As this year begins with a strike by the medical community which threatens to affect OPD patients and routine surgeries we wonder what 2018 has in store for us. Whether or not the strike is justified is a separate question. We are concerned with the issues that affect the quality and type of medical attention available to us especially at private clinics and hospitals. In 2017 we heard about patients attacking doctors when they felt they did not receive proper treatment we read about mishaps in hospitals which lead to the death of patients and we saw rising distrust of