Sarcastic facts based on solid logic

1.   The past tense of fit is fat.

2.   An infinite number of $1 bills and $20 bills are worth the same.

3.   If your parachute doesn’t deploy, you have _the rest of your life_ to fix it!

4.   The average human lifespan is 70 years equals to 2.2 billion seconds. There are 7.5 billion people on Earth. So technically every person is not even worth a second of your time.

5.   The sentence “Don’t objectify women” has _women_ as _the object_ of the sentence.

6.   You cannot make History if you use Incognito Mode.

7.   We pay taxes on money we earn to pay taxes on money we spend.

8.   No matter how good you are, you can always be replaced.

9.   Pizza is the real-time pie chart of how much pizza is left.

10.  There is a tree out there that is growing out there _for your coffin_.

11.   If you cut off your left arm then _your right arm would be left_.

12.   The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but _the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language_ is _priceless_.

13.   No matter how strong a mathematician or guesser you are, but  can you guess the ending digits of *pi*?

14.   100 years ago the rich owned the cars while the poor had horses. Now everyone has a car while only the rich own horses.

15.   People say _marriage is forever._ but actually _divorce_ is forever!

16.   There’s no physical evidence to say that today is Tuesday. We just have to trust someone who kept the count since the very first day.

17.   Cows are so calm and happy because their favourite food is on the ground all the time. Imagine walking on pizzas all day.

18.  The Wright Brothers were responsible for 9/11 too.

19.   We spend five days a week pretending to be someone else in order to spend two days being who we are.

20. Whenever you register a username, you are disappointing someone in the future.

21.   Internet connects people at a long distance and disconnects people at a short distance.

22.  Someone has _your_ dream job but hates going to work every day.

23.  Alcohol is a solution!

24.  Cells divide to multiply.

25.  If you beat your own record, you’re both a winner and a loser.

The Story behind SCB Medical College

Cuttack was a major stop for the pilgrims of the Old Jagannath Sadak. The annual influx preceding the Rath Yatra saw hordes of pilgrims, many of whom were suffering from some sickness. After developing the road, the Marathas had set up dispensaries all along the way where sick pilgrims were given traditional medicines. The pilgrims were often stricken with malaria, cholera and other diseases brought upon by insanitary conditions and unclean drinking water. Many of the pilgrims were old and infirm, and needed medical attention.

The first dispensary was set up in the 1780 in the place where the present Anatomy department is located. Native practitioners, called Kaviraj or Vaidyas, practised medicine according to the rules laid down in the ancient texts. They used plants, herbs, minerals and different body parts of birds and animals as medicines.

The British domination over Odisha began in 1803 and brought changes in the political, economic and social environment of the region. The British faced health problem as the climate of Odisha was different from other parts of British India. Many of them suffered from Smallpox, Cholera, Malaria and Diarrhoea. They realised the importance of the dispensary and converted it into a small hospital. Regular financial assistance was made available and the hospital ran smoothly for years thereafter.  The Englishmen who were placed in different parts of the state would come for treatment to Cuttack. There are various accounts of seafarers and mariners who were taken to the Cuttack Hospital when they fell sick.

After the Great Famine of 1866,the recommendations of the Famine Commission Report forced the rulers to undertake major development work like digging canals, building roads and bringing the railway in order to improve the communication links. Dr. Stewart, the Civil Surgeon at Cuttack mooted the idea of a Medical School, using the hospital as a nucleus. He got the support of the Lt. Governor Sir Richard Temple and the Divisional Commissioner T.E Ravenshaw and the Orissa Medical School was born in 1875. It trained locals as Licentiate Medical Practitioners (LMP). The British soon introduced the so called modern medicines that were making a breakthrough in England and the Continent.

The Medical School was spread over an area of 90 acres most of which was swampy on the riverside. The land was reclaimed and the structures were made in a gradual manner. Most of the old buildings were of the Indo-Saracenic style. The buildings were done up in a majestic style with colonnades andpillars. These were among the first buildings that were built in conformance to advanced British structural engineering standards of the 1800s, which came to include infrastructures composed of iron, steel, wooden beams and poured concrete.

When Odisha became a separate State on linguistic grounds in 1936, there were hardly any educational institutes. Prime Minister Biswanath Das took office in June 1937 and started establishing schools and colleges. In 1943, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb took over and constituted a committee, headed by Pandit Nilakantha Das, for the development of education in the State. The establishment of Utkal University in 1943 heralded a subsequent period of hectic educational proliferation and Odisha got seven more colleges including a Medical College.

Major A. T. Anderson who happened to be the Principal of the Orissa Medical School and the Civil Surgeon of Cuttack, urged to upgrade the existing medical school to a College. The Maharaja’s council of ministers in general and Pt. Godavarish Mishra in particular worked assiduously to prevail upon the Medical Council of India, as a result of which, the Orissa Medical College was born on the 1st of June 1944, admitting the first batch of 22 students into the M.B.B.S. Degree course. As post war Britain did not have the finances, the benevolent Maharaja of Mayurbhanj, Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo made a generous grant and funded the setting up of the new college. For this gesture, the Government of Odisha renamed the Orissa Medical College as S.C.B.Medical College in the year 1951.

Today, almost all the old structures have been demolished for making newer buildings. Only a few like the present X-Ray and Pathology departments remain the original bold structures. The small Post office at the rear of the Pathology building is the last remaining original structure of the Old Hospital. Unfortunately, most of the old instruments, equipment, laboratories, and machinery have been destroyed. The library has many rare volumes that should be properly preserved. Very few vestiges of the old times remain. There are plans to demolish some of the old buildings and make towers for increased capacity. The College should be preserved as it is one of the oldest hospitals and medical colleges of the country with a lot of heritage value.