Brush a wax across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Wore my shirt and grabbed my bag
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and put on my shade
Plug in the earphone and I went into a dream
Reach Ullal, signed my name
Sit down there and bore myself
Patients came, tell their complaints
I gave them drugs and off they went
Power went off and the fan stopped
Wet my shirts and flood my brain
Read a book and kill my time
Found myself gain nothing everyday
It's 4.30 and off i left
Reach my house in an hour
Throw my bag and bath myself
Jump on the bed and again went into a dream
Can't read their mind, dun speak their tongue,
Bad facilities, frequent power down
Simply diagnose, prescribe for fun
Suffer and being uncomfortable for Rs1500 per month
P/s: Community service is definitely not my thing. I find this one month of rural community postings utterly useless and time wasting. I don't see myself sacrifice for the illiterate villagers and get nothing back. I would prefer sitting in an A/C room, enjoying my time, take few patients but take my own sweet time, do the job properly and charge a good amount.
(Updated 1/5/10) At last this uncivilized, useless, boring and time wasting posting is over.. No more stupid medical officer, no more power cuts, no more bad food, no more travelling.. The whole posting in juz utterly wrong in all senses. Without protocol, ineffective drugs, illiterate patients, no gloves, no suture material, no spirit, bad MO, bad staffs etc..
At last, i'm now back to civilization. Am now posted in Atavar Hospital Medicine Unit IV, which is a very hectic unit.. So, i am gonna change my attitude towards this new posting and be interested and work hard, at the same time have fun.. (the "Fish" attitude)
Traveling on public bus everyday to and fro, it takes 30 minutes bus ride to reach Ullal from Mangalore, and i have to depart at 7.30am and come back only at 5pm. Indian buses sucks, super crowded and hot and smelly and noisy.
The scenery i see from Mangalore to Ullala
"essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-determination"
Sitting at the hot and small OPD wasting time. Every of my colleague will be busy studying for the PG entrance exam while i alone will be there reading novels, play PSP or go to the dorm to take a nap. What a life!
Lunch break at the common room with my colleagues. Meals are prepared by a sister who're hired by the college.
A laparoscopic camp at which the duty doc did each sterilization case in just 3 mins, awesome!
Visit to Anganwadi to check the general health of small children in 'schools' around Ullal
Our dorm of which everyone of us are supposed to sleep at every nights.
But i couldn't stand the condition and the lack of A/C and numerous mosquitoes bites and the uncomfortableness of the beds, so i go back home everyday.
Had a party at Vijay's house in Ullala. Thanks for the foods and the hospitality..
Things Ullal is famous for - beaches
On the way home to Mangalore after a tiring day