CHANGE OF PLANS

Its amazing how priorities change. How one's perceptions and thought processes change and how we as humans can justify any wrongs that we do. Well right now, I am in Medical ICU and have occasionally busy days. But not as the rest of our docs. But even, then it can be pretty stressful at times. In this case talking to patients and their relatives is so tough and so irritating, that one almost forgets that these guys are human beings in need of our sympathy. We treat these patients , but how? We think that by starting these chaps on central lines or doing impressive procedures on them we are doing them a favour, but we forget patient dignity and their wants. And whats so funny is that as students how self righteous and judgemental we were towards the then registrars. Robin Cook was right whan he said said," Internhip and residency are the years which are made to make you into a good doctor and destroy you as a human being".