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ER Diaries: Kidney Zoned Doctors

We were nagged . We are going to nag you , flog you . Why ?  Legacy . 

Some senior doctors have this kind of attitude. But there has to be a way to channel out their frustration. Some smoke and drink to do the same . Sometimes that isn’t just enough and some don’t do anything. Where does the negativity drain?

It drains down to the junior most resident. It’s an unwritten bond every junior medical resident  in the medical field  across the world has signed up while joining residency. 

Some try to combat . Some give a deaf ear . Some shed a tear . All they wait is for the end of their residency or atleast joining of their junior. Because hey! They also have to channelise their stress out of their body.

I find it a little weird when I read people leaving the job because they ain’t able to cope with this.

How I deal with this ?
Honestly I find it very funny. 
There are times I get offended . 
There are times I feel guilty when I realise I am at fault.

The rest of the nagging, I laugh it out.
A comicathon begins to run in my limbic system.
I begin to visualise the shouting senior in funniest outfits , or squeaky voices , or get beaten up by their spouses or wait I can’t type everything.

The other day one of my friend was very frustrated. 

Consultants are damn rude man! They insult you like it’s the last day of the world. We’ve just joined . We mess up. They burst up. There are pin prick bomb blasts . Passing
Mbbs is a survival stunt . People study to survive the storm . Not to conquer the subject. These people think we should know A to Z of medicine as we passed MBBS. 

I calmed my friend down.

I asked my friend to augment the Detoxification process of the body. 
Human body has the most amazing organs.
The heart and Brain make bonds while The Liver and Kidney trash the accessory matter.

We have young kidney and liver dude!
Alcohol gold silver everything gets detoxified and excreted
Insults are like kheer 
You don’t get offended
You enjoy them 
Like a dessert after the meal
They are very entertaining if you dare to think out of the box .

The only things you should take to your heart is your food , sleep .
Your success or your failures nothing should go up to your head .
They are like ammonia or urea,
They create altered mental status. Beware!

So far so much!
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