I was quite excited as one could be after selection for the medical college and I needed Xerox copies of my certificates to be attested. To impress the MO in charge of our Civil Hospital, I gathered a lot of courage to enter the doctors' room! He gave a scant look, heard with disinterest and refused to attest the copies. Immaterial, I got these attested from SDO Civil of my town. When I reached the second year, my mother fell sick and she was carried to same civil hospital on our shoulders as there was no bus service or road to my village!
I thought this time doctor will get impressed when I introduced myself. Nothing happened as he did not even enquire in which college I was studying! Demoralised, we took her to some private doctor for more satisfaction. With little more exposure, when I was in the third year, I had started thinking that I am already a half doctor and my status is…
