National Doctors’ Day: July 1
- The National Doctors’ Day is celebrated on July 1 in India to honour the legendary physician and emphasise on value of doctors in our lives and to offer them our respects by commemorating one of their greatest representatives
- It also commemorates the birth anniversary of the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy who was born on July 1, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962.
- The theme of National Doctor’s day 2019 is “Zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment”.