We medicos/residents/doctors, apart from being the saviours, have our own personal life where we face a lot.
I have lost two relatives of mine in the past 2.5 months to only one thing: MI
Death struck suddenly to both of them, who were otherwise asymptomatic, and one of them was completely non-morbid.
While India, as a nation is taking leaps in medical advancement, there's another face to this: the lack of knowledge in general population.
The data & stats present in the books are never shared to the laymen, and it's the lack of awareness which causes more deaths than anything. MI, Angina, Nitrates, PCI, Angioplasty are one of the most common topics in UG curriculum.
I believe that a doctor is a preacher first. And as much we should be proud of what we're doing, our Indian culture has always taught us that the greatest virtue is in spreading knowledge.So i think the next step to a happy and healthy society must be taken by us. Doesn't matter at what level of the medical hierarchy we fall in, we all need to share and spread our knowledge to the people around us, outside the walls of colleges and hospitals.
- Palaash Barot
3rd Year, MBBS.

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