A recent study from Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health found that when hospitalized patients receive care from a female physician, they’re more likely to survive, and they’re less likely to come back, than when their doctor is a man. I quote this not to offend anyone but to reflect upon the fact…
Thoughts are things!!
” My life sucks!” ” Hamesha mere Saath hi aisa hota hai” ” Everyone betrays me!” ” Kismat hi kharab hai!” “Mere se koi pyaar nahi karta!” Sounds familliar. Yup! That’s all of us at least once a day !!! I believe words are powerful and what we say and feel is what we eventually…
Lobe and the Blame game…
So yesterday night I got a call from one of my oldest and closest friends who was on the verge of crying ( Yes! He’s a boy and yes again, boys do cry!) Lets, call him Lobe struck boy ( LSB) and then there is Her Highness ( that’s me!) LSB:” She left me! How…
Be unique in a way like everyone else!
March! The most dreaded month of the year, for parents 😛 In the past 15 days I’ve had many parents drag their kids to me with the complaints of pain in abdomen, lethargy, ” uselessness ! Oh yeah, that is a symptom according to a mom of this 10 year old, ” day dreaming”etc etc….
Mirror! Mirror on the wall, who is prettiest of them all?”
I saw this 9 month old today, looking at herself in a mirror and giggling, approaching the image trying to kiss it. As the little one left, I saw myself in the mirror and started wondering when was the last time I kissed myself. When did I start being so unkind and careless towards myself….
Like God??
“You are like God to me!”, I always used to think that people considered doctors like God because they saved lives. But, recently I’ve realised its not because of that. It’s something really evident yet abstract. Let me explain 🙂 Today, I was scheduled to operate on a hernia on a prisoner. As I was…
*Hearing vs Listening*
No they are not synonyms. ‘Hearing’ is when a sound wave enters your ear, goes forward and strikes your tympanic membrane to set 3 tiny bones into action to finally generate an action potential ( somewhat like a current) that is comprehended by the brain like sound. Period. While ‘listening’ is when we consciously comprehend…
The Sponge Effect
Have you ever thought about the fact that the person you are today is an amalgamation of countless people you have ever come across?? Well, nowdays since iv developed a special interest in metacognition, I was wondering that things I say and do, how I react to situations has been the outcome of what I…
Scapegoat-(Life Beyond the Knife: Encounter-7 )
At 8:00 pm, i get a call from the emergency regarding an incoming casualty. When i reach i find one already there and 3 more to come. Patient 1: 22 year old guy, conscious, smelling of alcohol, responding to commands and kinda crying like a baby. I was told that he was in a car…
Live & Let Live -(Life Beyond the Knife: Encounter-6)
A 45 year old man was admitted to my ward with the complaint of multiple swellings on both sides of neck since past 6-7 months. After examining the patient and enquiring about any history of any previous illness or any medication/addictions or any prior investigations, which were all answered with a frank no, I concluded…
It takes a moment to change your life forever -(Life Beyond the Knife: Encounter-5)
Have you ever heard someone say that ‘it takes a moment to change your life forever!’ Well, i saw it today. A 20 something guy walks into my opd this morning, pretty nicely dressed acting all cool, having his goggles on the back of his neck, total Dabang style. I asked him what his problem…
A little act of kindness- (Life Beyond the Knife: Encounter-4)
Today as on a usual routine evening, I went about with my round. Talking, joking with my patients, chatting with my nursing staff and then sitting at the Nurses station completing my paperwork, talking to patient families, having my usual evening tea with my junior staff and just talking to them about their life. One…
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