Friday, February 23, 2007
Cebuano ranks 3rd in medicine board
By Jujemay G. Awit
Sun.Star Staff Reporter
THE son of a University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu College professor clinched the third spot in the February 2007 medical board examination.
Omid Etemadi, 27, was awakened early morning yesterday by their housemaid announcing that he did well in the board exam.
But Omid, whose mother is Felisa Etemadi, a multi-awarded educator and researcher, didn’t expect that doing well would mean a place in the top three.
“I was just relieved that I passed. Being number three is just a bonus,” Omid, a graduate of the Cebu Institute of Medicine told Sun.Star Cebu.
Omid felt more relieved when he later found out that all his batchmates passed the board.
The examination was held last Feb. 11, 12, 18 and 19.
Omid would have taken the exam in August 2006, but he had to finish his post-graduate internship.
“The ingredient of success is really a lot of prayer, effort and support from family and friends,” he said.
For the last six to seven months, Omid’s routine was studying for two hours, an hour watching basketball on TV, another couple of hours studying, a quick break then more studying.
He didn’t get out much, which was confirmed by his mother, who said he had to skip family reunions so he could review for the exams.
Omid is taking a three-week sabbatical, and looks forward to spending some of that free time on the beach.
Omid always dreamed of being a doctor. In fact, his most priced toy was a medical set that his mom bought him.
He wants to pursue the internal medicine and get involved in cancer research.
He also has a passion for helping indigents, his mother said.
Felisa proudly cited several incidents where patients recognized her son outside the hospital and thanked him for something that he had done.
“He is very caring and indigent patients have a special place in his heart,” she said.
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