treat all patients for free. I came to Bombay not to treat Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi but to treat ‘him’, who, to me, represents the four hundred million people of my country.”

“Besides being a political stalwart…he was an all-rounder in a way. His contribution towards rebuilding modern India, his contribution in the making of West Bengal, can never be forgotten by anyone.”

“I will only do so…if there is no party interference. I must be free to choose my minsters on the basis of merit and ability, rather than party membership.”

“If we exert ourselves with determination, no obstacle, however formidable, can stop our progress.”

“In this province…we have…refugees coming in a state of mental excitement which enables the careerist politician to get hold of them and utilise them for various types of propaganda against the government and the Congress.”

“When a job, whether it is generally regarded as important or not, falls to my lot to do…. it assumes importance immediately as far as I am concerned. I cannot rest until it is completed…whatever service I have succeeded in rendering to the nation is due, mainly, to this attitude and outlook of mine with regard to work.”

“Develop your personality, so that you may leave your individual mark in whatever sphere you are privileged to serve.”