DOCTOR FIRST AND DOCTOR FOREMOST PART 1

HI ALL..........
A DOCTOR TREATS GOD CURES...

SOMETHING WORTH MENTIONING HAPPENED TODAY. MY WATER FILTER BROKE DOWN. IN OUR BUILDING THE  WATER TANKS WERE CLEANED.AND ALL THE ACCUMULATED DIRT CAME DOWN THE PIPES CAUSING BLOCKAGE.I CALLED EUREKA FORBES FOR  URGENT SERVICE.THEY CAME AND SERVICED MY FILTER.AND NOW THE FILTER IS WORKING.

I HAVE THIS NAME BOARD OUTSIDE MY DOOR AND IT MENTIONS THAT I AM A DOCTOR.SUDDENLY BEFORE LEAVING HE ASKED ME IF I WAS A GYNAECOLOGIST. I SAID" NO.I AM A GENERAL SURGEON".HE TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED TO CONSULT ABOUT THE INFERTILITY PROBLEM WITH HIS WIFE AND TOLD ME THAT WAS THE REASON HE ASKED ME IF I WAS A GYNAECOLOGIST. I SAID "NO I AM A SURGEON.YOU BETTER CONSULT A GYNAECOLOGIST."I TOLD HIM HE CAN SEND THE REPORTS IN MY WHATSAPP AND I CAN ADVISE HIM TO GO TO THE PROPER PERSON.

THEN HE BECAME NERVOUS AND THINKING THAT I WILL COMPLAIN AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HE HAD COME FOR SERVICE AND HARASSED ME BY ASKING PERSONAL FAVOURS, HE KEPT ON SAYING THAT HE WAS SORRY.I HAD TO CONVINCE HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT WE DOCTORS DO NOT MIND PEOPLE ASKING FOR ADVICE.ONCE A DOCTOR ALWAYS A DOCTOR TILL DEATH.

OF COURSE I AM BORED BY PEOPLE ASKING UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS WHEN I HAVE GONE TO A PARTY OR WHEN I HAVE GONE ON A TOUR.BUT I GET ANNOYED NOT ANGRY.AND IF THE PROBLEM IS GENUINE I ALWAYS TRY TO HELP.I AM A DOCTOR FIRST AND FOREMOST.

USUALLY DOCTORS ADHERE TO THE RULES AND TREAT THE PATIENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.EVEN IF MANY OF THEM CHARGE EXORBITANT FEES. THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE WELL BEING OF THE PATIENTS AT HEART.A DOCTOR WILL NEVER KNOWINGLY HARM A PATIENT. OF COURSE THERE ARE SOME UNFORESEEN EVENTS AND THE SITUATION GETS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE DOCTOR.THE PATIENT MAY BE TOO SICK OR DYING WHEN THE DOCTOR SEES HIM.DESPITE TREATMENT THE PATIENT DIES.AND ALL THE BLAME GOES TO THE DOCTOR.AND THE RELATIVES MANHANDLE OR BEAT UP THE DOCTOR AND DAMAGE PUBLIC PROPERTY. THIS IS VERY BAD.

A DOCTOR HAS TO TAKE THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH WHILE GETTING THE MEDICAL DEGREE.

AND EVEN IF HE CHARGES EXORBITANTLY HE ALWAYS DOES THE BEST POSSIBLE TO THE PATIENT. ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A COMPLICATED SURGERY.

MYSELF FOR EXAMPLE.

I WAS WORKING FOR A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BUT MY PATIENTS LOVED AND RESPECTED ME.I NEVER COMPROMISED ON THE TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT,EVEN IF IT MEANT I HAD TO VISIT THE HOSPITAL SEVERAL TIMES ESPECIALLY AFTER A COMPLICATED SURGERY.I SOMETIMES SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL CAUSING ANNOYANCE AND INCONVENIENCE TO THE NURSING STAFF!!!.THIS WAS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MY CAREER.AFTER THAT I DID MY BEST, I ENQUIRED ABOUT THE PATIENT OVER TELEPHONE AND LET GOD SOLVE THE PROBLEM.I AM A CONFIDANT SURGEON.WHAT I DO,I DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.AND LEAVE THE REST TO HIM WHO IS THE ACTUAL HEALER...GOD.

A DOCTOR TREATS, GOD CURES.

AND WHEN I PERFORM AN ESPECIALLY COMPLICATED SURGERY,WHEN THE PATIENT GETS CURED AND GOES HOME,THAT IS THE COSTLIEST THING YOU CAN EARN IN LIFE.NO MONEY CAN GET YOU THAT FEELING.I AM SURE EVERY SURGEON /GYNAECOLOGIST  WHO HAS DONE AN ESPECIALLY COMPLICATED SURGERY OR A PHYSICIAN WHO HAS TREATED A VERY DIFFICULT CASE GETS THAT SATISFACTION AND A SORT OF HAPPINESS.ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD CANNOT BUY THAT.

INDIA'S FIRST LADY CARDIOLOGIST DR.SIVARAMAKRISHNA IYER PADMAWATI TURNED 101 YRS ON 20TH JUNE 2018.SHE IS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE.AND SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER PRESIDENT OF ALL INDIA HEART FOUNDATION.

AT THE AGE OF 101,SHE STILL SEES PATIENTS 12 HOURS A DAY.DEFYING AGE.SHE LOVES SWIMMING WHICH SHE STILL DOES EVERY MORNING FOR SIX MONTHS A YEAR.THE OTHER SIX MONTHS,SHE WALKS.SHE HAS PROVED THE FACT THAT AGE IS ONLY A NUMBER.

DR.SIVARAMAKRISHNA IYER PADMAWATI

YOU ARE AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL.

THEN THERE IS THE CASE OF DR.HOWARD KELLEY (1858-1943) WHO WAS A RENOWNED GYNAECOLOGIST AND ONE OF THE FOUR DOCTORS WHO FOUNDED JOHN HOPKINS MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE,THE FIRST RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND ONE OF THE FINEST HOSPITALS OF THE WORLD.HE ESTABLISHED THE DEPARTMENT OF GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS IN THE INSTITUTE AND BECAME A PIONEER IN THE SUBJECT BOTH AS A TEACHER AND PRACTITIONER.

AS A BOY HE WAS SELLING THINGS FOR A LIVING WHEN HE FELT TIRED AND HUNGRY.SO HE KNOCKED AT A HOUSE HOPING TO ASK FOR A MEAL.BUT SHYNESS OVERCAME HIM AND INSTEAD ASKED FOR A GLASS OF WATER.THE YOUNG LADY WHO OPENED THE DOOR SAW THE HUNGER IN HIS EYES AND GAVE HIM A GLASS OF MILK.

AFTER DRINKING THE MILK, THE BOY THANKED HER AND ASKED HER HOW TO REPAY HER KINDNESS. THE LADY REPLIED "KINDNESS CAN NOT BE REPAYED ,MY MOTHER TOLD ME."THE BOY SMILED AND WENT AWAY. BY SKIMPING AND SCRAPING,HE BECAME A DOCTOR AND A VERY FAMOUS ONE.

AFTER A LONG TIME THE LADY FELL ILL WITH A COMPLICATED AND RARE DISEASE.SHE WAS ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE DOCTOR WORKED.WHEN DR.KELLY SAW HER MEDICAL RECORDS HE SAW WHICH TOWN SHE WAS FROM,A STRANGE LIGHT FILLED HIS EYES. HE HURRIED TO THE ROOM AND FOUND THAT SHE WAS THE SAME LADY WHO HAD GIVEN HIM A GLASS OF MILK WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY.

IMMEDIATELY HE TOOK ALL STEPS TO TREAT HER AND TOILED DAY AND NIGHT TO CURE HER.FINALLY THE LADY WAS SAVED AND THE HOSPITAL BILL RAN INTO A HUGE SUM.DR.KELLY ASKED FOR THE BILL,WROTE SOMETHING ON IT AND ASKED FOR IT TO BE SENT TO HER ROOM.THE LADY WAS FRIGHTENED SINCE SHE DID NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH TO PAY SUCH A HUGE BILL.BUT SUDDENLY SHE SAW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRITTEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BILL.

HER EYES FILLED WITH TEARS WHEN SHE SAW WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON IT." PAID IN FULL WITH A GLASS OF MILK". THIS IS A TRUE INCIDENT.

DR.HOWARD ATWOOD KELLY

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KELLY'S IN THE WORLD.SO WHEN YOU THINK OF A DOCTOR,THINK OF HIM WITH RESPECT ,NOT WITH SUSPICION.

THERE WAS THIS DOCTOR,WHO OPERATED  ON A BOY WITH AN EMERGENCY SURGICAL PROBLEM.SINCE THE OPERATION TOOK A LONG TIME THE FATHER OF THE BOY GOT ANNOYED AND ANXIOUS. HE TALKED TO THE SURGEON IN A VERY HARSH TONE WHEN THE SURGEON WAS LEAVING AFTER EXPLAINING TO THE FATHER ABOUT THE SURGERY AND TELLING HIM THE BOY  WILL RECOVER GRADUALLY.

THE FATHER OF THE BOY STARTED SHOUTING AFTER THE DOCTOR LEFT WHEN THE NURSE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE SURGEON HAD GONE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF HIS OWN SON.THE FATHER WHO WAS SHOUTING WAS ASHAMED BEYOND WORDS.

THESE ARE ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE SELFLESS LOVE DOCTORS HAVE FOR THEIR PROFESSION..IN FUTURE DO NOT DERIDE THEM ,THINK OF THEM WITH RESPECT AND  HAVE FAITH IN THEM AS YOU WOULD ON GOD.

TO BE CONTINUED......................