There is no greater service than helping someone in sickness. This ability to help those in need, the satisfaction one gets each time your patient overcomes his disease or disability is the best reward. Helping a mother deliver a baby, or helping a sick child / adult become better, seeing your patient with clutches walk … Continue reading J are the Joys of being a doctor
I is Internship
Doctors are always frowned upon by the society for earning good. The truth behind those earnings is hardly visible. While our engineering counterparts are earning and on their feet by the age of 22, an average doctor does not start earning before the age of 26/27. This provided, he/she has never had a gap year. … Continue reading I is Internship
H for the History
The last two years of the graduation are most interesting and most difficult too. This is the time when the students start wearing white coats, hanging the stethoscope around their necks or in the pockets of their coats and start getting the feel of being in medicine. Small groups of students are posted in different … Continue reading H for the History
G for Genius and Not so Genius!
Like every other branch, Medical college too has a mix of students! A perfect blend of people who have managed to defy the Newton's law of gravity ( not literally ! ) and reach the medical college. Some reach just by luck, some have burnt midnight oil and some come by sheer genius. I guess … Continue reading G for Genius and Not so Genius!
F for Forensic
The perk of being a doctor is the satisfaction you get when you have been able to help a patient heal, or help save a life. The downside is seeing the ugly face of death. Seeing so much sickness, suffering and death troubles you initially, but as time goes one hardens and becomes grounded too. … Continue reading F for Forensic
E for Exhausted Doctors
One of the most important components of a medical training is the Residency (On Job training ) Program. Not only is the path to becoming a doctor long and arduous, but also involves inhumane duty hours. Right from Day 1 of the MD program, you are put on emergency rotations which the duty hours extend … Continue reading E for Exhausted Doctors
D FOR DRUGS ( PHARMACOLOGY )
If at the end of 1st year, you thought that you were done up with mugging you were entirely in wrong! Just across the anatomy department on the other end of the building was the pharmacology department which was out of bounds for us as 1st year students. If you found the reactions in biochemistry … Continue reading D FOR DRUGS ( PHARMACOLOGY )
Coffee and late night conversations
I learnt to make my best coffee in the medical college hostel. As freshers we were supposed to help the exam going seniors by doing small chores for them. These included picking up groceries from the nearby store or making tea or coffee for them so that they could stay awake late at night and … Continue reading Coffee and late night conversations
B for Biochemistry equations
The entire 1st year seemed to revolve around Anatomy corridor. Yet, a floor below was the most dreaded department of medical college. Chemistry had been my favorite subject in school, but the biochemical equations gave all of us sleepless nights. How were we supposed to memorise all the complex equations, right from digestion of carbohydrates, … Continue reading B for Biochemistry equations
A for Anatomy dissection Hall
I never knew if I wanted to be a doctor. Just like any other teenager growing up in 90s in India. I had two career options. If you are good at Maths, you become an engineer. If not you try your hand at becoming a doctor. I wasn't bad at Maths, though I can say … Continue reading A for Anatomy dissection Hall
