first week as doctor in k.g.halli!

the d-day had finally arrived on monday,9th of march,2009. it was going to be my first day as intern!
having gotten up earlier than i had in more than a month,i trudged off,full of enthusiasm and a little anxiety, to college to the community medicine department to collect the posting order and arrived at the place well before 9am. but not a single soul was to be seen,other than 2 0r 3 other first day interns like me....
it was well after 10.00 am when someone concerned with our posting order arrived, but it was almost 3.30 pm by the time we got the orders and my first posting was in k.g.halli, a.k.a kadugondanna halli.... not really rural,the place itself is in bangalore but the facilities are pretty rural!
in the meantime, i did open an account in the nearby sbi bank where our stipends are sent and we also found time for a long overdue birthday and results treat of a close friend!the food and pricing were both awesome at roti ghar in basavangudi....
the next day was a holiday,but we still had to go to the k.g.halli phc-primary health centre,as it was our first day as doctaars!4 of us including me,were posted there.
with no one to report to,we had to see to patients as and when they came and a senior,an outgoing intern was there to help us.
i was pretty disappointed with the way things were though, no ointment or antiseptics to dress wounds,anti rabies vaccine not being available(dog bites are common here you know) and sometimes even tt injections(so called septic injections) are not available too....
but we are doing our best by providing the patients with the medicines available here free of cost and giving them what advice we can.
thursday was immunisation day and yesterday was ante natal check up day(all pregnant ladies are confirmed of their pregnancy,relevant tests done,appropriate advice and medicines given to them). today being a govt. holiday, only one person has to stay at the phc from 10-12 and i am at home now....my turn of staying alone at the phc had come on thursday(between 1 and 4 pm,only one of us is needed at the phc....)
things will get better by the look of it,a new building that will perhaps function like an urban health centre,is coming up and hopefully it will have all the basic facilities!