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Dr. Zarish Malik... (A Pakistani health influences) ..
𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝— 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮
- 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙣𝙚

I took this picture when house job started a little less than 3 months ago. I was so excited to start this new chapter in my life and be able to work as a doctor for the first time.

On calls were so overwhelming at the time but I convinced myself that I would get used to it. Work was different from what I imaged but I tried my best to keep my head up. I was frustrated and emotionally exhausted as I slowly started to get accustomed to my new life.

Never did I think and nor could I imagine that a world wide pandemic would be thrown into this already crazy mix of my doctor life. Never before did I feel terrified to walk in a medical ward or continuously worry about the health and safety of my family. I worry about it every day, the paranoia is real. Never did I think sanitizes and masks would run out or that hospitals would limit us with one surgical mask per day.

All newly graduated MBBS doctors doing house job this year were thrown into this madness without even realizing it. We haven’t even had a graduation yet or come into terms with the unrealistic demands of our profession. We didn’t ask for this, nor were we ready, but we rose (and continue to rise) to the occasion.

Nurses, doctors, police, people working at grocery stores, all of the hospital staff, I want to say that you guys are the real heroes. Us, new doctors, have so much to learn from you guys and such a long way to go. There is so much I need to still understand about what it means to be a doctor🩺🤍