A Doctor's Heart Sutra

"is there any problem doctor ?" a troubled mothers ask me during ward rounds... "hows are the reports ?(hows my child's blood report) another mom asks me. some even ask me to explain the counts... once in awhile I get a few mothers who are not bothered of whats happening around... and most of them are diagnosed with a psychiatry disorder. Ever clinic day I worry too much about the referrals we get from Mental health institution... these mothers a re inward patients who have post -partum depression or psychosis, some are known patients with psychiatry disorders which have aggravated after child birth. I am stressed and worried about these kids who end up with no proper care or love from their parents. Yes ! all most all of these mothers are single parents who are left after pregnancy by multiple partners. Why cant we have a legal process for these psychiatry patients to have a proper birth control method and follow up ? why cant we mend the laws to l...

"your tattoo looks interesting, what does it mean ? " I asked the foreign student who was sitting next to me during the lecture. She had a semicolon tattoo on her left arm. "don't you know what this means ?" she asked with widened eyes She told me her story with a brave smile. "I was growing up with my mother, who was a busy scientist who had a very little time to spend with me. I was a trouble maker at home and school and failed class a few times. when I was 15 I was into many violent acts and a my mother said I was a huge disappointment to her. I felt like killing my self. I did climb up to the roof top of the apartment building many many times but gave up walked to the railway path and still couldn't bear the feeling of losing a life time. I told these troubling, disappointing thoughts to a teacher and she helped me go for counselling and therapy. I survived and this tattoo reminds me of my survival " yes ! Life is a constant struggle...