My stethoscope fell on the floor and broke into 2 pieces !I still remember the day that I bought it like it was yesterday. I was using a cheap steth during the whole 3rd year, it was heavy, out of style, rubber one which was not the kind to be used by girls of my age. We were one of ...

....."Relationships these days are harder now because conversations become texting, arguments become phone calls, and feelings become status updates."........Let’s call her Indu (of course it’s a fictional name) , she was one of the permanent patients of our unit, as she had nowhere else to go other than the elders home which sheltered her.“good morning doctor !" she yells as ...

Sometimes I feel terrible cause there's always a limit I can help the people I meet during my working hours. A 3 year old little one was sitting beside doctors table, having tea with us while his mother delivered her 4th child. He had no father to take care of him or his family. His mother is a psychiatric patient ...

We were all frustrated as we couldn't get leave to go home for the holidays. Happy bubbly feelings of the new year (Sinhala and hindu new year in april) were running around the town while the young doctors did their night ward rounds with grumpy faces."You can never live a normal life, when you are a doctor" the consultant said ...

....It takes only few rotten minds to create a hell in this country and we saw it happen for 30 years.....(Please not that the names used in this story has no connection to any living person or a group ! These memories are from clinical experience I had few years ago...)“this dakta treated me in mulliwaikkal when I got ...

Notes of a doctor who had to switch places as a patient in the most ironic way. Published with the consent of the writer.Dear Sister, I'm sorry I couldn't call you earlier, I was hospitalized and was treated for few weeks as I was diagnosed with a left side tubal ectopic pregnancy. I was 3 weeks pregnant when I had ...

A 28 year old mother of 2 kids was admitted today to our ETU ( emergency treatment Unit) along with her 3 months old baby and the 2 year old toddler. She had taken kaneru which is a poisonous seed , commonly used in these areas of the country to commit suicide. I feel terrible whenever I come across anyone ...

Immense pain throbbed my chest while I watched the movie" Ira handa yata" Under the sun and moon, (some time back in 2010 ). This movie reflected the 30 years of war that ruined the lives of all citizens of this country, while the rest of the world went higher up in the scale with their developments and higher living ...