smiling doctor and patient

                                        Recently i saw  pictures  of  one of my seniors with  a picture of his patients  elbow before and after the surgery  .He is an  orthopaedician .   Nothing unusual  but  for me  they brought back  many  memories as well as some pertinent thoughts  .  For starters  the  elbow  joint  which was severely destroyed by a rifle bullet wound came straight  from  Libya  where the war  is going  on ...And  my  friend  is now in Libya  . 

And  i dont know why we used to call him "pattaalam " meaning military as  15 years back  except for his 6 foot 2 height there was no military connection  .  We  used  to practise  mappila paattu together  for group song at  medical college  trivandrum  and tough  looking though  he was he sang well and was good company  (good memory ). Another  memory was when  he  stood  as a  human shield preventing  us from entering  in the exam hall  as their party had called for a strike  . 

                                Anyway  fastforward  to  2011 he is in the frontline  not part of the military  but as a doctor tending to the sick and the wounded with ghastly war inflicted injuries .   I  or rather us  is extremely proud of him  as that  is  a job  which requires not only  skill  but great courage  ...  In the photo  i saw  his patients smiling inspite  of the  bad injuries  ...  (after the treatment  )  . And  one of his comments  made me think  ....

In it  he has shown a photo with him and  6 other colleagues from different countries  . He has given the caption  7 people , 6  religions  and  clearly  marked  himself as "  not religious  "   .  The  point  is  this guy  who is  "  Not  religious  "  is  doing  work  closest  to  what we perceive as "Godly  "   .... And  i  see so  many  people  who  are  "Intensely religious  "   who  do  many  things  which are  "ungodly  "   .  So  my question who will  go to heaven  ?   -----This  pattaalam    guy  with his hands soaked in blood or  the  "religious  "  who  do  the easier things  of  praying  in an AC room  etc etc  .and doing ungodly things 

Comments are welcome  ....