CONCEPTION

Hello readers.This blog is our expression about every single thing that caught our mind even for a single minute.Through this writing of ours,we will always be trying to highlight how important being vocal is.How important it is to understand and respond.Response is path to realisation and understanding.So,through our upcoming blogs we will be sharing everything and anything.Each post is a conception.An awakening.Our proclamation of freedom of thought and judgement.
Ananthu Santhosh Maliyakal. 

Anjana Benoy.

After the recess

There has been a delay. But a delay and lack of my social interaction with you wouldn’t have had a great impact on you I guess. There has been and still are things that deserve more time and attention. But here I am now, returning from abscoundment.

       It’s a Sunday. It’s Friendship day. ( Don’t sulk, you need to pay attention to liltle things in life and suck out the happiness like dementors). So, it’s story time now.

         A 14 year old girl kid. All ready for her boards. What’s worse than your mom falling sick then? She had the most democratic parents. But does all the virtues crumble down when adversities come up? Luckily it didn’t.

          Being a single kid, she took up responsibilities without asking or being asked to. She did this because she was not too yound to not understand what cancer and chemotherapy meant.

          Mom came home after days. Her dad always had ‘the smile’; she suspected the smile at times but chose to believe that it wasnt fake.

            Times have been tough. But she remained the same; or that’s how it looked to me and you.

            She is a grown-up now. But she was still sensitive, and in her, she hid a kid who had struggled to generate happiness out of phone calls that said,’ Amma is going to be fine’.

            I know this story. I know the people in it. And they make me realise that tough times dont make you go hard on life.

            You don’t always metamorphoise into the perfect human to deal tough times, you might but not always. But you deal with it with the fire in you and that’s all what matters.

Ordinary is revolutionary.

ELATED BROODING (School Health Camp)

A health camp at Muddenahalli. Going there for the second time. Since I had already been there once I was aware of the problems the natives faced which included inadequate sanitary facilities, several nutritional deficiencies, pathologies like ear perforation, dermatological disorders and even other social evils like racism casteism and gender inequality.And the proper solution would be primordial prevention and primary prevention.Since these camps work around schools and these kids are the future, it’s the perfect place for health camps to be carried out.

10th September 2019. Bags packed and off to the health camp again. But this time with Advay, my co-intern. Both of us were unwell still we decided to go.
On reaching there, interaction sessions happened like last time. Phaneendra (the co ordinator of this initiative) was there to help us. Too tired. Ate. Slept.

11th September 2018.
Sorting was done. We both were in the same group. Each group has a total of 5 members which includes 3 interns (or 2 interns and pg), a volunteer and a driver. The third musketeer was Aishwarya from KIMS.At start she didn’t seem like she wanted to work with us cause we were both strangers to her but it all fine when we started to work together. All five of us worked together as an unit. No differences creeped in. We were taken to a school about 30 kms away. Health education programmes were arranged besides health check ups. Many general topics were discussed. While talking about rabies, its prevention and treatment protocol we came to know from the parents and guardians of the kids that government hospitals there did nothing when someone went there with a dog bite and those hurt are often referred to Private hospitals (government hospitals there claim they don’t have enough staff and medicines and that private hospitals provide better medical aid) and the bills from these hospitals leave no option to them but to stay at home and let time decide their fate.

12th September 2019
As part of the camp, ear examination of kids were done. I then noticed that most of the girl kids wore no earrings and the poor little ones had to wear small pieces of twig to avoid closing of their ear piecings. When people barely understand why little things like these matter in life, for many out there these little things mean the world. And maybe if I get yet another chance to go to the camp, I would buy some small earrings for the little kids there. Also, that school with so many children lacked proper washrooms. The one present was too dirty and suggested that these kids had no access to adequate sanitary conditions. It is in these cases where government programmes like Swacch Bharat should be seriously taken into consideration. Then the lunch was served. This particular school which we visited had no tables and chairs and we sat down on the floor and had food.Food was served by small girls from 7th standard and moreover the school authorities made sure (or rather forced them) that the soiled plates would be cleaned by them only and not us. What ‘blissful satisfaction’ is all that about?

13th September 2019
Last day there. Camp went well. Thanks to our Community Medicine HOD Dr. Suryanarayana S.P Sir for providing me with this chance once again. Like last time it was a great experience being out there for them. We also realised that if we put our heart and soul into something our physical illnesses can’t really stop us. It was such satisfying seeing people who looked upon us with such respect and love. To see people who managed to smile

inspite of many things that fall short in front of them.

ANANTHU SANTHOSH MALIYAKAL
Intern
Dr. B R Ambedkar Medical College

The tetrad : Camp days

One fine morning Community Medicine HOD decides to send me and three other interns to a four- day medical camp in Muddenahalli. Excited I was because those four days would mean no orders from seniors, no stress, complete bliss or in simple plain words – a leisure trip.On day 1, there was this ice- breaking session where we (there were many from other colleges too) interacted and we all seemed to be in that frolicky mood, yeah the same leisure-trip-kinda mood.From day 2 things slowly changed. We starting looking into patients. We met lots of kids. Every moment was happening and from that point it was no more the “jobless camp” that we had thought it would be.The people who flowed in were quite ignorant. Every single clinical skill we had was made to use. To share an interesting incident here – During the camp days I met a child. I asked the boy casually whether he took bath that day and he replied he didn’t and on enquiring why he replied he takes bath only once a week because that’s what people do normally. The child was ignorant about the most basic sanitary act and setting up a camp in such a location by the organisers deserves a big applause. Service was provided to the needy what better than that.At the end of the four day camp, all I can say is, it was the best four days in quite a long time, relaxing yet thoughtful. No matter how many degrees we grab and in big corporate hospitals we work, going back to such small villages, spending time and looking after those people; that never fails to give the utmost satisfaction and joy.We find God in those small things.

DR. ANANTHU SANTHOSH MALIYAKAL

SCARED OF SCARS..,NEVER.!

Scars talk of stories of courage.

And for many cancer patients ( or rather we call them ‘fighters’) these scars speak of life. Being World Cancer Day.., today many have come up,specially on social media to share stories of their sprint. The moment they realised malignant cells have risen and that the following days would be a battle to be fought. They fought and finally cancer took receipt of its failure.

Cancer is among the the most feared diseases.At times inorder to get rid of the problematic cells, a part or whole of the organ may have to be removed. With this comes emotional stress. With physical disabilities that come along with this disease, financial burden is yet another problem. The cost of surgeries,radiotherapy and chemotherapy are quite high. Also..,the kind of looks that some people give and the dross-like sympathy they drench patients with. It’s gross..! But on the other hand, there are generous people out there who donate their locks of hair to make wigs for these patients.

Posts and tweets of celebrities who have fought through this instils the need for awareness and makes one conscious that defeating cancer is not a cake walk and to keep fighting you need to be real brave.👏

So,dear readers

Prevent, Support, Fight Cancer..!

Ananthu Santhosh Maliyakal

Anjana Benoy.

Picture courtesy : Google Search.

Oblivion Fails

 

Date:26/11/2017

9 years it’s been.The massacre.The land prayed.Religion,linguistics and regions merged into one.Blood smeared headlines showed no mercy and finally the last recoil of the gun.The cost of peace were the lives of few brave men.Wailings.Guard Of Honour.

Fear still prevails.History dare not repeat.But we dare not forget.Let oblivion fail for one last time.

1.324 billion people.Those few brave men who never had a second thought.Those parents who were unlucky enough to see their ones come back home in coffins.The nation was numb and wished it was a nightmare.The worst of its kind.

Let terrorism be buried.To be never allowed to resurrect.Find no reason and say ‘they’ did it for a cause because it that cause provided nothing but reasons to cry.

Let brave mother’s give birth to heroes of tomorrow.

Salute and prayers to all the great men and their families.Bravery and honour are never substitute for your loved ones.But that’s the least we can do.

Jai Hind🇮🇳

Ananthu Santhosh Maliyakal

Anjana Benoy

 

Prejudice

In the dynamics of life.,many a times failing to stand and stare at the facts.A lot of individuals fall in and out of this wave pool.With them comes a multitude of faces which spit their preconceived notions on us.Triggering emotions which they will feel will reach their point of destination.Our failure.

MR vaccine in Kerala

As a part of eradication of two serious illnesses in India,MR (Measles Rubella) vaccine has been initiated and its first phase is going on successfully in Kerala and not even one case of any after-vaccinination complication has been reported among the kids(9 months-15 years).Some people have just banged into the scene.’Too scientific’ they feel(‘no scientific’ we feel),no crisp statistics.Triggering common man to halt the services at the vaccination booths.Infertility and autism are the complications of MR vaccine they say.Said who?! Should we just allow our kids to die?
You think someone just came with a vaccine and WHO and IMA decided to get hold of all little kids and get them vaccinated.Got enough proofs?.,confront us then.Then we’ll answer.
A person has been booked by the police recently for spreading false allegations about this issue through a facebook page which claims to be run by human right activists.These people who cry loud for the safety of these little ones should understand that this is indeed the best measure to wipe away two deathly diseases from the face of our country.Those people who are true protestors of this campaign are of the opinion that rubella and measles would confer natural immunity to the patient after the child has once suffered from it.But what if these little ones aren’t strong enough to hold on?! What if they die of its complications?
The IMA has provided proper guidelines about vaccine administration and the few mild reactions that might occur like rashes,itching,etc.But it is guaranteed that there is indeed no long term effects for the vaccine that is administered.
So,’kind’ people out there.Please don’t try to fill crap into the minds of common man.You better not be the reason why a parent withdraws his or her child from this initiative.
We,being part of the doctor community kindly solicit everyone to promote this initiative.Our wishes for MR vaccine campaign.
P.S.This type of reaction has been generated in the state that ranks first in literacy.So true that prejudice clouds sense.

Ananthu Santhosh Maiyakal

Anjana Benoy.

THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS

So what is really the whetstone of being civilised and developed? 

Education or Literacy?

Education is indeed the directed study or acquisition of mastery in one or more subjects which would ultimately pave paths to dreams.Those men and women of excellence fuel the upliftment of standards.
But for almost 3/4th population of a country like India,it is literacy that holds paramount importance.To be able to read,write and solve simple day-to-day math.Literacy is the basic necessity of the hour while education defys all weaknesses that makes the success march of a nation strenuous.

Education is the trail towards realisation.Starting from what is good for his fellow beings and his locale and the latest by accepting the fact that there exists a third gender(LGBT)that demands equal rights.On the other hand,literacy isn’t just about the written word.Literacy has been the sole factor causing Kerala to become the ‘State Of States’-An Example Set.
It isn’t always about leading,its about setting an example so that others may follow.
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P.S.There are many exceptions.We seriously don’t know what those people are deprived of.,Education,Literacy or Brains?!

Ananthu Santhosh Maliyakal
Anjana Benoy

BASICS OF LIFE

Rushing.Pushing.Falling.Holding on.Still sprinting.

An expeditious journey of survival.
Academics being the first training for life.Then later on realising,those grades have nothing to do with the ‘real’ life.The one with melodramas and moments without the least clue what’s in store.

At times we feel life comes with the tagline,’Handle with care’.Jobs attained.Professionals we become.Least  professional in handling life.Love,breakups,jilt,dreams.All this to taste the milk and honey of life.Inspite of all these there are many hurdles we face.Many a times crucified for being the normal one.

And of course a special mention to those few pea brained ones we jump into.They choose to believe women to be
dainty and that male-female interaction can result only in ‘pleasure’.A boy-girl team seems to get them on their nerves.At times education leaves those few,all the more retarded.

In spite of the being caught in the aqueduct,we creep out of our comfort zone and get things done.And yeah,that was life dear.Its done.We got it done.

Existence is so more fragile.Nor are you.
#WhatIfWeThinkAlike

Ananthu Santhosh Maliyakal

Anjana Benoy