Anna and I returned to the Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences to join with the batch of 2009, on the occasion of their graduation. For Dr. John Abraham, the new Principal, this was the first college function, he had to officiate.
Anna and I were able to participate in the morning chapel service, tree planting ceremony, the thanksgiving service and a faculty get-togetehr in the evening. We had time to catch up some friends and share times of recollection.
Meeting some of the students was special. They shared their joy of graduating or being in the final year. The faculty shared their many experiences of envisioning for the future of the institution.
Every medical institution has its own challenges. One common refrain I hear is about not having enough junior doctors to work as first calls. Most of them take time to prepare for the postgraduate entrance tests that it is only an exceptionally motivated ones, who would want to explore the joy of working as doctors after graduating.
We met three of such interns at PIMS who are getting ready to go to work at the Christian Fellowship Hospital, Oddanchatram. They told us that, they want to have a 'first had experience of working in a rural place and learn good clinical practices under the supervision of caring senior doctors'.
I have often felt encouraged by a minority who keeps the hope alive. Ours is a majority driven culture. People embrace often what is popular and considered to be the norm. In such a setting, it was most heartening to meet the three interns who are looking forward to their time of exploring of being a doctor.
Jesus of Nazareth spoke about the 'narrow way'. Jesus Himself is the companion to those who chooses to walk the narrow way.
M.C.Mathew(text an photo)
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