Dr. Rejit Cherian, on the left, who is talking to John, Chindu and Susan is a junior resident in the Neuro-surgery department at the MOSC medical college, who is a regular visitor to the department of Developmental Paediatrics and Child Neurology.
Le me share some learning lessons form his visits.
On one occasion, he mentioned that it is necessary to create more awareness about children with special needs among the faculty and students. So he is organising student-faculty badminton matches at the end of the month. He is getting T-shirts ready with the logo of the department as a dialogue starter.
During another visit he suggested that we have an evening of music with the college orchestra and campus children, where a presentation of the first year activities of the department can be done. This is in the planning stage.
Another initiative of his was to get the students enact a skit in the 'awareness meeting' on child development we are organising on 21st of this month, where we hope to have some teachers from the local schools and faculty and students of the college attending it.
Not only he is vibrant with ideas and resources, he is proactive to facilitate support for the department from corporate organisations. He is getting the T-shirts sponsored by a local industrial firm.
The friendship started when I stopped to say 'hullo' to some one I thought, was trying to find his way in the college campus. Having been a student at MOSC medical college, where his parents also are senior doctors, he has a feel of the place and carries a mission for the institution in his heart.
Rejit is people-freindly. I heard him speak once at a student gathering on the story of Good Samaritan with some original insights from his two years of clinical work after graduation. He made the gospel story contemporary.
There are some young people who inspire you. Rejit is one such person.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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