Health literature, stories and issues

Observing symptom saves life    Let's travel through a story of a  68 year old man who came to OPD on a bright sunny day. It was the  time when the opd counter closes for the day. The old man requested the person in a ticket counter for a ticket. The employee said, " The counter has closed. Come tomorrow. " The grand pa didn't like his arrogant tone of voice. He was taking tablets for diabetes mellitus since many  years. That day he had persistent hiccups since the morning. Contrary to general belief of hiccups as a benign condition, it can be pathological at times. Did you know this ?  When I was heading towards my quarter,  I saw the old man sitting on a floor with hiccups. He saw me and sighed a great relief. He was trying to tell his story. But his hiccups didn't allow him to complete the sentence. As he was a regular patient in OPD, I recognized him.  He used to come every 3 months for antidiabetic medicine that is  provided free of cost from the health cente

परपीडक कुर्सी ।  मान्छे त्यो बेलासम्म निरोगी हुन्छ जबसम्म रोग लाग्दैन । रोग लागेपछिको आर्थिक भौतिक र मानसिक तनावको अन्दाज आफै नपरेकालाई पटक्कै हुँदैन होला । हिसाबकिताबले चल्ने मान्छेले त्यो पीडा बुझ्नै सक्दैन । रोगले पहिले नै कसैलाई लोकसेवाकोजस्तो  सूचना दिएर आउँदो हो त तयारी गर्न हुन्थ्यो नि । पढ्दा पढ्दै आधा उमेर सकिसक्दा पनि स्थिर जागिरमा बस्न असमर्थ हुनुपर्ने   डाक्टरको एउटा सानो प्रसङ्ग जोड्न मात्र खोज्दै छु । प्रसङ्ग एउटा डाक्टरको तर समस्या भने सबैको।  सरकारी कर्मचारीतन्त्रको कत्ति हेक्का नभएकालाई मन्त्रालय रणभुल्ल हुने स्थान हो । सायद मन्त्रालयका भित्ताहरु सधै रुन्छन् होला । सोझा मान्छेलाई घुमाउने र पिल्सिने कृयाकर्म देखेर । किनभने भित्ताले  गतिला प्रशासकको फोटोको स्पर्श विरलै पाउँछ होला  । एउटा भर्खर कन्सल्टेन्ट तह उतिर्ण गरेपस्चात कागजपत्रहरु बोकेर निन्याउरो अनुहारमा एक डाक्टरको प्रवेश हुन्छ ।  पास भएपछि मुहारमा उज्यालो देखिनुपर्ने । तर मलिन छ अनुहार । त्यो मलिनताका पछाडि कारण अस्पतालमा रोगसँग सङ्घर्ष गरिरहेकी उनकी आमा हो । न उनले सोचेका थिए न त उनको परिवारले नै त्यो बज्रपात ।