When I first started writing this personal statement an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia swept over me.I grew up seeing my dad with a stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer from 1970,s. We used to live close to a river called Kornofully. Most of his patients were from fishing colonies, where people could barely have two meals a day. He used to give them prescriptions along with medications which he got from different medicine companies. Seeing these poverty-stricken families my only desire was to find a way to help them. Moreover I had a passion for science and I have always enjoyed the study of science since the beginning of my school years. Early on, I could see that beneath the layer of prestige and glamour, life as a physician could be hectic,
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She was a school teacher and always had modern ideas . She believed in the empowerment of women. She thought that today’s women should be educated, self-sufficient, and capable of making informed decisions about themselves and be able to take charge of their lives. She was the friend, philosopher and guide to me. My life took a whirlwind turn, when I suddenly lost my mother at an early age after some post- operative complications from a simple surgery. I remember myself battling the overwhelming grief after her untimely and unexpected death. I vowed to fulfill her dreams of me being a doctor .The passing memory of my mother was a constant reminder to push me to one of the top medical schools in my hometown Chittagong, …show more content…
I felt the excitement of a healer and enjoyed it. As an internee doctor in one of the largest tertiary level hospital I became accustomed to work under considerable pressure arising from steady inflow of critically ill patients. On a regular admission day, I have to attend a number of patients with multiple pathologies. After seeing the patient we have to discuss the findings with our ca/registrar to devise a treatment plan for the patient. I remember my first patient had a diagnosis of primary tuberculosis, which was very common in a third world country like Bangladesh. Although I enjoyed all my clinical rotations, I had a very broad clinical interest in
She was a school teacher and always had modern ideas . She believed in the empowerment of women. She thought that today’s women should be educated, self-sufficient, and capable of making informed decisions about themselves and be able to take charge of their lives. She was the friend, philosopher and guide to me. My life took a whirlwind turn, when I suddenly lost my mother at an early age after some post- operative complications from a simple surgery. I remember myself battling the overwhelming grief after her untimely and unexpected death. I vowed to fulfill her dreams of me being a doctor .The passing memory of my mother was a constant reminder to push me to one of the top medical schools in my hometown Chittagong, …show more content…
I felt the excitement of a healer and enjoyed it. As an internee doctor in one of the largest tertiary level hospital I became accustomed to work under considerable pressure arising from steady inflow of critically ill patients. On a regular admission day, I have to attend a number of patients with multiple pathologies. After seeing the patient we have to discuss the findings with our ca/registrar to devise a treatment plan for the patient. I remember my first patient had a diagnosis of primary tuberculosis, which was very common in a third world country like Bangladesh. Although I enjoyed all my clinical rotations, I had a very broad clinical interest in