New Year 2010

Sounds of firecrackers broke the silence of the night. It passed 12 a.m. morning, yet I haven't made my way to bed. All these while I have been busy with my hectic clinical postings and preparation in welcoming this new year. Personally I think of ways of making resolutions for new year ahead to improve myself as well as to enhance or sharpen my skills and abilities as a medical student. I know I'm in the position to make some kinds of changes in my life. To a better quality of life, I reckon.

In the year of 2009, my life was filled with all sorts of different mix-sauces. I could recall the days when I burned midnight oil before appearing on university examination day and once after I received the results, I heaved with a sigh of relief. I'd learnt many things from my beloved lecturers, colleagues and seniors. They sincerely have been guiding me along and giving me the best opportunities to solve all my queries whatever came across in my studies. Here, I would like to thank them for their dedication, inspiration and fully commitments. Commencing into clinical years in Manipal is indeed the best experience that I encounter patients directly in contact. Even though I and my group members find difficulties (initially even till now)in communicating with local Indian here, we have come up with solutions everytime from the deep water itself. Travelling everyday to Karkala Hospital (around 30km away from Manipal) is not a comfortable journey I must admit. However, upon reaching the destination, I am always in high spirit to look forward to meeting the patients in wards.

Eventually I make myself a short list of targets in year 2010:

1.I need to cull knowledge and information as much as possible, keeping myself updated to become better in medical field.

2.I must build up spirits of enthusiastic in learning, sharing ideas & thoughts, correcting my wrong perceptions & past mistakes.

3.I need to control my diet and carry out proper exercises to stay healthy and maintain fitness of the contour of body.

4.I have to be more sensitive and compassionate enough to meet patients in either India or Malaysia soon.

5.I need to brush up Malay language so as not to be looked down by my fellow colleagues. Hopefully I'd refresh terms and vocabulary I learnt in the past year during high school.

6.Last but not least, I'll devote my love and passion to my lovely darling and family members. They are always there to care and support me.

And again, I wish everyone Happy New Year 2010! Let us enlighten our days with joy and together we create harmony, peaceful and a better world to live!

Day 6th

This morning I went to Udupi District Hospital for my OBG posting. We entered into antenatal ward where some of us did history taking and abdominal examination despite of the absence of the supervision of our professor. Nothing's new. Wasted whole morning session there except listened to a monotonous lecture about gynaecology examination.

Afternoon. 1pm. We had our lunch at the foodcourt where I ordered for fish briyani. Soon after we recovered from the pangs of hunger, we went to collect our new labcoat at the tailor shop. Then, three of us, Yap, Vincent and me took an auto to ICHS. We were participating for a visit to Srikrishna Balanikethana orphanage home in Udupi.

Once we arrived at the entrance, we were welcomed by the children into their main hall. They were so delightful to see us. I could observe everyone of them was wearing a smile on face. Quickly we divided ourselves into smaller groups and took care of those children. Under me, there were two young kids aged 9 and 11.

"Nimma hesaru enu?"(what is your name? )

"Navish," said the younger boy. "My name is Ramya," uttered the eleven-year-old girl, shyly.

"Hege deeri? (How are you?) I spoke in their local language Kannada.

Both of them looked at me, innocently.

Ramya, indeed was a very industrious girl. She had keen enthusiasm to learn English as I taught her how to pronounce and spell simple basic words.

Navish (9 y/o)and Ramya (11 y/o)

The children were busy drawing and coloring.

"Childhood is the most significant and sensitive stage of every individual. Bliss of tender attention, love and care of our dearest parents to us during childhood, raise us up into mature adult later. Fortunate to speak, most of us can enjoy bliss of absolute unselfish parental love. But, not everyone is as lucky as we are.

Due to cruel irony of fate, some of the children on this mother earth have to bear the tremendous sufferings of depriving shower of love by their own parents, who brought them here and then abandoned them inhumanely, selfishly. They are like lost sheep, lost their way and light in the dark jungle, only succumb to themselves during the toughest time. These are the poor kids that attract attention from society to give them helping hands in providing not only shelters, but also concern, care, substituted love, education.

It's heartbreaking to look at the younger generation being threatened by circumstances and uncertainty they are now encountering. How sad would it be to listen to rising incidence of teenage pregnancy leading the abandon of live, healthy viable conception products after delivery!

Let us hold hand-in-hand to help these orphans by instilling them a spirit and cheer in life and of course shape them into useful citizen.

Blossoming Hearts Await Your Succor & Support!" ~edited by blogger

Third year posting (Class commences)

Raining cats and dogs outside. With my umbrella, I walked out of Acharya compound, heading to lecture hall for second day introductory classes. I was hurried by my classmate though there was ample time left before class started at 8a.m. I felt so refreshing and excited to attend pediatric lecture for the every first time of my life.

To me, pediatric is a specialty which requires much attention and care as we can see the rising number of children diseases nowadays worldwide. It is not only occuring in developing countries but also in western modern society. Pediatrics simply can be defined as a branch of medicine that deals with the care of infants and children and treatment of their diseases. A pediatrician or doctor is bearing responsibility to take special care, advocate for children and serve to cure diseases among the youngs. So much so in endorsing public education, doctor serves to take measure in preventing and curing harmful illness for the sake of future generations.

The lecturer told us about basic fundamental knowledge that we must procure in order to handle the patient and treat them successfully. Children with various types illnesses presented to us can be so irritable and uncomfortable at all times during the clinical examination. Therefore, signs and symptoms have to be determined very careful and we ought to be very patient to listen and communicate with them. Their parents might be so anxious to know what is happening to their kids that lose their head embarassing the attending medical officers. Nevertheless, we as medical students, have to follow our protocol and defend our images in front of others in the hospitals. Of course we need to brush up our knowledge wisely because lack of thorough knowledge could lead to unfavourable consequences such as tragedies, unnecessary worries and distress, anxiety and wasteful treatment for the patients.

"Thorough knowledge of normal is essential basic of knowledge of abnormal."

Many of things we need can wait,

The child cannot;

His name is Today,

To him we cannot answer tomorrow. ~Gabriel Mistal poet

Mentor-Student-Project (MSP), MMMC, Manipal University, Karnataka, India

The day has come. MSP day. Everyone of batch 21 was busy putting up their posters on the board for the exhibition. Sharp at 9 a.m. in the morning, it started. Dean of my college, Faculty members, students, some visitors arrived at the admission hall. 

The study of YOGA & ITS BENEFITS IN ASTHMA: MSP Year II M.B.,B.S. degree Manipal University  Under the supervision of Dr. K . Rajani, from Microbiology Department 

Acknowledgement

We really put in a lot of effort to make MSP exhibition a success. Here I would like to thank Mdm. Gayathri Nayak from Yoga department, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, for all her effort and advices, Dr. Rajani, for her sincere guidance and kind assistance, our fellow questionnaire participants,  my group members, Song Lin and Sobana for their cooperation, patience and months of hardwork. Thank you all. 

More related photos will be uploaded soon when the blogger is free to do so.