1st July 2022: National Doctors Day significance, wishes, quotes, and heartfelt messages to share

Doctors are considered next to God, they are the protectors, or we can say, guardian angels. National Doctor's Day is observed on 1st July every year in India to honour their contribution and noble work. This day is commemorated to show gratitude towards all the doctors who work 24x7, day and night to ensure our good health and safety. The theme for National doctors day 2022 is 'Family Doctors on the Front Line'. This theme highlights doctors' contribution and shows them gratitude as they care 24x7 for the whole of humanity or a community as their family.

The National Doctors Day is being observed in India since 1991 in honour of Dr BC Roy - an eminent physician, academician, freedom fighter and politician in West Bengal. He had played a significant role in forming the Indian Medical Association and Medical Council of India. Every country celebrates this day on different dates, but to honour Dr BC Roy's contribution to the medical fraternity, IMA decided to observe July 1 as India's National doctors day.

Incidentally, July 1 is both the birth and death anniversary of Dr BC Roy - he was born on 1st July 1882 and died at the age of 80 on 1st July 1962.


Heartfelt wishes you can send across to let the doctors feel you value them:

• A doctor is the one who gives us hope when we are rack and ruined. They are blessed with eyes which can see and treat the weakness of humankind. Thank you, doctor, for being our knight in shining armour. Happy Doctors' Day!

• Only a doctor has a magical wand to treat life with their touch and care, give a healthy life, and be there when all hopes are lost, and our life is at risk. Thank you, doctors, for helping us stay happy and healthy. Happy Doctors' Day!

• Our society owes a doctor a lot. We owe you respect for the selfless care and standing to us first rather than your family—happy Doctors' Day to all the selfless doctors.

• This world is better, safer and healthier because of doctors like you. You all bring the joy and surety that we are safe. Happy Doctor's Day!

• You all are more than a doctor; you are like a mother who cares, like a friend who guides and like a father to show the right path. So, wishing all the doctors the best of health on this national doctor's day. Happy National Doctors' Day!

• Your job is certainly not easy, but you make it look much easier with your dedication and humanity. Happy Doctors' Day!