BMJ  2006;332:955 (22 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.955

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Letter home

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Hi Mom and Dad,

I hope you are well there and I am also well (in this hell). I am writing to you after a long time as I was very busy in my work (applying for clinical attachments). You should not worry about me (as I am already worried about myself). The place where I am putting up (East Ham) is just like India. I have got one room shared by 6 people, very comfortable (for cockroaches and mosquitoes). There are lots of Indians in this area (as Britishers do not like to come here) and most are doctors like me (PLABers, or one can say beggars).

Mamma, I have changed a lot and you may not believe me but I go to a temple and a gurudwara daily (to have my lunch and dinner). Dad, you used to worry that I will be drinking a lot here, but . . . [Full text of this article]

Surinder Sareen, unemployed doctor

Grantham (ppud_uk@yahoo.com)


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