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Hello,
I just wanted to post a quick update while I am still in India.
The internet speed was finally fast enough for me to upload the first video (link here: https://youtu.be/mEWzK_jIrco).
My internship has now come to an end. I worked about 15 hours a day total, including weekends.
One thing that really struck me as different was how hospitals in general are run here in India (I don't want to make a generalization but many of them are similar to the one I interned at).
Typically, the patient comes in and requests to meet the doctor (similar to admitting procedures in the States) but here, the doctor sometimes sees many patients at once or sometimes even offers confections like tea or biscuits to the patients. Sometimes the patients even brought the doctor gifts or sweets as they were leaving (it was interesting to see these types of interactions).
In this specific hospital, since it is related to Ayurveda, the doctor even offered financial and relationship counseling along with the regular diagnosis because Ayurveda believes in fixing one's routine first.
At the Patanjali Hospital, many patients assumed I was a doctor and even asked me to treat them! This was probably because I was always seen with the doctor but since the doctor sometimes even let me conduct examinations, I enjoyed my time here and got to interact with patients in a new way.
Until next time,
Aashi :D
I just wanted to post a quick update while I am still in India.
The internet speed was finally fast enough for me to upload the first video (link here: https://youtu.be/mEWzK_jIrco).
My internship has now come to an end. I worked about 15 hours a day total, including weekends.
One thing that really struck me as different was how hospitals in general are run here in India (I don't want to make a generalization but many of them are similar to the one I interned at).
Typically, the patient comes in and requests to meet the doctor (similar to admitting procedures in the States) but here, the doctor sometimes sees many patients at once or sometimes even offers confections like tea or biscuits to the patients. Sometimes the patients even brought the doctor gifts or sweets as they were leaving (it was interesting to see these types of interactions).
In this specific hospital, since it is related to Ayurveda, the doctor even offered financial and relationship counseling along with the regular diagnosis because Ayurveda believes in fixing one's routine first.
At the Patanjali Hospital, many patients assumed I was a doctor and even asked me to treat them! This was probably because I was always seen with the doctor but since the doctor sometimes even let me conduct examinations, I enjoyed my time here and got to interact with patients in a new way.
Until next time,
Aashi :D
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