New activities and developments

I have several things to share with my readers. Let me first take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you who is reading my blogs. It is a shame, though, that my write-ups are not interesting or engaging enough for you all to post a few lines in the comments section and interact with me! My humble request to you to please join me in the conversation!

First of all, in addition to exploring Blackpool town from with-out, I am also exploring it from with-in, This means understanding its residents and its way of functioning. I have already detailed some of these things in an earlier post on my other blog, but I wish to say here that the more I discover, I feel as if I have only peeled a layer, and more lies under it. Blackpool Town Centre is one example. It is so amazing. The only other area of Blackpool that rivals it in joie-de-vivre is the sea-face. Both the town centre and the sea face thrum with activity. There are shops, entertainment centres, restaurants and bars, casinos, and a few large malls too. On the sea-front, there are bigger entertainment centres such as Sea Life. I am just doing window shopping for now, but I am sure to do all the things tourists to this town do. One way or the other, I intend to see and to show what the town is all about.

The Hospital is really big! I used to think that it might be big, but not as big as, say, the KEM hospital in Mumbai. Well, KEM is certainly bigger in terms of the bed strength, but this one is big in size for sure! It has only 800 beds, give or take, certainly not the 1300+ beds that KEM has, but it compensates for this in terms of the excellent services it provides. Our cardiac centre is Level 4, which means it does everything the best of the best cardiac centers do anywhere in the world. The long hospital corridors are really long! It takes over a minute to reach the other end from one side. The architecture of the hospital is such that sometimes things do get confusing. However, the signage is clear enough, and there are helpers at all places, who will often guide patients accurately. They even have a separate May I Help You counter in the hospital, and a few of them are ever present in the main lobby of the hospital.

Here is the main lobby, and those three people are the hospital's guide volunteers

The main lobby of the hospital

Let me now turn to some of the developments in my own life. I am still waiting to be on the payroll, as my occupational health department "clearance" is not yet due. However, the good news is that in consultation with the recruitment department of our hospital, my line manager, also the Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Family Division has agreed to start my employment from the next month, which is about 3 days away. I would therefore expect my first salary to arrive just before Christmas. 

Secondly, I am due for a 2-day induction course on the 7th of the next month. As part of the induction, or rather, in preparation for it, I was to complete several small e-courses on the ethical and confidentiality aspects of Healthcare, and I am happy to report to you that I have completed those. 

Thirdly, I have begun to exercise - since the past few days, that is. I go out on walks-jogging, and have begun to already feel better. However, my legs ARE aching, as they have been unused to running for a very long time.

Fourthly, I have registered myself for Health Care with a G.P. and was checked and evaluated by a Health Nurse, who ordered some tests on me. I got these tests done. Although my diabetes is still not normal, the tests reveal that all my other parameters are absolutely fine. 

Finally, I have joined a local gym, and plan to begin visiting it from next week onwards. 

That is basically the most recent stuff that is going on in my life.