Doctor's Day
MY BLUE IS NOT YOUR BLUE
Your blue is the clear sky
Or the waves of the calming seas.
Your blue is someone's mesmerising eyes
Or perhaps the winter breeze.
My blue is my second skin
My work wear, my prickly scrubs.
My blue is on the desktop screens
At the doctors' & nurses' hubs.
My blue flows through my pens
And scribbles medicines on charts.
My blue is the gloves, the needles
The syringes and the plastic carts.
Your red is not my red.
Your red is a garden of roses in bloom
Or the carpet that your film stars walk.
Your red is the dress you wear
Or the lips that glow when you talk.
My red is blood that flows out
Through the arteries and the veins
Or the red lights, the alarms and bleeps
Of monitors or ambulance vans.
My red is the pricks and scars
The bruises and the bumps I get
As I try to save the breaths
Of strangers that I had never met.
Your white is not my white.
Your white is a wedding gown
Or the marvels of the snow.
Your white is a scoop of icecream
Or perhaps a diamond necklace's glow.
My white is the shroud I hate
Or 'propofol' that I love so much.
My white is the generic pill
Or the cotton swabs you seldom touch.
My yellow is not your yellow.
Your yellow is the sombre sun
Or the daffodils in your yard.
Your yellow is the summer drink
Or the minion on your lanyard.
My yellow is a sign
Of failing liver in your eye
Or your urine telling me
Your kidneys are about to die .
My colors are not your colors
My rainbow is different too
So don't mind me saying it
My blue is not your blue.
-Anonymous
Or the waves of the calming seas.
Your blue is someone's mesmerising eyes
Or perhaps the winter breeze.
My blue is my second skin
My work wear, my prickly scrubs.
My blue is on the desktop screens
At the doctors' & nurses' hubs.
My blue flows through my pens
And scribbles medicines on charts.
My blue is the gloves, the needles
The syringes and the plastic carts.
Your red is not my red.
Your red is a garden of roses in bloom
Or the carpet that your film stars walk.
Your red is the dress you wear
Or the lips that glow when you talk.
My red is blood that flows out
Through the arteries and the veins
Or the red lights, the alarms and bleeps
Of monitors or ambulance vans.
My red is the pricks and scars
The bruises and the bumps I get
As I try to save the breaths
Of strangers that I had never met.
Your white is not my white.
Your white is a wedding gown
Or the marvels of the snow.
Your white is a scoop of icecream
Or perhaps a diamond necklace's glow.
My white is the shroud I hate
Or 'propofol' that I love so much.
My white is the generic pill
Or the cotton swabs you seldom touch.
My yellow is not your yellow.
Your yellow is the sombre sun
Or the daffodils in your yard.
Your yellow is the summer drink
Or the minion on your lanyard.
My yellow is a sign
Of failing liver in your eye
Or your urine telling me
Your kidneys are about to die .
My colors are not your colors
My rainbow is different too
So don't mind me saying it
My blue is not your blue.
-Anonymous
National Doctor’s Day: History
National Doctor's Day is observed to honour the legendary physician and West Bengal's second Chief Minister, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy whose birth and death anniversary coincides on the same day. The day pays tribute to the whole medical profession and highlights the value of doctors in our lives. In 1991, the National Doctor's Day was established by the Central Government to pay honour Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy and is celebrated on 1st July.Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on 1 July, 1882 and also died on the same date in 1962. On 4 February, 1961, he was honoured with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. In different countries, Doctor's Day is observed on different dates. Like in the United States it is observed on 30 March, in Cuba on 3rd December, and on 23 August in Iran.
Note: First time the Doctor's Day was observed in March 1933 in the US state of Georgia. This day was celebrated by sending a card to the physicians and placing flowers on the graves of dead doctors.
About Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter. He was the second Chief Minister of Bengal and remained around 14 years in his post from 1948 until his death in 1962. He is also considered the great architect of West Bengal. The five cities of West Bengal were also founded by him namely: Durgapur, Bidhannagar, Ashoke Nagar, Kalyani and Habra. He was also a member of Brahmo Samaj. In the Medical College of Calcutta, he was the alumnus of the University of Calcutta. In his memory, the Union Government had also instituted an award. In 1928, he played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and also in the establishment of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Note: First time the Doctor's Day was observed in March 1933 in the US state of Georgia. This day was celebrated by sending a card to the physicians and placing flowers on the graves of dead doctors.
About Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter. He was the second Chief Minister of Bengal and remained around 14 years in his post from 1948 until his death in 1962. He is also considered the great architect of West Bengal. The five cities of West Bengal were also founded by him namely: Durgapur, Bidhannagar, Ashoke Nagar, Kalyani and Habra. He was also a member of Brahmo Samaj. In the Medical College of Calcutta, he was the alumnus of the University of Calcutta. In his memory, the Union Government had also instituted an award. In 1928, he played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and also in the establishment of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
From Physical Attack to Salary, a list of Problems Faced by Doctors During COVID :
The pandemic was tremendously disturbing for everyone all around the globe and a huge challenge for doctors and frontline workers. This time the condition was even worst in india due to lack of basic supplies. This year will be recorded in history of as a time when the modern world with great technological advances was fighting tooth and nail for survival of mankind. I doubt if any doctor practicing today has ever witnessed such a mayhem. Doctors said they had been traumatised by being forced to choose which patients to save first as they grappled with insufficient supplies of medicine and oxygen. Even after completing their punishing shifts, doctors said they were worried about infecting their families at home.I have been reading about personal experiences of COVID-19 infection suffered by many doctors around the world. According to one survey , doctors expressed different feelings while working during Covid-19 pandemic. Some of these feelings were; Uncertainty and fear 12.1% (n=27), sense of duty 27.9% (n=62), depressing circumstances 58% (n=129), anxiety 86% (n=191), worried 28.8% (n=64), motivated 33.3% (n=74), hopeful 56.7% (n=126), cautious 31% (n=69), ambitious 15.3% (n=34), apprehensive and confused 4% (n=9).
As per the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country has lost 1,500 doctors to Covid-19 in the past one year. E
Every year the theme was announced by the Indian Medical Association. This year's theme is #CovidMartyrDoctor'sDay . Lets not celebrate. Lets remember and respect. Lets pledge to do our little for the families they left behind.
The society may call them as “COVID warriors,” they may shower flowers on them but there is no one to support the doctor community in the time of crisis and this has been proved by indian society in the form of brutal attacks that we have seen lately. It's sad to convey that the future for doctors is not safe and government seems to be absolutely callous about these case .The theme of National Doctor’s Day 2019 was “Zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment”. But it remained simply on hoardings and papers ,the condition is still the same in our country where it used to be predominant in Western countries and indian medical journals used to talk about those cases from western. But now since one decade in India also,we are witnessing many cases of verbal abuse converting into violence which has not been highlighted adequately and hardly there was a discussion about this in the electronic mass media. This needs to be stopped now. Many remedies have been advised to tackle this situation, some of those are discussed here. As there are certain responsibilities of doctors and other healthcare workers, similarly, responsibilities also have to be borne by patients and their relatives, political parties, hospital authorities, law maintaining machinery, media and government to see that health care improves and violence against doctors is strongly dealt with. There is a need for a detailed longitudinal study across the country to understand the prevalence, nature and regional differences in violence perpetrated against doctors in this country. An ongoing study by Indian Medical Association (IMA) reports that 75 per cent of doctors in India have faced violence at some point of time in their life, and most of the time, it is verbal abuse.There is no reason to wait now to stop this violence against doctors and take preventive measures. We should stand strong today as we are the soldiers and we are the generals too!
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