here iam abt 120km away from mumbai near d foothills of malshej on nagar highway,in a village where ive come for 1st time in my life..screw this 1 yr service bond agreement i made for completing my medical degree from a govt. college..i curse under my breath..after 10 days past it feels like perfect concept of wanwas straight out of d epic ramayana..(clear it from ur mind if im comparing myself to lord rama..)im staying in a dingy 1RK quarter provided in d RURAL HOSPITAL campus ..theres a dry river(which will flow in wet season) n barren hills at d backside..the place isnt remote though..its 5 mins walk from nagar highway from where u get frequent buses for kalyan ..as ive landed here in months of summer , no doubt d burning hot problems of its own are going to bug me...slap of my rooms made of cement sheets so it wont be loud if say i take my afternoon naps in a microwave oven wet wid my own sweat (off course d fan doesnt help , gave a thought to buying a cooler but that went to trash as by the time i wait for my months salary, 2/3rd summer would b already over)..
abt d scarcity of water, i consider myself lucky to take a shower on alternate days in these humid days...n d worst part is drinking waters hard (boarwell water) of which i gulp bottles but it refuses to quench my thirst (buck up only few more days till ur body gets used to) ..(nd i fear if i get a stone stuck in my ureters, all these salts my kidneys filtering)...
as for d work , theres a 9 to 12 morning opd abt 30 to 40 patients daily ....children , pregnant women , n d regular visitors-sr citizens...the lot with preferable health concern in any society...most of them poor tribals..for rest of d day im 'on duty' to attend trauma , snake/scorpian bite cases , deliveries....the ghat highway is notorious for accidents. last week there were two post mortems , unfortunates who got their skulls cracked in two different road mishaps...and 2 were critical so had to be refered out to a tertiary centre (ours is a very basic facility with drugs like some antipyretics , anti-inflammatory, n some primary antibiotics..at the most we can stitch a lacerated wound here but trauma cases- far away from our limits...)
deliveries r fun to conduct but also they r most feared for d matter of their sensitivity n risk..1st part- judging them for any problem n that to only on clinical basis..u have no tools of investigation for help..then if at all the baby has some problems u have no facilities for resuscitation...something goes wrong, be ready to receive d fury of savage relatives who wont take any sort of honest or logical reasoning from u...stories from d past say it to d point of beating d same doctor they put even wid god if all goes well...keen judgement , straight forwardness , n anticipation is d key to save urself..(we call it 1st-save-ur-ass strategy)... and for any serious patient for that matter we have our own ambulance ready..at our disposal... wat comes with practice is being able to make a serious face (one like a scarecrow) send them off ahead ...say goodbye... till next time ( may be ???)... ;D
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as for d work , theres a 9 to 12 morning opd abt 30 to 40 patients daily ....children , pregnant women , n d regular visitors-sr citizens...the lot with preferable health concern in any society...most of them poor tribals..for rest of d day im 'on duty' to attend trauma , snake/scorpian bite cases , deliveries....the ghat highway is notorious for accidents. last week there were two post mortems , unfortunates who got their skulls cracked in two different road mishaps...and 2 were critical so had to be refered out to a tertiary centre (ours is a very basic facility with drugs like some antipyretics , anti-inflammatory, n some primary antibiotics..at the most we can stitch a lacerated wound here but trauma cases- far away from our limits...)
deliveries r fun to conduct but also they r most feared for d matter of their sensitivity n risk..1st part- judging them for any problem n that to only on clinical basis..u have no tools of investigation for help..then if at all the baby has some problems u have no facilities for resuscitation...something goes wrong, be ready to receive d fury of savage relatives who wont take any sort of honest or logical reasoning from u...stories from d past say it to d point of beating d same doctor they put even wid god if all goes well...keen judgement , straight forwardness , n anticipation is d key to save urself..(we call it 1st-save-ur-ass strategy)... and for any serious patient for that matter we have our own ambulance ready..at our disposal... wat comes with practice is being able to make a serious face (one like a scarecrow) send them off ahead ...say goodbye... till next time ( may be ???)... ;D
Your job seems far more exciting that my desk job, seems to keep you on your toes, keep writing, you do have a nature talent for narration :)
ReplyDeletethanks sen..im trying to get better...n abt d job..u sound sarcastic hehe..jk...well its not like my dream job..its jst a temporary bond for 1 yr ive to serve for d govt...
Deletehey, no I honestly think your job is interesting, you never know what you will be facing tomorrow... so it is exciting in a way, something to look forward.
ReplyDeleteI guess every profession has something in the way of a bond, be thankful, it is not three year like what us Chartered Accountancy students had to put in. During our articleship we were made to work like slaves for a stipend which in my day did not even cover my bus fare!!!
hmmm may be ur right ..or may be its human psychology to dislike wat we have n to be attrcted to wats far..sometimes i think wat if i was in a different field..it makes myself feel a lil better..dont know why.. may be its our minds way to unwind by diverting its attention..
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