" 300 " is not enough...

11/07/2008

madurai city escapes the horizon in a wake of hot afteroon dust. the ARAVIND van making its circumlocutous journey to what is - so close yet so far away (from home,bangalore) to Dharmapuri. being briefed briefly about what an eye camp involves; i had managed to hurriedly pack up my bag and camera.

There was the omnipresent shadow of our neuro ophthal chief, whose clinical acumen and speed was awe inspiring and terrifying to say the least.. these thoughts ran nodded off to sleep in the journey of what was to be my first ' CAMP '.

The supposedly dreary routine of sunday travel and losing a weekend was the fear induced in me by my peers who went on these camps. The omnipresent hazards of diarrhoea and bad stays with mosquitos and hot weather for company was a further deterrent.

this seemed to be the ultimate double whammy!!

" adversity is the opportunity of the able few!"

was the line that carried me through the rest of the day.

12\07\2007

a school is a word used to describe large groups of fish.
but what do u do when there is a school full of people waiting to be examined by just 5 doctors?

well i guessed u just eat 3 idlis and down a filter coffee and just get on with the job.

no observation nothing!! just straight CAMP...

much later in the day..i guess Sir wasnt joking or mocknig me when he said i had seen about 120-150 cases that day.. out of the total 903!!!!!!!!!!!

it might sound small.. but for a guy who can examine about 25-30 cases from 7am-5pm with an hours break, 150 was NEW!!!!

the travel was quite unremarkable though..

we reached what was a dream location in darkness.. a paper mill was conducting a camp the next day.. the guest house was a dream come true..cottages with lawns and a candle light dinner courtesy the Electric board..

my first camp was already Awesome..

the next day was a breeze most remarkable was that we all got notebooks for souvenirs.

no more stationery buying for 2more years..

life in aravind has become normal.

FOR ME.. for FOR NOW..
hopefully it ll stay this way..