Duties of a Government hospital Doctor

If you are a Doctor and a new entrant to the public health service, I must congratulate you first of all for making this decision. As a part of the primary health care system in the country every doctor has been entrusted with many responsibilities, and you are no exception!. In this post I will […]

Climbing the mountain to “Salary”

Getting a Government job in Kerala is a big thing. The salary package and the very popular “Pension” schemes are the main components which attracts the civilians in Kerala towards a Government job. Getting the job is the first step, but what about getting the first salary? I had promised you to share all the […]

One shot, two Hospitals !

“We have another hospital under us” said my Medical Officer, “What?” I asked in surprise,   “Yes, we have a Fisheries hospital which is also a Primary Health Centre”  she said with a sluggish grin.

Train to Payangadi

payangadi railway station

There are thousands of daily train commuters around the world who use the train to reach their workplace. I was one of them for almost one full year. In this article, I share my train and work experiences and I dedicate this article to all the train lovers. My job as the Assistant Surgeon was […]

Drama at the District Office

It was a very old building, the architecture of the building clearly stated that it was at least 50 years old. We were at the DMO Office, Kannur. Guess, what the name of the place is? Its known as the “Caltex” .. cool huh? By the time we reached there a battle had just been […]

The Counselling Day Fortune

I had a pdf file containing the list of all the Government hospitals in Kerala with me. Nisanth had a map of Kerala with him. Anoop had managed to get a list of PHCs in Kannur district, from the DMO Office. Because we knew that it was practically impossible to get posted in our home […]

The Big Bang

They say life started with the ‘Big Bang’. When the postman delivered that letter at my home a few months back, I didn’t realize that my life was going to change drastically. The letter was from the Public Service Commission popularly known in Kerala as the ‘PSC’ . It was the ‘advice letter’. Another letter came in […]