Entries from May 2006

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Orthopaedic Resources

In my student days I had easy access to journals because our college had a good library. But access was limited to those to which the library subscribed. To day the problem is worse, I have no access to journals because the hospital library has limited …rather no journals at all, and I cannot afford [...]

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

A break indeed!

Picture this scene.
You are in the men’s room and right in the middle of a serious discussion. Suddenly everyone is so excited and pumped up that, soon there are fireworks going off in all the directions. You try and keep cool. But someone is clever enough to notice that and throws in a few personal [...]

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Zzzz

ZzzzOriginally uploaded by Jontacular.
Flickr snaps never stop to amaze me. Itslate into the night. And just because no one is around at home doesn’t mean you can go on for ever.
The first time I was exposed to photos were at Webshots. But I lost interest once it turned from a free site into a pay [...]

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Fall from grace.

It seems to me that doctors in India are no longer revered the way they were once upon a time. All along our student life it was drilled into our life that this profession is a noble profession. And this is not a joke! I remember during our internship, how patients often form the rural side would fall onto our feet and equate us with God. Mostly I would be embarassed, but I couldn’t help the feeling – have done something good!

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Language as a barrier!

There was a casual remark by one of our Senior Consultants in response to the protests by medical students in Delhi, Bangalore and Behrampur about how bad some students are in some parts of the country. I don’t remember who made the remarks in between but I started by saying that English was a barrier to education in India. I thought I lit up a spark but it soon turned into a blaze!