Everyday I get up and rush to drop my kids. I have to nudge my son to get up and go to school and he will retort with dispair that he just went to school yesterday!!…..
I then have to tell him that he has to do that almost everyday till he can get old and get a job!!…then he has to get up and go to work!…to be responsible and to get into the rat race!…. Then I guess he will realize that going to school was the best thing!….
Who can forget the chats and gossips before the prayer, during the prayer, the rhythmic wishing of teacher, those homeworks and projects!!….. Those class tests and examinations with the small board!!…..and those awesome vacations!!…
Being a doctor then is probably one of the few jobs where you actually want to go to work!…. You want to make a difference to someone else’s life!….give them relief…make them happy!…learn new things everyday and be pleased with yourself!…..When you fail to give relief even then with every failure comes a lesson which will only make you stronger and more informed to face the next challenge……
Everyone in the world says this, just because one crazy person from a religion bursts a bomb we don’t blame Everyone from that religion right!??….then why you break this universal rule for doctors!??..
You would have to search pillar to Post to get a honest politician but we vote for them over and over again!…even politicians who have criminal cases piling up against them get votes!….if you convert black to white money of many of the politicians you can be rest assured that they will have more money that even Bill Gates!!… But a tenth failure illiterate criminal politician can make money by whatever means but a doctor should not make money even if he or she is doing his or her job properly!!
Then there are government babus to whom you will heartily give your ‘GREEN’ token of appreciation to get your rightful work done!…..but a doctor asking for his or her routine charge will make you green with envy or shock!!
In any type of case going on in the court you know that one of the party is wrong!… That means one of the lawyer is knowingly fighting for the rights of a criminal!….and he or she will get paid so much that you will have a hard time in counting the money!!….even if there’s deficiency of the service of the lawyer he or she still gets paid. All these we tolerate but we don’t tolerate any deficiency from a doctor.
Probably because the mental reference point to evaluate a doctor has been set high….or probably there are some who are plain envious or probably sadistic or most likely disturbed…..in the recent times the most important reason though is a lack of trust……
So at this point I would like to assert to all my odd 600 FB friends that I am reaffirming that being a doctor is not a job for me…. it’s my passion, my life and believe me that I would never leave my principles or misuse my knowledge or skill for causing harm…..
All those who supported us during the recent agitation I am eternally grateful…all those who didn’t I just hope that you will in future….
I just hope you all keep an open mind that’s all…..
Hope also that in the future the shortest fiction story I had written about a happy doctor in Karnataka will be reclassified as non fiction!……
Hope my son gets a job he would love to go in the morning…..
Hope….