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Even we can save 2 LIVES

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While having small talk at dinner in a messy mess with one of my male colleagues during my Post MBBS Government service, I asked him as to which subject he's interested in doing his PG [1] in? He said "OBG"! [2] And I was like, "Why?" with an expression on my face saying 'what's wrong with you?' Because all that I have,  is PTSD [3] from OBG. It's not the subject itself, as I liked to read it.(Thanks to a very good teacher we had in our UG college & Marrow's Dr. Sakshi Arora [4] ). Nor was it the hectic duties during internship (as we had some good PGs who were good to work with). But it was the labor ward which was in and of itself a war zone!!!  Lots of women shouting for lots of things!!! Pregnant ladies shouting out of pain, nursing staff shouting at the pregnant ladies and the consultants and PGs shouting at nursing staff and at each other!!  Kind of like a food chain or rather a 'Shout chain'! Everyone's bu...

An year in Psychiatry

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With an inquisitive mind to unravel the un-unravelable mysteries of human mind and to satisfy the novelty seeking thirst of my soul, which was bored by the mundane medical stuff - did I enter Psychiatry. Of course I couldn't completetely get rid of mundane medical stuff. Because apparently the "other world famous Psychiatry hospital" refers Psychiatry patients with mundane medical stuff, such as those with hypertension whose BP doesn't come under control on Amlong 5mg to St Johns for "multidisciplinary management". But thanks to them in a way, we get to see a variety of patients. Nonetheless the 1 year journey in Psychiatry has been amazing with its cyclothymic ups and downs. From blankly staring at slides during academics to trying to make sense of things ; From being tremulous while giving ECTs (1)to patients, to appreciating it's miracles (and wishing someone could give it to me, to improve my mood); From getting annoyed by the only TELUGU...