<ul><li>Dr. Deepak Krishnamurthy, a senior interventional cardiologist at Sakra World Hospital in Bengaluru, has criticized the low salaries of MBBS doctors in India.</li><li>Someone writing some inconsequential code is entitled to make more money and fly business class while the doctors have no such right whatsoever," he tweeted.</li><li>He pointed out that the starting salary for most doctors is about Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000, while engineers earn Rs 15-20 lakh per annum.</li><li>He criticized society for celebrating high salaries of engineers while expecting doctors to save lives without caring about money.</li></ul>

Techies earn more 'writing inconsequential code', laments Bengaluru doctor

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