Meet a hero. This was the doctor I went to when I lived in Katwa. He dealt with all my fevers, flus, stomachaches, and god knows what else. He is also the most reputed children’s doctor in our town. The others are not trustworthy and engage in shady practices. His waiting room is always teeming with patients but he sees all of them, sometimes even those with severe illnesses who cannot afford to pay him. Sometimes, he sees up to sixty patients a day. However, he says that he would not give up his life for anything else. He loves what he does because at the end of the day, “it fills me with an absolute joy that I have not found anywhere else in life.” And although he is approaching retirement age, he does not plan on closing his practice anytime soon. In a society that is becoming richer and looking to escape the poverty surrounding it, he serves as a model of accepting social responsibility. Many prospective doctors today go into the field for the wrong reasons. They give in to cultural pressures, chase financial security, and look to work in posh hospitals that are often not accessible to the poor. So thank you, Doctor, for loving what you do.