A Spoonful of Dri
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Hi, I hope to use this blog as a platform to write about things close to my heart, my experiences in medical school, my beautiful country Sri Lanka and everything else going on in my mind.
A Spoonful of Dri
1y ago
As I made my way to the male psychiatry ward I knew at once that all was not right. Of course it didn’t take a Sherlock to figure this out. For the screams could be heard all the way up to the beginning of the corridor. On entering the ward, the chaos was palpable. There ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
Equality between men and women is something that I believe in with all my heart. It was what I was taught at home, it was what I was taught at school and it was what I saw my favourite celebrities advocating for. If I’m being really honest with myself I didn’t really face any inequality ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
It was the year 2002, the day, just an ordinary day, a day you’d least expect anything strange, mysterious or magical to happen. My sister and I were getting ready to watch a movie with my cousin brother. We didn’t know what it was but he assured us that we would like it and we ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
This year I turned the big 25. Some days it seems like it was only yesterday that I was making fairy gardens and playing dress up with my cousin. While some days I feel like I really have aged and have become wiser and older. But in no way do I feel and if I ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
If I’m being totally honest with myself when I decided I wanted to become a doctor I had no idea about the medical curriculum. Don’t get me wrong I wasn’t a total noob I mean I had a vague idea, about what I would be studying but it was just a rough sketch. I had ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
At gun point if I was asked to describe my second gyn and obs rotation it would probably be ‘plot twist’. Why plot twist you ask? Simply because gyn and obs was one of the rotations I was looking forward to the least. For mothers screaming in agony, UV prolapses and inserting speculums was not ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
During the last week of our appointment there was a dearth in patients so instead of staring at the empty beds in the paediatric ward we decided to spend our time in the PBU and postnatal ward watching the procedures being done in the PBU and honing our neonatal examination skills by practicing on the ..read more
A Spoonful of Dri
2y ago
It’s been roughly two weeks since I started my second Paediatrics rotation and I feel like I have forgotten how difficult sick kids can be. Somehow all the cute kids I met in my first Paediatrics rotation had tampered with my memory and left behind only good memories of our first rotation. I’m generally someone ..read more