Sunday, May 4, 2008

Simple Mens Hospital

It looked as though boredom has become a part of my life when I planned to return from dubai to my homeland to gods own country. After coming back here too i didnt have pretty much to do. Contacted all my frnds at college, some were just like me killin time some others joined hospitals, a few travelled places, all ate and slept well and became heavier. Talkin to others i decided to go to a mission hospital in tamilnadu and work...So we got into a group of 4 left in my car at around 12 and 8 hrs later we find ourselves in Christian fellowship hospital in a small town near dindigal thanks to the great roads as soon as we enter TN (hats off). We get heavy showers on the way which was rare in TN. aS soon as we cross borders we find the good roads, people more simple in the way they dress, travel (mostly in mopeds).
AS soon as we reach the hospital there is a heavy downpour with thunder and lightening and leave us in darkness. Oh what a start. The hospital lacks the grandeur of the majority of hospitals i have visited. Since we arive earlier we dont meet the doc who we r supposed to instead we meet a young chap of our age. he was managing the casuality a very helpful guy, tells us abt the mass and quickly send us a guy perumal who was very polite with us took us to a grand stay at their guest house we had a sumptous dinner of TN dosai which i would say is one of the best with different coloured chuttneys.We go back get a tight sleep next day early mornin after a good breakfast go for the mass everyone seems to know that we have arrived, lovely people, from professors to the priest comes and meet us.
We are posted in surgery. We find patients here are less concerned about their health due to poverty and this hospital does a great deal of service for them. Patients here can pay what they can afford to, operations come to around 10% of what is being charged outside in bigger hospitals. Due to the ignorance abt their health most of the patients are in a bad shape we find 10 to 15 dibetic pts without limbs above knee, below knee amputations.Doctor jokes that they are not terminators and they never were; such simple hearted people without any self interest and really dedicated.A lot to learn from them.Unfortunately our kind university gave us only a day to work. we had to come back and collect a pass certificate.

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