Ms Arivalagan is studying to become a doctor and she gave up a well-paying job to do so. She also decided to sacrifice some years for the degree. Her reason is to make the lives of people better through this vocation of hers, and it is this that heartens me.
I have learnt a lot from my seniors in my journey as a teacher. I am aware that there are trainees who choose to teach for worldly and monetary reasons. These people are the black sheep in my book of vocation seekers. They will be banes for our young when they graduate, or rather, if they do.
Reading about her worldly friends who advise her against following her dream of being a doctor just makes them seem repulsive to me. They cite her as being "naive" and far from having seen the "real" world. She may be naive but she is at least taking the step to see the real world, and not staying in her comfort zone like they are. The real world is not made up of multi-national corporations and high salaries, but human communities filled with love and charity, amidst different social rankings. Thus, go for it Alicia!
On the contrary, I am absolutely indignant with a doctor from China who treats the death of her patients lightly. She actually was happy that the worsened condition of her patient had happened during her day off and she implied that she would rather not be there at her patient's side should he die. It smacks of irresponsibility. To make things worse, she rejoiced in the death of a patient which had occurred, as it enabled her to have a lighter workload.
She then fervently denied her involvement in these comments after they were pervasively revealed on the Internet and the hospital authorities found out about them. What do you expect from such a coward? She dared to make those comments and then when she got verbal attacks for them as well as found out, she quickly disassociated herself from them. I am glad that she has been degraded to another department. She deserves to be.
I don't think she deserves sympathy for the job hazards she has to go through. I have friends who are doctors and though their sleep patterns are affected due to the nature of their job, they are compassionate towards their patients. Some of them are working mothers too. There is no excuse for this doctor from China. She may be honest in giving those comments but it is not appreciated where human sensitivities are concerned. Perhaps other doctors do feel the same way but they know better than to reveal their true feelings to the public! It is not being hypocritical but being sensitive to society, by the way. After all, they are serving society.
