Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) - Lipikaanjana Addagada

 Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN)

By: Lipikaanjana Addagada

Obstetrics and gynecology is a very demanding job. Not a lot of people want to have to run to the hospital in the middle of the night because one of their patients is having a baby. You have to wake up in the middle of the night to run to the hospital. Sometimes you don’t even get home till the next day. You can have emergency surgeries at any time and you have to be prepared. And for these reasons, not a lot of people choose to be an OB/GYN. 

There’s a shortage of doctors in the OB/GYN department. It takes months for a patient to schedule an appointment because the gynecologists are so busy. Gynecologists see over 40 patients a day, that’s 4.25 patients per hour. And by the time they get home, another patient is having an emergency and they have to get to the hospital again. Many believe the work life balance is horrible and that’s why they don’t want to be an OB/GYN. But there’s so much more to being an OB/GYN than the work life balance or having to wake up in the middle of the night to rush to the hospital. Being an OB/GYN means you get to help bring new life into this world. You get to save the lives of mothers and children. You get to help women when they are always turned away by doctors.

 

Being an OB/GYN is so much more than the horrible work load or having to be at the hospital for so long. It’s about helping patients and being a safe space for your patients. It’s about believing your patients and supporting them. It’s about bringing new life into the world and saving the lives in this world. 

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