ATTITUDE

Somewhere around the last week of July in 2006 we had a seminar by Dr. Rajan Sankaran, he is this awesome doctor I had only heard about,though had attended a seminar by him during my student life. I had also seen him a few times in the OPD. His OPD always would start at 8.30 am, the first time I had seen, only sir n Rishi- the housie were there. Now it is packed with interns. Well neways the entire auditorium was packed, the talk was good. He told us many things, apart from just homoeopathy and medicine, words which roused our enthusiasm, enthusiasm for knowledge…to learn…to teach ourselves…. He told us this wonderful story…. He told us about how he had been to Himachal with his father once in the mountains and they went to this tea stall…he told us about how the tea stall owner washed the cups about ten times with hot water, detergent and likes and served them very well…his father told him that he is your teacher… he has found the joy to do something….. we are tourists and might never meet him again but he is doing his job with joy and with the feeling to do something beautiful….. this is how you should be in your approach to do things….. do whatever u do with lots of love….. i.e. imbibe in you the joy to do something…..
He also said I will treat my patients how I want to be treated….will I ever want “chalta hein” for myself…will I ever want my doctor to have a “chalta hein” attitude for me/ my relatives….so this is what one must remember he said to every medical student sitting in that auditorium…this doctor’ words made an ever lasting impression on our minds that July afternoon….
Have to work hard….doctor shankaran said…he worked for 20 years….no movies no holiday…no nothing…. He worked for 16 hours a day……