Medicine I

Today was our first day of medicine. We started on a Tuesday, which is their outpatient day.

Their list of patients is neverending. We arrived around 10:30 after meeting with the program director and my attending was still seeing patients from 8:30!!!
They allot 10 min for each patient (in the US, it's usually 15min). And their histories are much more succint. And while many of the patients have driven or flown from other parts of the country to receive their medical care here in Vellore, there seems to be very little concern for the waiting time.

The teams are just overwhelmed I suppose. I was surprised at the similarities in disease process and patient population here vs in the states. A lot of diabetes and heart disease...