Salam Maal Hijrah

Medicine Posting

I do think Medicine is one of the best posting here. We were posted in Dr T.M.A. Pai Hospital, Udupi which is about 15-min journey (with bus) from Manipal. Some of my batchmate (I think all of them) thought it was the most tiring posting since we've been there from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm (morning posting) at from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm (afternoon posting). Basically we need to clerk a case from 9.30 am to 11.00 am before presenting it to respective consultant later. Another one would be in the afternoon where clerking of case for half an hour. Two cases would be present by two pairs. Why I'm saying it's the best posting because we used most of the time learning to take a history from patients (communicating in local language is the lare barrier but somehow we managed to do it with broken English+broken Kannada+signal language) and perform some clinical examination. I feel most of my time is occupied with lots of thing. Other might think this posting is not as relaxing as Community Medicine or Surgery, where we could finish the class early and not much of workload. As for me, I think vice versa coz' if you want a relaxing and less tense posting, it's better for you taking other course other than medicine. You need to give your life to medicine (just express my own feeling). Anyway, Medicine (apart of O&G, my other favourite posting) is the time where we're in contact with patient. I've really learnt a lot from the patients admitted to the General Ward of Dr T.M.A. Pai Hospital. It's the time where I practised my percussion on the chest area, auscultation to listen to the heart sounds etc etc. I never forgot this one patient for entire life. Mrs Laxmi, who suffered from heart disease (in which I felt pity for her but at the same time excited with the findings that she had, namely pansystolic murmur, tapping apex, parasternal heave, features of central cyanosis and still long list to go). Tuberculosis is very rampant in India so we could see some of the beds with patients of having TB. Most of the patients were cooperative eventhough all 23 of us crowding one bed just to listen to crepitations and rhonchi. They've leading our very first step of attaining the competency as a doctor. Like the first teacher who taught us ABC, I am very thankful to all the patients there for being my guidance. They do, have taught me many things. I wish I can make my time to the most for Medicine posting once I've come back to Malacca for Phase II of MBBS later.

Thank you Dr Manjunath, Dr Lorraine, Dr Ram Bhat, Dr Seema and Dr Abdul Razak for your committment and patience towards us.

p/s: I still want to specialize in O&G