To Doctor Islam Poem by Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek

Now my daughter
You have just left your lovely school seat
Although it is difficult to leave your schoolmate
But this is your fate
And this is what you have been trained to meet

Our congrats from mom, sister, brothers and me
And many congrats from the whole family
That you have got your medical degree
So you are now educated and more free
To read and learn in your field
And assimilate all the knowledge
The human mind was ready to yield

You have got your medical degree
And ready to treat all human illness
With carefulness

So in work you will see the rich,
Bragging with his wealth
And the penniless as well
But your job is to be nice to both
When they are helpless and ill
As both are looking for health

So when a patient comes to your Kingdom
He is there to seek your medical wisdom
Sickness is a moment of real human helplessness
So you need to be equipped with all the kindness

You need to be sympathetic and very nice
And ready to give the right medical advice

Sometimes a patient may only need your smile
That would be like magic from the first while
To cure him immediately from his vile

To some patients you may just prescribe more fluids
Dehydration is the cause of health deterioration
And the cause of death among the children of all the nations
So your patients may need only this simple medication

Some patients may only need to sport themselves for a week
With a half hour walk, they may no longer need the stick
They may get recovery through a game or a football kick

Some patients may only need to increase their vegetable meals
With some more fruit they may dismiss all the bills
Some patients may only need someone to talk to
And make their company
So do it as possible as you could do

You may prescribe water, vegetables, fresh air or more fruit
or a stay under the sunbeam
Or prescribe a run or a little time for a swim

My girl, you are now a physician
But to patients you are the magician
Who is ready to wipe all their pains
With only one magical touch
So you will need to do them well
As their expectations on you are so much

You always need to refine your knowledge
And every day improve your medical skills
Check your patients from head to heel
And go through the body with a kind human feel
This will immediately help them to heal

Money should not be your aim in life
But human souls you need to revive
Then the happiest person you will be
When you see your patients healthy and alive
And ready to live and survive