Some believe that you become a doctor only after you have got an MBBS degree. In reality, from the time you are admitted into a medical school you become a part of the doctor’s community… the people in white coats!
’I solemnly pledge myself to consecrate my life to the service of humanity.
I will use my best judgement to help the sick and do no harm.
I will not give fatal drugs to anyone, even if asked, nor will I suggest any such thing.
I will not divulge the secrets of my patients regarding them as holy……’
There is something very hypocritical about this Hippocratic oath. Hippocrates, the famous Greek physician, must have formulated the oath for his disciples in the field of Medicine in the true interest of humanity and to uphold the sanctity of this noble profession. But now this oath-taking ceremony has been glamorized to befit white coat ceremonies to appease nostalgic minds, or worse still to harass doctors in court.
But then nostalgia and harassment run high in any Medical school. The Professors love to recall the days when they, as medical students, had studied till late in the night and spent the better part of this glorious period of one’s life in the dissection halls, the hospital wards, operation theatres or the library. Having been through this gruesome phase, some of them are sympathetic to the plight of medical students. But then there are some who take it out on this fast emerging strain of stress-resistant medical students who believe they can bunk classes, download video lectures and amazing new mobile apps about the Anatomy of the human body, attend concerts, have a nice time at McDonald’s and study Pharmacology with music in the background.
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