![]() ![]() The junior resident doesn’t know which speciality his sibling would choose. It is a speciality that helps doctors determine the line of treatment and plan of action - be it a pregnancy, a road accident case or an infectious disease like tuberculosis,” says Talwadker, whose younger brother has just completed MBBS. “I have enough doctors in the family and that’s how I came to know about radio diagnosis. Talwadker is also quick to admit that his specialisation - radio diagnosis - is less demanding than emergency medicine or paediatrics, but that’s not what influenced his choice. ![]() Some of those rooms are also air-conditioned,” he says, between bites. “We have a decent canteen, hostel and rooms for rest and sleep. The course is so intensive that we are kind of wired into this pace of life from day one,” he says, adding that the facilities for doctors and residents at GMC, founded in 1842 by the Portuguese, are better than what he has seen or heard of in government hospitals in other parts of India. “The body takes time to get used to this system, but all sane ideas about regular sleep and diet fly out the window right from the time we enrol for MBBS. That’s the mantra we (residents) follow,” says Talwadker. Straight out of a shift that has stretched beyond 48 hours, Talwadker is surprisingly chirpy during the phone interview with BL ![]() Long hours of restful sleep is the next best thing for him, but this junior resident at Goa Medical College (GMC) - also in Panjim - would any day trade it for the mindsport he is passionate about. “I wish I had more time for quizzing.” For a 26-year-old, Panjim resident Dr Adish Talwadker’s wish-list sounds pleasantly simple and modest. ![]()
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