My Profession!

In west, by west I usually mean US, they say "Pursuing a career in Medicine, you have to give it your Life-time!" And I used to wonder,"is it so?"

I am standing at the end of, what is often labeled as the 'Golden-Period' of life, my six year long College life! Within less than two months from now I will be gone from here and I am not sure if I will ever have the opportunity again to come back here at my proud alma mater- Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla which has made me whatever I'm today!

It has given me a lot but still I feel so inadequate in my abilities that it's sometime difficult to imagine that in a few months' time I'll be shouldering great responsibilities like saving people's lives!! Now I realize that it's not just the saying "...it takes your life-time..."

They meant it when they said it! I sat in OPDs during my Compulsory Rotatory Internship Program and I had the glimpse of expectations of the patients in my abilities, their faith that I was the one who could soothe their ailing body (& perhaps thereby their soul)... It was heart warming... But like the saying goes "..with great power comes greater responsibilities.." here too, in order to enjoy that heart warming moments I must be well deserved too...

I remember all those days when I postponed a topic which I had planned to read and used that time in less productive things... and I realize now what a big fool I was... When I say this, I don't mean that I should have spent my 6 years in books! What I mean is Studies should never be compromised, for it is the one thing and the only thing that's gonna make your future worthwhile!

So, if you happens to be one who is serving humanity with a stethoscope on your shoulder and you are reading this blog, Just remember: "Studying in our profession is not our duty, it's a Moral Obligation!!"

Take pride in what you do! ENJOY YOUR JOB because "In nothing do men more nearly approach the Gods than in giving health to men." -Cicero