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Case Study: I Want To Work For Public Health
No, I did not always know that I wanted to work for Public Health. When asked what I wanted to do when I grew older, I always answered with the profession of the lead character of the latest movie I had watched. Some days a policewoman, on other days an army officer and on yet other days an international spy/agent. Then one day, around the age of 7 years, one of our neighbors came to our house. Crying, she also said something to my mother that I could not understand. She said,"The doctor is like God to us, he tried his best but he could not do anything alone.”
Confounded about who was so great as to equal God, I asked my mother what she was talking about. My mother sat me down and told me that the woman's child was sick for quite a while and
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My duties at this position were to handle all health related issues that the employees of the company were facing. While working at this level, I realized the state of Sikkim in the Public Health sector was more terrible than I had initially seen. Most of the employees were either depressed or at the skirt of it. I then found reports from National Criminal Records Bureau which stated Sikkim had the highest number of depression and suicides in the country. Sikkim also ranks third highest for drug abuse. This was even more shocking as it is the lowest populated state in the country. The average per capita income is also 3-4 times higher than the national average for India. Also, the social norms are not as stringent as compared to the rest of India. All this information baffled me. This was when the gravity of a Masters in Public Health settled on me. I realized then that I was trying to go to a battlefield without proper knowledge and …show more content…
In addition to this, I also have provided free dental care and infirmary care at the International Sant Nirankari Samagam since 2014. I also provide service at the 'Chandmari Samaj' a local organization dedicated to working for the benefit of residents of Chandmari, Gangtok. Similarly, I try to grasp every opportunity to help around whether be it at an infirmary care at a sports' event in school or teaching students who cannot afford the fee for extra

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