Q - A student asked this question  -  I have not worked for the past year have been studying. I want to study for next 2 months also. But seeing this situation I feel like I want to help the country.  So what do it do ?

A - A very genuine query. I wanted to start this with a quote by one of the famous philosopher Cooley "I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am ''

Give it a break and read the above once again slowly. We all live in a paradox, trying to fill the shoes of what others think about us. Let's break down the students scenario. Troubles in a young medicos mind

I want to study, I feel if i don't work -  others will tell that I am heartless and only studying not helping the country.
I want to work, but I feel if i don't study - others will tell last one year you studied and but this 2 months you left the study, so you did not score well. 

 
So, what do the student do now. Battling within one self if very stressful and chaotic, it will affect the mental peace and you will not be able to do anything.  Your priority finds its way, your priority is what your heart is in always remember that - you will any day find time to do stuff you think is important. The answer for the student is hidden in the question. 

The student is worried about the prep and want to study -  That's the heart and that's the students priority.

So what to do about the guilt of not helping ?? 

Your priority is preparing for NEET PG -  6-7 hours of prep is good enough ? I am pretty much sure it will be more than enough. Add to it 7 hours of sleep and 2 hours of free leisure time. 

16 hours is done in a day already.  So can you spare 2 hours for patients to help them out in the remaining 8 hours ? I am sure everyone can. So what can one do during the time ?

• Majority of the patients are in home isolation and there is a chaos and misdirection for most of them, so helping the patients with a phone call for 2 hours a day that will more than enough. 
• Inform your friends & family  - that you will be taking care of queries from this time to the next. 
• Schedule your calls. Schedule 6-7 calls per hour - 15 calls per day in 2 hours. Spend time and talk to them.
• Helping 15 patients a day is more than enough help you are doing and dedicating your time to overcome the crisis 

Do not ever try to satisfy the society. If you think you have done a good job, that's enough. ! The society will tell -  Do the same for 4 hours, do the same for 6 hours. They may even say do it for more than 24 hours. You can never satisfy everyone !

This is for students who think studying is a priority. Let's fight this together and we shall overcome this together ! Best wishes