Insight Missing!

The previous day I'd been on leave, just to complete mundane household tasks and before I knew, the day was gone..In the evening I at last was able to sit with 'Nucleotide Metabolism'..it's ironical that Biochemistry is one subject which needs reading revising updating every time one has to teach despite addition of experience each year (cannot say about others?)..Before I could start reading, guests poured in and later I had to take my son for the last day show of hindi movie, 'Agent Vinod'..as expected my post-movie head ache failed to co-operate in reading the chapter at night..So, forcibly had to put an alarm of four o' clock morning..
While I drove to the department next morning, I was pleased with my preparation with the topic as well as questions to be asked during the week-end tutorial. Twenty or so students were already seated in my chamber when I reached. They were waiting for me, and when I sat, I realized my chair was broken?
Now, there were ample of chairs in my room for all, and they had left the defective one for me? 
I had to leave the room and arrange proper chair for myself, and they all were there as mute spectators.
Yes, I scolded them for next ten minutes or so,, made them stand for more than half the duration of the tutorial, gave them lecture on morals and principles..blah-blah-blah..but the pain was intolerable to bear, especially from those students whom you've treated in a friendly manner, tried to make your classes interesting for them, allowed to discuss any time..the first thought that struck my mind was to give them straight away a zero and send them away..but then I reminded myself my own duty....The girls were able to answer questions, and none of the boys were prepared..Hours after I was thinking will I change my behavior towards my students from now on? Will I be able to enjoy teaching them as before with no prejudice? Is it because ragging has been banned in professional colleges?
No, I cannot react to such careless thoughtless act..I'll behave as if nothing happened, and even if they don't learn from today's incident. Who knows at least one of them remembers what I said to them..What if a patient is dying, will they not leave their seat and attend to him/her in future? Threatening needed at some stage, isn't it? Sorry to say, practical aspects missing in today's medical education scenario..
These will be the same students sending their parents or certain influential persons to lure during exams..The whole system stinks and one has to close eyes and work!
One thing is certain, Insight Missing!

"For the love of a son"

Now, this was my fourth sobbing session since I started an Afghan woman's story in the noon, and it was too much for me. I'm not a bibliophile though, once in a while something interesting is always welcomed. This time it was Jean Sasson's "For the love of a son". 
Amazingly, I experienced deja vu during my imaginative journey taking me to places like Kabul and villages of Afghanistan. The main character, Maryam's mask like face vividly appeared before me and her miserable life....well, well..no disclosures so far....In brief, highly poignant reality so far, am enjoying my read....my hubby not able to understand what's there to cry while reading novels, first place why these girls invest in sobbing novels..men just cannot understand, how much we seem to enjoy those emotional tears especially concerned with women though those situations no where belong to us. 
I think I can no more carry with the same for long, so for last thirty minutes I'm with the first volume of 'Vampire Diaries', and it's too childish to capture my mature thoughts..I must resume to Sasson's story...
Bye for now...

Reading habit..

As I went through the official files in my chamber trying to recollect records pertaining to the previous task assigned to me six months back, I knew I was dealing with something more than apparently what I was doing....The internal struggle overpowered me and led me to ring at home, where my eight year old son was alone. I insisted him to get ready as I'll be coming to fetch him soon, to keep him with me at work..And I was shocked to hear him cry denying my proposal..Anyways, determined as I was, he was sitting besides me within an hour with his story book..He read aloud for me underlining the difficult words, then finding and writing their meanings in a note book. I knew he detested what he was doing, still it was better than sitting idle in front of an idiot box ! Soon, I found him enjoying what he did..


I wonder what else I shall do in the coming days to keep him busy till school reopens, hoping to instill interest for reading books in him at this stage.
Not much to share,
Bye for now..

For, indeed, 'tis a sweet and peculiar pleasure,

(And blissful is he who such happiness finds,)

To possess but a span of the hour of leisure,

In elegant, pure and aerial minds.

-John Keats

Where is the Lord

http://springsurprises4u.blogspot.in/2012/03/where-is-lord.html 

A Mobile Lab

As if three days' successive viva taking sessions of biochemistry practicals was not enough, we'ere again required to be present for some meeting..what meeting..none able to explain..just a meeting was being called in the evening session. I was apparently agitated to see my name in the list of tomorrow's tutorials, but was soon saved by someone who offered her name instead..thank God, I'm saved for one more day! Yeah, I need some lectures on procrastination ( long back, I wrote one..I've lost it seems!). But I'm digressing, actually the meeting happened to be of some sort of interest, an escape from our normal routine of labs..yes, a mobile lab!


Now, it happened to be an introductory lecture on a technology devised by an IITian who wanted to do something worthwhile for the masses after travelling half the globe..(I wonder, why not before?..may be the reason my limited exposure fails to bring any worthwhile contribution for my family even, forget the person next door..no, I'm not sulking, am quite happy as what I am.)..


Yes, coming back to the technology..it's  a mobile lab (the portable laboratory) manufactured by the Accuster Technologies Pvt. Ltd. It is useful for ambulance, 108 service, medical camp, army, railways, corporate houses, etc. It is equipped with a biochemistry analyzer (Semi-automatic in which 22 blood parameters can be done, an open system type based on colorimetric principle), a micro centrifuge (6000 rpm), a small incubator, a power back up (battery operated, on simple battery it can work for 7 days continuous), micro pipette, micro tips stand, cuvette stand and all other small accessories. Last, but not the least, equipped with patient database management software.


It was not that all features were accepted as such, there was enough discussion on cost effectiveness (they said, highly economical, cost 2.75 lacs INR..i think they forgot to add the cost of reagents plus the accessories), accuracy (there was indeed fruitful argument at this point, as every step manually done adds to an unavoidable error at each step), maintenance free ( as no lamp and no filter, but has LED (Light Emitting Diode..impressive), highly user friendly (each test with two clicks with in 3 minutes)..Now, here it is worthwhile to mention that the microcentrifuge holds six 'ependoff' tubes at a time, and maximum 120 patients in a day can be dealt with..it's too less compared to the huge number of samples dealt with in our institutional lab, still one can think of if wants to have investigations done side by side in a private clinic..it's good for them. 


Do you wish to know the name of the IITian whose efforts made this lab come into existence?..Well, no one bothered!

Those lines..

http://springsurprises4u.blogspot.in/2012/03/those-lines.html

Walking for miles..

http://springsurprises4u.blogspot.in/2012/03/walking-for-miles.html

No Pain, No Gain

Driving on a busy jam packed road of the city could have otherwise led to fret, but today even unusually warmer sun seemed to provide comfort, and there was no hurry. Despite an off day, I attended the duties (unaware of the privilege given to those who participated in sports) but seemed to enjoy the day, as no compulsion to remain on the desk till four. So, the best option was to drive lazily through single main road which would cover most of the town within five-six kilometers' distance..thoughtless..
We've time and again heard the saying, "no pain, no gain", yes, unless one puts total effort no results sought..even  if you don't put effort pain is bound to happen, in some or the other form..certain pains have no reason at all, still they exist, making life heavy for the time being.. to be forgotten with time, and we say, time heals..it's just successive events jumbled up with time distract your attention from that pain..things are bound to happen, one cannot avoid it, and when difficult situations are happening, just let them happen, keep your calm, be a mere observer and let them pass by..they'll teach you in the long run..Again, the saying proves itself, "no pain, no gain"..Bear the pain, be thankful for the pain you've received, take it as a blessing in disguise, brave through it, don't fight it..take a long drive, play some music or engross yourself in any task without thinking anything, if pain disturbs, say to it, "I'll give you your time, let me finish this..", and by the time you're free, pain is gone!
Just give it a try..Life's for living..Who knows which coming moment is the last one?