Letter to editor about poor conditions of roads in your city its impact on the citizens and reluctance of authority
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First, the good news : health has become such a hot button issue that we are all now more aware of the risks and benefits of our respective lifestyles. Now, the bad news : the increased awareness also means increased paranoia and increased (also increasingly expensive) visits to a range of doctors/specialists to check if sundry body parts and organs are in proper working order. Aches and pains that we once dismissed as the normal process of ageing are now the precursor to a battery of tests that could put NASA out of business.
Ten years ago, I went to my friendly neighbourhood General Practitioner and was perfectly satisfied with his diagnosis (and his rates). Nowadays, a fit of coughing means being shoveled into a menacing steel cocoon while anxious-looking people in smocks and masks prod and poke you from all angles, extracting precious bodily fluids while injecting you with vile looking potions to compensate.
That's not all. These days, doctors are not enough. We all seem to be in such dire straits that we constantly require the help of specialists. Visiting a specialist is a nerve-racking experience. The waiting room walls are covered with dire warnings and frightening photographs of diseased organs which would send anyone up the,well.... wall.
Finally, you are ushered into the office of the doctor who does the final evaluation. If you thought the nurses were bad, the evaluator is literally the last nail in the coffin. You stagger out, feeling as sick as you have ever been and before you reach the front door and fresh air, someone hands you the bill. It's enough to bring on cardiac arrest.
(Source: India Today)
(Edited for students'purpose)
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following :
(a) The increased awareness of the risks and benefits of our lifestyles does not only means (i)________ but also (ii)____ .
(b) Aches and pains, once considered the signs of (i)_____________________ could now lead us to a (ii)_________________ .
(c) Extracting precious body fluids by the doctors and (i)___________________________ along with
from all angles (ii)_____________________________ for maximum impact, is the remedy
for a fit of coughing nowadays.
(d) (i)_________________________ is a nerve-racking experience since the walls of the waiting room
are (ii)________________________________ and frightening photographs of disseased organs.
(e) The (i)______________________ or the doctor, who does your final evaluation acts as the
(ii)_____________________________