Hi friends first of all let me say sorry to all of you as I was away from blogging for a few days because of my continuous schedule of Internal theory and practical exams. And now,finally,my External Examination Dates have been announced i.e from September 1st(exactly 31 days to go). I’m planning to continue my preparation for Final exams at home. So I’m leaving to my hometown tomorrow with a hope to have everything positive.As I don’t have Internet at my home, I may not be able to visit your Wonderful and Inspiring blogs for about 1 1/2 months. I’m taking with me the memories of Great moments that we’ve shared with each other for all these days.I pray God for the well being of all of you and hope to have many more wonderful days with you after completion of my exams.

Regards.

Hi friends, I remained in a state of Neurogenic shock-Bewildered and puzzled for 2 days as to whether this is real or just my dream. But now,having regained my consciousness,I have no other option than believing it. Don’t know what magic ur words and wishes did, I and my team members are the WINNERS in the state level Psychiatry Quiz yesterday.I’m still in a state of Intense Happiness having achieved a Great goal after a long long time,and I cudn’t stand on my feet,rather I wud prefer to fly high in the sky at this moment like a free bird,provided I have two wings like them.I wud like to run as fast as a Kangaroo rather than standing at my same place,further investigating its reality.

There was a clash between 7 teams(4 members in each team) from 7 medical colleges.Although the number seems to be small,believe me….we had a rigorous competition.It was like-if you tell one answer wrong you will be out of the Quiz. Our team answered all the questions except one simple question for which we did a simple mistake. There were 2 rounds.

First round regarding the wide range of Psychiatric disorders,their treatment modalities, famous Psychologists(we have to identify their pictures),also the contributions made by these Pyschologists to the Great subject of Psychology(their theories and life-time studies).

In the Second round,they showed pictures of some English and Hindi movies related to Psychiatry-like Rain Man, Taare Jameen Par,Main Aisa Hi Hoon, Gupt, Madhoshi,and many English movies and we have to tell the Psychiatric disorder suffered by the hero or heroine in that movie.

It was here I realized that we must believe God. If God isn’t there how cud I get exactly the same question related to the movie which I prayed Him to get asked. I don’t know much about movies except the movie which is like a Heart-beat to me, A Beautiful Mind…..Ohhhhh to my surprise I was asked the same question. I was stunned for a moment before confidently giving the answer as ‘SCHIZOPHRENIA’.

And finally 3 teams got an equal final score of  110 each. And they declared all the three teams as Winners. The winning teams are

Kurnool Medical College,Kurnool(Our college)

Andhra Medical College,Vizag and

NRI Medical College.

I cudn’t forget this Great day in my Life……Hope u too have such Great days ahead.

I’m extremely thankful to you all……….

I have to celebrate this day for sure,as this a remarkable day in my life. The reason being, I’m selected from my college along with 3 other people to the Undergraduate Psychiatry Quiz which is going to be held in Hyderabad on 28th of this month. I feel like I’m back into my spirit in competitions after a long time,ever since my school days. Actually, on Saturday(day before yesterday), my Psychiatry Professor has randomly selected 4 out of the 12 interested students,by way of Lucky dip and I wasn’t lucky then. Infact, I wasn’t there when Lucky Dip was done. Later I called my Professor on Phone and requested him to conduct a test for all the interested students and select the top four mark scorers.And luckily he said ok for that. Today he conducted the test for 5 different teams(2 members in each team) in the test. I and my partner got 8 out of 10 marks,the highest. I cudn’t believe that I’m selected. Its a Great opportunity for me to prove the power of my little neurons which remained unused for a long time.

The Quiz is only a part of the Psychiatry Conference.Its a State level Psychiatry Quiz.The winning college in this  Quiz will be sent to South India level Quiz,but its very difficult to win. Anyway,It’ll be like a celebration to all the students and staff coming from various colleges. There’ll be many cultural events and Night party on 27th. We can enjoy a lot for 2 days. The quiz will be on second day(28th).

I wanted to share my happiness first with you even before all my batch friends,as you are the people who made me back into my spirit.

I’m extremely thankful to you all…………………..

Yesterday, in my ward (Medicine department),I’ve come across a patient who was diagnosed as having COL (Cirrhosis of Liver).For non-medicoes,I can say its an invariably fatal disease of the Liver.He was already in the advanced stage of the disease.He was extremely distressed,and was worrying abt the future of his only daughter. He has a very significant history of Alcohol consumption(for nearly 10 yrs) and that too he regularly consumed toddy. While my professor Dr Bhavani Prasad (who is one of the dedicating professors in our hospital and is an inspiration to us)was examining this patient,he was crying and crying and it moved my Professor. He said “See old man,everyone on this earth has to die one day….we have neither brought anything nor going to take anything from here.Its Great that u r not dying a horrible death.”

COL is an invariably fatal disease for which Alcohol consumption is an important cause(although there are many other causes). It has a down-hill course and one day he eventually has to die. Even Cancers(like Leukemia) and TBs have treatment but not for COL.Although stabilizing the patient immediately after developing complications like Bleeding(usually from Oesophageal varices) and routine Octreotide  treatment do exist,they are only for transient relief and one day he has to die for sure.Once a patient is diagnosed as having COL,his average survival period would not be more than 2 or 3 yrs. And Liver transplantation is almost impossible in a country like India where patients cannot afford for such an expensive therapy. Even if they could afford for Liver transplantation surgery(I guess its around Rs 5,00,000),the monthly expenditure of Rs 10,000 thereafter(immunosuppressive therapy to prevent Graft rejection) makes them a Living-corpse.

In Andhra Pradesh, the State Government doesn’t levy any tax(if perhaps levies,its very low) for the Hot Beverages. Indirectly,it is contributing for the deaths of many Pullanas or Nallannas….as the patients’ names go. There are some countries which levy huge taxes on Cigarettes and Hot Beverages. And in such countries lot of improvement has been seen in the mortality rates from Lung cancers and Alcohol-related diseases.Why couldn’t we have such a Government in our country?And for every government,taxes levied on Liquor and Cigarettes are the major source of income. Why don’t our people do this? Hi Friends,pls post ur views and comments abt this………

Hi friends,I’m extremely sorry for delay in posting topics.With the commencement of my classes and ward postings on June Ist,I’m hardly finding time to look for a new topic to post.I’m thinking to post my next topic on coming Saturday.As I’m now in the Final Year of Medicine and there are only 3 more months for my exam,I’ve to sacrifice some of my interests.The reason being,it may probably be not possible(practically) for a medical student to learn the professional practical skills if he misses it during his Medical education.Theory,however,we can read any time during life. Although I’ve learnt atleast some practical skills in every aspect of Medical Education,it is no way sufficient for a person dreaming to become an Ideal Doctor.So I’m thinking to post topics once in a week or if possible,twice a week.And the next topic would probably be my review on the book ‘Who moved my cheese?’ as suggested by Mr.Joseph Pulikotil sir,which I’m thinking to read whenever I get some time.Hope u understand my situation.I wish to have ur incredible friendship,love and affection forever.Hope u’ll be there with me all the time and make my life blissful.

Regards.