When I looked around at my class of 300 girls, most of them were there to comply to their parent’s wishes so they could find grooms from good families and could settle well in life; only a few were really motivated and inspired to become good doctors. After graduating, I went abroad, did fellowship and received an excellent post-fellowship surgical training. After 18 years of working abroad, I came back home and met my classmates at an annual reunion. I was not surprised to learn that only 40 of them were working and only 12 had done post-graduation in different faculties of medicine. The remaining were happily-married house wives. Life of a female doctor is not easy. When she is studying at the medical college, she has no time for family, relatives, family gatherings, festivities; either there are exams or projects to complete. Hence none of the family is really happy with her. Most doctors graduate at the age of 24-25 years after which one years’ internship is mandatory. This is the prime time that a girl should be married and settled. Now starts the real test in life. This young female doctor has two choices: either give up her career, make a good house wife, keep her husband and in-laws and happy and give them grand-children. This makes all the people in her life happy.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:52:55 +0000