Everyone is quite familiar with the saying " Learn from your mistakes", isn't it? I guess its a yes for an answer. But the question is, ' Do we really?' And this time around its never a clear yes, right!!
Since decades or may be be since centuries our so called 'ಪೋಲಿ'ticians are trying(?) to ban liquor from the society!!! Surprisingly, they are successful too. Now, no one drinks in the society; they just stay 'tight' at home itself. The reason to bring out the topic of "alcoholism" now is simple- may be people aren't fed of drinking; but we doctors are bored and have become emotionless seeing them dying each and everyday. The worst part is, we stand helpless watching the soul packing its journey towards heaven (coz its only there you get "ಮದಿರ" ಟು ಡ್ರಿಂಕ್ ಆಫ್ಟರ್ death) right in front of our eyes in the emergency wards.
Last month in my duty, at around 12 midnight, a male in his 40s was brought to our casualty, complaining of pain abdomen since 2 days. The patient was in distress and appeared toxic, and all preliminaries tests were done and it was found out that the patient had 'alcoholic cirrhosis' and was in pre-hepatic failure state. Funny part is, on enquiring his wife about his alcohol habits, she said she used to serve alcohol everyday at home just to avoid him from going to bar ("ಸತಿ ಸಾವಿತ್ರಿ"). The patient was a chronic alcoholic from past 25 years( so it makes that he had drinking habit since 15 yrs of age) and his plight was explained to the wife saying that his liver is damaged beyond repair and only solution was either afford for a transplant or wait for the nature to take its natural course of action( death in simple words). As expectantly they just preferred to wait till the patient passes away.
It might sound so cruel for outsiders' but we see such cases everyday and we feel helpless that despite being healers, we just can't help them unless they help themselves. Am not saying that we should ban liquor and be teetotalers, but at least we must know our limits and stop everything beyond the line.
I just remember a funny line( actually its an educative tag line by govt. of Karnataka to discourage drinking)-" ಮಧ್ಯಪಾನ ಮಾಡಿ , ವಾಹನ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿ" instead of being ಮಧ್ಯಪಾನ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ವಾಹನ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿ, its like encouraging them to drink, but not drive. Poor govt.,.
So wherever you are, its for all DRUNKARDS, WITH LOVE- "HELP US HELP YOU".
Since decades or may be be since centuries our so called 'ಪೋಲಿ'ticians are trying(?) to ban liquor from the society!!! Surprisingly, they are successful too. Now, no one drinks in the society; they just stay 'tight' at home itself. The reason to bring out the topic of "alcoholism" now is simple- may be people aren't fed of drinking; but we doctors are bored and have become emotionless seeing them dying each and everyday. The worst part is, we stand helpless watching the soul packing its journey towards heaven (coz its only there you get "ಮದಿರ" ಟು ಡ್ರಿಂಕ್ ಆಫ್ಟರ್ death) right in front of our eyes in the emergency wards.
Last month in my duty, at around 12 midnight, a male in his 40s was brought to our casualty, complaining of pain abdomen since 2 days. The patient was in distress and appeared toxic, and all preliminaries tests were done and it was found out that the patient had 'alcoholic cirrhosis' and was in pre-hepatic failure state. Funny part is, on enquiring his wife about his alcohol habits, she said she used to serve alcohol everyday at home just to avoid him from going to bar ("ಸತಿ ಸಾವಿತ್ರಿ"). The patient was a chronic alcoholic from past 25 years( so it makes that he had drinking habit since 15 yrs of age) and his plight was explained to the wife saying that his liver is damaged beyond repair and only solution was either afford for a transplant or wait for the nature to take its natural course of action( death in simple words). As expectantly they just preferred to wait till the patient passes away.
It might sound so cruel for outsiders' but we see such cases everyday and we feel helpless that despite being healers, we just can't help them unless they help themselves. Am not saying that we should ban liquor and be teetotalers, but at least we must know our limits and stop everything beyond the line.
I just remember a funny line( actually its an educative tag line by govt. of Karnataka to discourage drinking)-" ಮಧ್ಯಪಾನ ಮಾಡಿ , ವಾಹನ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿ" instead of being ಮಧ್ಯಪಾನ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ವಾಹನ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿ, its like encouraging them to drink, but not drive. Poor govt.,.
So wherever you are, its for all DRUNKARDS, WITH LOVE- "HELP US HELP YOU".
Good post
ReplyDeleteThank you Shrinidhi:-)
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