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A Day in The Life

  A Day in The Life. A famous song of The Beatles. Very random.Begins with John Lennon reading a news in paper of a well known person crashing the car for not seeing the lights....and suddenly in middle Paul McCartney singing about how he started his day,getting ready,combing hair,smoking before leaving..... Walking down the streets,I at times,wonder ....looking at passersby..... What has been The Day of Life....for them today?????? The Day of Life for me as Anaesthesiologist is always different. Emmergencies coming randomly. At times my mornings are lazy....while some day goes so hectic that no space to even sit for a leisure chat with my husband over tea. The Day of Life for the watchman sitting in the apartment the whole day .... The Day of Life for my househelp who has young kids to be sent to school ,a husband doing chores for people and an ailing mother to be cared. The Day of Life for the senior citizen sitting early morning till late evening on her chair in the balc...
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Treatment vs Healing

 Treatment vs Healing How do you divulge and discuss the Disease? A dilemma all Doctors have when they have to share a fearsome life threatening or debilitating diagnosis ,prognosis , complication ,morbidity and worst mortality to person in front. Today, person seeking our consultation already has gathered some and most times inadequate and misguided information through Artificial intelligence.  Dilemma now in current medical practice is.... How to divulge  How much to divulge????? A detailed expression of all information about the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, complications, morbidity and mortality percentage,survival rate related to underlying diagnosis or A diplomatic expression of sharing some and leaving back some to later stage. My experience on this ..... Pre Artificial intelligence era ( Feel so vintage using this line)....I would first make my patient assure.... " Not to worry"...Yes .My these 3 words would relax my already anxious patient and accompanying rel...
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The Littman

  The Littman. Littman Stethoscope is a popular brand in Stethoscopes. Morever, a prestigious asset hanging around shoulders of a Doctor. Prestigious because of its high quality and it's expensive. Today,Littman Stethoscope is available in India. Earlier,before globalization, Littman Stethoscope had to be procured through some friend or relative from Abroad....Europe or US. Littman Stethoscope even today,remains preserved in the Doctors ' drawers. Any ordinary Stethoscope does it's required work of helping to listen the chest. To hear breathing and heartbeat. To hear peristalsis. To detect,diagnose and treat. But a Littman remains an Asset. I completed my internship and the prefix of " Dr" in front of my name. The first Doctor in the Family. My brother was in Dubai. He wanted to gift me . I told him" Buy a Littman for me if it's not very expensive for you. " An Engineer with non meficos as his friends, somehow ,he did manage to gather...
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Do you need to Roar????

 Is it needed to ROAR? In Animal Kingdom,the Lion is King of Jungle. Why? Neither is it huge like Elephant. ..nor Tall as Giraffe.....nor agile like Cheetah. But.....it has a Loud ROAR. Loudest .Echoes ,vibrates the entire jungle. To dominate the whole Jungle. As a baby,the cry when gets shrill and louder,does it grab attention of mother when she is in the kitchen doing her daily chores. As a child,parents relent to demands if child throws tantrums,yells,and creates a scene in front of everyone around. In school and colleges,the bully gets everyone to listen to him/ her,by being the loudest and strongest in the class. In workplace,the person who yells,abuses,throws things around,demands more respect and obedience from others. In a crowded junction, the person who opens a brawl ,raises voice, enters a heated argument, gets away even if he/ she is wrong and at fault. Do all above situations project that one needs to ROAR..... And that too Loudest .... To be the King of Jungle????? I...
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The Pain of FALL

  The  Pain of " FALL" Today, as I was at Nruptungabetta,over the hill,in the morning, I saw a small boy slip and fall down while walking. He started to cry. His older brother and father who were ahead of him,pulled him up,rubbed the mud off his bruised knee....and pacified him. But he kept on crying. A few steps ahead,his older brother slipped and fell.( Purposeful act). Seeing his older brother slip and fall too...the younger one stopped crying and the trio went ahead to enjoy their morning walk over the hill. As the track was muddy and slippery as it had rained at night,I saw another kid, who was with a big group of boys ,slip and fall. But here,the rest of the group started laughing and teasing the boy as he was a bit bulky compared to his very lean friends. The boy burst into tears. These 2 incidents happening the same moment got me thinking...... When one falls..... What is more painful? What brings tears in the eyes? The pain caused physically by the FALL. ...
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Must I be remembered???

  " You are raising someone who will forget you." A remark  I heard in a podcast. A Parent nurturing and Caring the child. A Teacher imparting knowledge to the student.. A Leader mentoring the followers A Doctor healing the patient... Does  the beneficiary remember the benefactor forever??? A thought occurred to me.... When I was nurturing and Caring my child,it never crossed my mind,whether my child must or will reciprocate back.... When I give Anaesthesia to my patient, I never think nor expect patient to remember me after recovery from Anaesthesia. How necessary is validation for the work we do in our life? Is it necessary for present generation to show gratitude to me for the work I have done in my lifetime? Must the coming generation, whose attention span is few minutes( and they move on to the next reel), remember me???? How important is it to be remembered??? Am I or my work relevant only if both are recognized and remembered???? If one just does thei...
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The Sting of Words

  The Sting of Words. " You can never become Doctor. Don't even think about getting into medical college. " These harsh words said by a Teacher to me in 12th Standard after seeing my performance in weekly tests. I was struggling with Physics. However hard I was trying,the required performance and scores was just not reached. The words stung hard. As predicted, my scores in Physics in Board exams did come low and I couldn't reach the cutoff to secure a Medical seat in Mumbai. I worked harder and got 10th rank in State quota of the All India Pre Medical test conducted by MGIMS, Sewagram. 5 and half years later.....I did become a Doctor. Do I remember the teacher.....No. But the sting of her words.....memory of the pain it caused to me.....Remain Forever. Words are like that huge wave..... Comes hits you .... Goes back to the sea..... But the debris of the sea thrown by the waves at the shores..... Remain forever. Nobody remembers the magnamity of the Wave...
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