Not enthusiastic about serving in villages. But this is a global phenomenon. There is no doubt that medical students should not be shielded from the challenges of rural health care. This could be easily achieved through proper implementation of an up-to-date undergraduate medical curriculum and not through coercive tactics such as extending the MBBS course from 5.5 years to 6.5 years in making one-year rural service compulsory and prohibiting doctors from settling abroad. In an ideal state, the basic health and education needs of a citizen should be public sector programs. But this has not been possible, even in the most advanced countries like the United States, where health care is a mix of community and private providers. In urban India, sixty years ago, the private sector accounted for only 8% of health facilities. The urban healthcare scenario has only changed with the development of the private sector, which now accounts for more than 80 percent of urban healthcare. The allopathic private sector is almost non-existent in the villages. India now has a thriving rural economy and a large number of villagers would like ...