When one has the chance to save lives for a living, and earn society’s respect while at it, why would one not want to pursue the coveted MBBS course?
When time came for Vinod Xavier to choose his future course of study after class 12, the then-17-year-old was unperturbed. As long as he could remember, he had his eyes set on only one goal. “I was clear that I wanted to do something good for society, something that would visibly impact people’s lives. Besides this, my favourite subject at that point was Biology and the reason why I pursued PCB in Classes 11 and 12. Post that MBBS was a given,” he says. The Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery course, or MBBS is the established path to becoming a doctor of modern medicine in India. It takes clarity of thought, immense dedication and unending hard work to become successful in the profession. But if you do succeed, becoming a doctor is undoubtedly one of the most rewarding professions.
“I had a less than 40 percent chance of getting through an MBBS course, given the level of competition involved. But unlike my peers, who kept aside various backup options in engineering, I was very clear that I only wanted to apply for MBBS courses. Everything thankfully worked out and I haven’t regretted my decision for a single day,” says Xavier, now a doctor doing his DNB in Internal Medicine at Sagar Hospitals, Bangalore.
Varying roads to MBBS
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