As God Wills by Aeman Muneeb (guest writer)
Ophthalmology has been one of my favorite fields so far but considering how dark the clinics are, with little to do except follow the consultant around, I think we can be forgiven for spending around three-quarters of the time asleep. While standing upright. Try it! My group of three is assigned to one consultant and we follow him around aimlessly. Any rotation would have something to do but ophthalmology. My one partner brandishes the fundoscope that he has been asked to carry from room to room. The instrument can weigh you down if you have to carry it for a few hours, so the person such assigned plays with it, swinging it around. The other fellow is already enquiring if we want him to sneak in an ‘aloo samosa’ for us too, because we would be too scared to ask for a break. We're mostly bored, jumping on the opportunity if the consultant says that we may torture this particular patient with our skillful ophthalmoscopy. But that is rare and we mostly stand in a corner, u...