The Walls Are Talking

So you want to be a doctor?

What really goes on underneath the white coat?

Here is a compendium of short stories and insights on illness, hope and survival in the hospital and clinics meant not to discourage the dreamer, but to give a more realistic preview of our reality in the battlefield. We actually need brave frontliners more than ever.

Let me know if you want to hear about COVID-19 stories. It's been a frustrating, exhausting ride so far; and I have little energy and mental stamina left to translate these heartbreaking experiences into words. Definitely, this pandemic has taught us many important things about life, disease, societies and human nature.

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CONTENTS
• "Interns' Care Unit"-a surgical intern's rumination on morbidity and mortality
• "Operating Theater"- suturing, mentoring and leadership lessons in situ
• "Lights, Viscera, Suction!"- directing the stage
• "Reynaud's Phenomenon"- a medical intern goes livid
• "The Dark Knight"- Batman is a film major and director
• "Duckter Quack"- Primary Care in the face of health inequity and social injustice
• "Layla Had A Little Lamb"- a Family Medicine intern meets a flock of special sheep
• "Actual Dose"- actually, kids are not small adults
• "Good Evening, Primrose"- unforgettable nights at your cervix
• "Trailblazer"- health is political
• "COVID-19" - yes.

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DISCLAIMER: Characters, places and events are fictitious. Any resemblance to individuals or institutions in real life is merely coincidental-except for quoted personalities. I want to give them due credit for the lessons I have learned under their tutelage.

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