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vanaranmar-ivarentharinju, vibho!
now you must have seen copies of a number of letters written by me on the net going back as far as 1996. i just write my name and nothing else except when it is absolutely necessary for technical or legal reasons. i am not one of those who says my name is "dr. xdby". (suppose some body tells you "my name is mr.xdby", how would you feel?)"
MY SYMPATHIES
till recently i was on the staff of medical college trivandrum but i never had any sticker flashing a red cross sign and the college emblem on any of my vehicles though i could have easily got one.
the fact is that i dont need these paraphernalia and am quite capable of managing my affairs on my own steam.
i have, unlike many of my "colleagues" who flash these signs and advertise themselves, practised medicine on my own for quite some time.
i have looked after a fifteen bed hospital which included the administration part as well on my own for three years during which time i was the only medical officer in the station. you had all the privileges of a field officer in the services but if any thing went wrong with one of the personnel or their family members you are in for the high jump and nobody can save you. ( can you believe it, we had a colonel who was an ms in general surgery as well as in orthopaedics doing desk jobs in a remote field ambulance because he made a minor mistake once upon a time!)
but i had one advantage there - the specialists in the nearest mh which was twenty five kilometers away were always available for consultation on the phone. once when i started apologising for disturbing at odd hours the response was "hukkum karo yar" - that was the spirit. and remember the person who, though jokularly, tells me "hukkum karo" was an MRCP and very senior to me in service and it was a set up where rank and file matters most. and remember, they all knew "all" about jyothi. now if i have choosen not to practise, it is of my own sweet will and pleasure.
all sensible doctors who have practised medicine know that there is nothing much in it, except perhaps for the humanitarian aspect. (tell you something? if i had the choice i would have gone into basic research!) but for an outsider it is something great - the other side is always greener!my sympathies are with the police man who calls himself cbi officer and his cronies form the staff of state bank of travancore medical college and other establishments. i am afraid you still regret you could not make the grade; you are disgruntled and i see you trying to take your ire out on me: my sympathies are with you.
THE WAY OUT!you missed the boat, true; but there is a way out. almost all of you have children (if not produce as many as you can - any "policeman" can do "that"!) and your children are supposed to be carrying your genes - the selfish genes!
THE CATCH
you can attain what you could not and what you are hankering for through your children - biological immortality, to quotte one of my esteemed professors (not a medical man!)
of course it is most likely that being your children they also will not be able to make it on merit; that in spite of "the best" schools, private tutions morning and evening, coaching classes and computer training from class one onwards. still there is nothing to worry. times have changed since the time when fellows like me were students and selection was strictly on university examination marks!
with the mushrooming of private medical colleges in kerala itself there should not be a problem at all; just buy a seat for your issue. try booking in advance even, they might allow a commission.
some of the people who are in the medical college busines are my "intimate" friends and i can even get them to give you a seat at a cheaper rate.
so get rid of that constipated look; be happy.there is a catch however - statistical studies show that in about 10% of cases the biological father is not the legal father ( no; i am not talking about adoptions); take care!
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