Am a doctor with the Government Hospital. For the last two years I have taken up posting at this rural village working out of a make shift camp . Life is so different around here. It is life living in the old times. Very simple people who work hard and enjoy a very peaceful living.
People are not very highly educated. Both men and women are very shy. In fact one needs to get used to the culture and understand people’s way of talking to be able to grasp of what they are referring to in their speech. The fact that am a foreigner doctor from the city does tend to surprise and distance them in the beginning, until they get used to the fact over a few visits.
Most interesting times are when women who are in their forties and fifties come to meet me and in whispers discuss the problems. Mind you these problems are not their own, but of their husbands. Now days I can make out the case by the body language and their whispers. Women pick up the courage to come and ask me to give them a wonder pill so that their men can get better in terms of their sexual energy and keep them happy in bed. How innocent these people are. Many now know that there is something called as a wonder pill that can cure their men. They do not know the name Cialis. In fact I won’t be surprised if they start asking for Cialis by the name, because anyways they are able to recognize the tablet. They keep the old prescriptions very safely, though torn and tattered and bring it along to ask for more.
I do try to explain to these women more about how Cialis works and cures erectile dysfunction. But end of the day, all I get is a shy smile and a nod. I do not know whether they have understood what I have been trying to explain or not. They seem to be happy that I have understood their and their husband’s problem and will give them a prescription for Cialis.
