medical education

this is not about doctors or i wont promise that ill tell everything about doctors..but well ... being a medico i can say ive learnt a lot..seen a lot..felt a lot..
its not an easy life as many people imagine it to be....we are human after all..
but our training starts right 4m day one in medical school....training is not just about reading books..infact the truth is that ur success in life is not determined by how many books you have or how many degrees you have..rather its entirely different 4m education..its how you handle life & people..
Lets come back 2 medical education..even as a student we should learn qualities that can be useful when we are full fledged doctors..it starts with ragging;where we lernt 2 control our emotions in front of otheres..i dont condone ragging but i did learn something from that and im sure it will be helpful to me in future..
there was anatomy,physiology,biochemistry as subjects in 1st year..
anatomy included dissection of dead bodies..we call them cadavers..yeah..medical language!!
next comes pathology, pharmacology etc..
but im not givin a list of subjects..
the important part is clinical postings..where we get 2 interact with patiewnts..slowly learning patient care and hoe 2 deal with them..sometimes refered 2 as bedside manner,and i believe that ur bedside manner is the most importnt thing u can 2 be a successful doctor..
why? bcos ultimately when ur practicing,what matters is not how knowledgable you are,but how well u behave with ur patients..
but thats not all..medical education is not only about how u behave with ur patients or how many books you have read..it also includes how to become tough!!
TOUGH!!it sounds heartless but its true..we have 2 become tough in order 2 deal with so much everyday..
i saw a lot even though im just a medical student..ive seen patients bleeding to death because of accidents, birth of small babies,people suffering from burns, small children who have a heart problem & most probabably wont be able 2 survive 4 more than a year,inspite of gettin the best possible teatment,..but most of all ive seen human spirit..trying to do as much 4 each other..helping,caring...loving..
why do doctors have 2 be tough?? because we have 2 do soo much and much more..we have to deal with death everyday..soo many patients die everyday..inspite of our best efforts 2 save them..
The 1st time i saw death,i was 2 stunned and it rocked me like nothing else can, i felt soo helpless and i hated myself 4 not doing enough but i couldnt do anything.. we tried our best 2 save her..but the truth is that i knew(intuition maybe) that the patient wont be able to survive...i couldnt do anything 4 the next few hours..i was afraid that if i try 2 treat other patients, i might kill them 2....
but i just had 2 make myself tough so that i can treat the others..
people say that doctors r heartless but we are not!! we only put on a facade so that we can efficiently & effectively treat our patients without breaking down..
well this is what medical education is about..theres much more but.. i have said enough 4 now..
p.s:-comments r welcome..

darjeeling&sikkim

I have always wanted to go to Darjeeling and finally I have got the chance to go!!
I’m so lucky to go to such a wonderful place..
Darjeeling is a hill town in eastern Himalayas and we had to go to new jalpaiguri by train from where we took a taxi to Darjeeling. Actually it would have been better if we went in a train from jalpaiguri to Darjeeling, as there is a toy train in this place which is an old steam engine train which goes slowly parallel to the road..
It is very quaint and romantic.. infact the famous “mere sapno ki rani” song has been picturised on this route.. The hills were so beautiful and there was a drizzle. And we were climbing rapidly, weaving inbetween clouds as well as the train tracks….

As we reached the top we could see flowers in so many varied colors, sizes and shapes!!!!

It was so breathtaking!! When we reached ghoom station & we waited there for sometime during which time we saw the railway museum there.. And then took the toy train to Darjeeling.. IT WENT SO SLOW THAT WE COULD GET DOWN AND GET UP INTO THE RUNNING TRAIN!!! We reached Darjeeling, had a nice lunch and started out on our local tour.
First, we went to the Darjeeling zoo where we saw some rare species like the snow leopard, clouded leopard, Tibetan wolf &red panda.. There was also the Himalayan mountaineering institute museum which is very fascinating and I recommend it as a must see..
Next we went to the ropeway but it was closed, then we went to the tenzing rock where we could do a bit of rock climbing!! ..And then we saw the soccer field before retiring for the day..
Next day we started out to SIKKIM, which is very near to Darjeeling, again we took a taxi to Gangtok, which is the capital of Sikkim…
In Gangtok, we went for a local tour.. Here we were lucky to have a tour on the ropeway from where we had had a lovely view of the whole city..as well as a view of the Sikkim legislative assembly!!

Then we went to hanuman tok, which is supposed to be the place where lord hanuman rested with sanjeevni, here not only the temple but also the route is awesome!!! Next we went to Ganesh tok followed by tashi viewpoint where we can see Mt Kanchanjunga on clear days but we could not see anything as it was cloudy but we had nice hot momos, it was yummy!!!!I recommend everyone who goes to Sikkim to have momos, they can be either veg or non veg, plain or fried, I recommend fried momos to people who like spicy food and mind you!! These momos are to be eaten only with the chutney they provide. In the evening, we went to the gangtok bazaar to do a bit of window-shopping.
Next morning we started out early for changu / tsango lake and baba mandir which is near the china border and nathu-la pass and it was around 50 kms from gangtok so we had to take a permit before being allowed to travel in the route.. We rapidly climbed the route and soon we were above the clouds and in between lush mountains and valleys with an occasional glimpse of a narrow stream down below and we were crossing sooooooo many waterfalls too!!!

we were climbing so rapidly that we reached 12000 feet above sea level and changu lake was still 10 kms away!!
The lake itself was at a height of around 13000 feet above sea level and we were told that it would be frozen in winter!!! WOW!!! It was literally freezing there and we had to borrow warm jackets there, we also went for yak rides there!! , Next we went to baba mandir which is not a temple for gods but it is a temple in the a name of an Indian soldier who went missing some 50 years back and it said that his spirit is still present there..

Unfortunately we couldn’t go to nathu-la pass, as it is open only 2 days a week and the day we went was not one of those days. Nevertheless its easier now as the pass has opened for trade from 6th of July. This pass is famous as it is supposed to be the route of the original silk route!!! And is a height of 14000 ft!!! So in essence we went till a height of 14000 ft by road!! That’s almost half the height of Mount Everest!!

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We started back soon as we had to reach Darjeeling by nightfall, but on the way down the road was blocked as one of the army trucks carrying oil skid and almost fell down but dint fall down … luckily!! But the way was blocked and we couldn’t go down so we filled up the side gutter with rocks so that vehicles could pass… all of us helped there to fill up the gutter. and it was a good experience too!!! On our way to Darjeeling we visited the rumtek monastery which is supposed to be the 3rd biggest monastery in the world and it had a golden shrine..

Next morning we went to tiger hills near Darjeeling to watch the sunrise. Generally we can see Mt Kanchanjunga and sometimes, even Mt Everest!! And that day we were lucky cos we were able to see both.. We could see the morning rays fall on the snow capped peaks of both the mountains as well as the whole range of Kanchanjunga Mountains!! It’s an experience of a lifetime!!!!

Next we went to the ghoom monastery followed by Gangamayi Park, the center of which has a pure stream running through ore rocks…we had loads of fun there jumping from rock to rock, sometimes getting wet too!! Later on there will also be local tribal dances in the park but we dint get to watch them.
Next we went to the rock garden, which is similar to Gangamayi Park. Then we went to Mirik Lake where we can do boating as well as admire the beautiful scenery around it..
We saw a funny thing there; there were hundreds of large fish in the lake, which would fight with each other for food, especially large buns. it sounds weird but it was fascinating to watch all those fishes fighting for a whole bun!! Someone commented it as fish football! Really it did look like that with all the fishes fighting it out for one bun!!
We were now rapidly descending to jalpaiguri but even here the view was beautiful as we were surrounded by

endless tea gardens!!
We reached Calcutta the next day where we had a few hours break before we came back to home sweet home!! By now we were so tired as we had such a hectic schedule but still we managed to see Howrah bridge and cross Hooghly river by boat before starting back home..

Well that was the whole account of my holiday and believe me ppl it was loads of fun!!

life...

i have lived for only 20 years but sometimes i feel that i have lived my whole life in these twenty years...
other times i feel i havent lived at all...there are soo many places to go to ,sooo many things to do and just so much in life..
im just feel that life is passing by me while im toiling away at medical college,trying to pass,trying to make a place for myself somewhere in the society..
i just want to get wet in the first rain!!!
climb trees.spend a leisurely time in the beach or just unwind,i want to do sooo many things but i dont have enough time to do anything...
LIFE IS TOO SHORT!!!
it just passes so quickly that u dont even realise whats happening!!

gossip

every time i come home,there r parties ...meeting up with old friends&relatives.....remember good old times&memories.
but the 1 thing i have noticed over the years is the way people gossip about each other.it is so common especially in the older ladies-these people include your mom&aunts as well as your dear old grandmother!!!!!!
within 2 days of coming home,you know whose daughter is going out with whom..who bought a new car,jewellery,how so&so became rich suddenly,how that old lady's son-in-law and she dont get along well.
you are not just informed of these so called events but you also get an in-depth analysis of evrything as well as their view points&ideas!!!!
every thing from how they got their money t how they r spending their money is discussed in detail.
Another thing which bugs me no end is the way gossip goes on in all news papers-which they duly publish in special pages called page3!!!
wat i dont understand is-wats so interesting in the lives of these people?they just talk abot whos wearing wat designer dress,how much their dress costs,who had a more extravagant wedding..or sometimes it gets worse...whose wife is having an affair with whom ,who is breaking up!!!
this clearly reflects the moral decay in our society....wats so interesting or enlightning about the lives of these so called high fliers??
Yet we read these useless pieces of gossip..we not only read them we also add our own little pieces of spice to it before spreading it!!!
well thats gossip for you....a bit of spice ,,a bit of decay all mixed together 2 form a very interesting dish its like all those fast foods-they r not good 4 ur health&every 1 knows it 2 yet people love to eat it!!