part of democracy

my voter id card
in the booth
outside the booth after voting....

p.s-
do vote!
am posted in pavgada district[150kms from bangalore] for 15 days as a part of rurals..leaving tomorrow.....accommodation and basic necessities will be provided...will be back only on next sunday...untill then bye...have a grt weekend!!:)

please vote

please vote tomorrow....India's general elections 2nd phase polling is tomorrow and am defenitely voting and u guys too!!...

inj-mania

one of the nurses had taken a leave today and hence i had to take her injection room job....(in phcs usually basic drug injections are provided and a room[with a sister] will be assigned to it.)

from the time i started[around 10.30] patients kept on coming and by the time i finished the work it was around 1pm.Seeing the patients reactions here bought my childhood memories back when i used to run away from injections and do all sorts of gimmicks to avoid it[during routine vaccinations].When after uploading the drug into the syringe we press it until a drop or two spills out[ to avoid air clot formation in the artery] and children[some times adults too] here on seeing it get all sorts of phobia and instantly start crying[this is infact the best part infact and i secretly smile to myself like a devil:D]...overall it was a nice funfilled interactive learning experience and to be true was my best here till now.

p.s-one patient after getting the medication asked me whether he can take bath[since he had fever]...i said its his wish for which he replied back saying some one had told him not to do so and is now stinking like a pig!!....lol!!

saranya has bestowed me with an award..cute's blogger award..i thank her for this but i really dont know why i got it[my blog is cute??!!]!!:P

win-win

one thing that i have realized in just one month of my internship is that u really need just a little bit of patience on ur part to deal with the people[patients].Daily when u see about 50-75 patients back to back,prescribe medicines [and advice them] u tend to loose patience once in a while repeatedly answering the same silly doubts,qns and many such things and this way might hurt their sentiment...for me they are just a patient[1 in many] but for them[and their loved ones] they are just[1 in 1] one!..so it does really make a difference to them when i behave rudely or be impatient on them...so in these situations[loosing patience] what i do is just listen to them quietly like a good listener and do my job and in the way swallow that ugly beast called impatience.....that's what i call win-win situation.:)

p.s- yesterday a namoona[speciman] had come to opd[at12pm] saying his marriage is at 1 in the afternoon and need some urgent med for his illness[fever and cold]...he infact had worn the wedding dress and was in full josh!....hope the med would have worked by night;)

The "Last Lecture"

really amazing video guys.. just loved it... [plz]do watch it once!!



Randolph Frederick Pausch^[3] (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer, a terminal illness, in September of 2006. He gave an upbeat and adage-laden lecture entitled "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller. Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.

p.s-
source-wiki,youtube

multi-tasking

here in this phc[primary health centre] u get to do all kinds of work...

physician-
prescribe med in opd

surgeon-
wound dressing etc..

obstetrician-
weekly anc clinic

group "D" jobs-
unlock the opd rooms on holidays urself

and spiderman work-

climb and jump over the wall and go to nearby govn center for emergency nature calls:D

p.s-happy ugadi:)[its new yr for us today]
loved this video...so inspiring..

a day in food street...

had been to famous FOOD STREET today

pics-



pavbhaji,parotha and rose milk!!...

p.s- 2 items are missing!!:P

happy weekend

"A great obstacle to happiness is expecting too much happiness." - Bernard de Fontanelle

so true!..and happy weekend:)

p.s-my 351st post!
have been given "honest scrap" award by comfortably numb...thanks bro:)..

would like to pass it on to my fellow med bloggers-rajeev,vani,chandana,arun and saranya

fast and furious

saw this movie yesterday

great action+good storyline+nice babes=perfect combo!...i would rate it 3.5/5

p.s-watch it only if u have seen the first part...

no title

it has been just 2 days that i have been posted here and already feel freaked out!!..My previous posting was such a heaven even though it was a 9-4 job[unlike here where its just 10-1pm].
the place where am posted to looks like some old broken bungalow and after seeing the work environment[read senior sisters attitude etc..] i don't feel like working here anymore.Even the job ur expected to do here makes u loose interest like they expect u to work in the pharmacy and give medicines and what not...if that the case y the hell have they hired the nurses[and paramedics]??....still have 12 more days here!!

p.s-1-only positive thing here is tht u get holidays on sund and general festivals
2-i really miss those paeds opds and those cute children!!...:(
3-planning to watch fast and furious 4 tomorrow...any of u have already watched it?

next stop

finally THE posting of rurals is over and from tomorrow its in kghalli....frankly experience wise it was a great learning curve but sometimes it was too hectic and i really need a break now from the traveling and 70-100/day patients handling thing!!!
in kghalli phc life is total bindaas...only 10-1pm work daily[opd] and that too only on working days...!!!

week-End

finally a good weekend coming up....will just relax,sleep a lot,may be watch a movie and ofcourse go out to hogg!!!

p.s-shifting to orthopedics from Monday..bye-bye to the cute kids i have come across in paeds...will really miss them there!...its so much fun interacting with those innocent minds and scaring them for an injection;)[sorry kids!!]

a nice video-akon live..he really rocks!!

stressed out....

this has been my schedule from past 10-15 days-

get up at 6 and go for jogging from 6.15 to 7.30
leave home for work at 8.30 and come back at around 5.30
then study from 7-11 with an hour or so break inbetween.
haven't got any holiday till now[even on sundays] and desperately need one...feeling so stressed out!!!!

p.s-haven't watched any movie in a month or so!!!:(

diclo-aholic

everyone tom,dick and harry with pain[hands,feet,buttocks everywhere!!] who comes to opd here "Demands" a painkiller injection!!...[they would have been so addicted to this instant pain reliever]

p.s-diclo-is an analgesic[for non-med people;)]

beauty with brains-part2

she was absent today!!!.. she was on a leave i guess!!

p.s-and am not fooling anyone here[ for apr fools day]

beauty with brains[?]

a student nurse working here in the pharmacy is quite good looking[in fact pretty] and everytime she sees me throws a giggle at her friends[atleast twice yesterday]..i really don't know the reason or maybe she finds my face funny!!

p.s-lets see wht happens today:D