Let me get this “ganz klar” (crystal clear) because I am learning
Deutsch by the way. My motive behind this post is not to start a
blame game but to give my reader a canvas, provide them some
colours after which its better you make a painting yourself.
Its sad that medical graduates don’t have a
game plan, most of us just want a degree by hook or by crook to the extent that
we are willing to pay out of our pockets to get one. Some of us are willing to
study in Bir-hospital where we as patients will never want to enter and trust
me one of the 1st things a person will say after an accident is “bir
aspatal janna ma ta”
Some study medicine because our parents
asked us to, some of us desperate for a Dr., are willing go to China, Bangladesh
maybe if offered even the Moon or Mars. Some become doctors just to keep their
social status and I know a few coerced by their parents into medicine. This is
also the reason why lots of students are now applying for MPH (Masters in
Public Health) and dieticians and other courses regarded as less energy sapping
as compared to clinical subjects. The demand for basic subjects ( with regard
to theoretical study and non-clinical eg. Anatomy, Biochem) has gone up as well in the recent years.
Philipines and China have become a safe landing space for those who have the
dollars and don’t want to battle it out or maybe don’t want to waste time
preparing for entrance exams which of course is not guaranteed of a seat.
With nearly two thousand fresh graduates
each year and less than 10%of that
allocated to Masters, it easy to see
why such
options have become an
easy landing. IOM now asks for
5 years of service in
rural areas
making it a 8 years bond.
People who have money will USUALLY choose the easier option and splash some cash. This year its 5 million and next year it will be 6 and 7 and so on. And no matter how hard any Tom, Dick and Harry fights, this is Nepal. With the recent news of the Supreme Court judge being involved in bribes, trust me this hole is SHIT DEEP.
Just for a
moment.. suppose I give an exam and pass the KU entrance. Next, I wait for
someone to decide what I want to study and someone behind a curtain to decide
my life. And yes, i am having to pay for it, and pay I will in excess of
2million. You Mr. X scored this much and must study Y and you Miss have this so
you study this. On the hind side I realise that this is not a playground where
all the kids get to play their favourite sport. This is after all a competitive
market and not a playground to realise dreams as some argue. But is a degree or
a certificate THE END. Are we willing to live the rest of our lives being a xyz
that maybe we didn’t want to in the first place. Is walking enough or do you want to run, maybe
fly. This is to me the fundamental reason why doctors in Nepal are lagging
behind. We don’t chase dreams and we don’t look at the bigger picture. 30 years
down the line would I be satisfied with just money or would I want to excel in
what I do, be the person where the buck stops. How long are we going to
associate fair-skinned docs as a good professional and a Nepali as sub-standard.
Would we not excel if we could smile every morning before going to the office in other words love the work we do.
Lastly I want to add that it really makes me sad that our country hasn't been able to live up to expectations and not just us, engineers, lawyers all face the same problems I suppose. And its demoralising to see so many years of our creamy years being spent on trying to immigrate abroad at such a point where we could work 18 hours a day.
Lastly I want to add that it really makes me sad that our country hasn't been able to live up to expectations and not just us, engineers, lawyers all face the same problems I suppose. And its demoralising to see so many years of our creamy years being spent on trying to immigrate abroad at such a point where we could work 18 hours a day.
"You can't expect different results if you don't work differently."
Think about
it.
Auf
wiedersehen.
