6 Nov 2006
Biochem class
Life Lesson for Doctors
"Be sensitive in every way possible about everything in life. Be sensitive. Insensitivity brings indifference and nothing is worse than indifference. Indifference makes that person dead before he dies. Indifference means there is a kind of apathy that sets in and you no longer appreciate beauty, friendship, goodness or anything. So, therefore, do not be insensitive. Be sensitive, only sensitive. Ofcourse it hurts. Sensitivity is painful. So what! Think of those that you have to be sensitive to. Their pain is greater than yours."
Elie Wiesel
Dr. Sudhakar, HOD biochem, (works with the Palliative Care Dept) tried to show us how cruel doctors can sometimes be, leaving terminally ill patients to discover death alone.
No one teaches students how to approach death in medical college, he said.
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