To Doctor Islam Comments

A beautiful advice from a loving father to his daughter on her completion of the medical studies and getting into the world of the sick..! Yes, besides mastery in his/her profession, what is needed more in a doctor's life is compassion, commitment and the willingness to serve the needy! A great poem

The job of a physician is second to none in Sudan. It is one of the most prestigious Sudanese people aspire. However, the overriding message of this job is changing in today's Sudan. The message of medicine has change from a humanitarian task of reviving people with transparency and equity to a mere money-generating task. The poem is a fatherly advice for a doctor on the outset of this path. The poet through the poem equates medication with wisdom it is not a mere medication and subscription of drugs it is more elevated that that. The poet want the doctor he addresses to be a real doctor and to exercise the value of human. Thus, the poem touches a sensitive area in today's Sudan.