Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
Mahatma Gandhi’s Emergency Appendectomy: An Interesting Tale On January 12, 1924, Mahatma Gandhi underwent an emergency appendectomy at Sassoon Hospital in Pune. The story behind his operation is quite interesting. On January 8, 1924, Gandhiji experienced fever, abdominal pain, and nausea while in Yerawada jail. He was released and admitted to the Sassoon General Hospital … Read more
Capturing Life in Rural India: The Making of the MGIMS Mural Dinesh Gudadhe and Ashok Wahiwatkar. Two talented artists at MGIMS transformed a real photograph into a magnificent work of art that now proudly stands on the MGIMS hospital campus. Along with Hitesh Chappanghare, the trio completed an incredible eight-month-long journey of creating a stunning … Read more
In the winter of 1969, I was only a teenager, aged 13, and had just transferred from Craddock High School to Swavalambi Vidyalaya, Wardha. Television sets were as rare as a hat-trick in cricket back then, so my knowledge of cricket was limited to radio broadcasts and newspapers. However, I was a huge cricket fan, … Read more
𝗟𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗶: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 Thirty years ago, Dr. SK Ghosh served as the professor and head of the Department of Anatomy at MGIMS. He had a sharp wit and a kind heart that endeared him to those around him. His wife, Mrs. Laxmi, was a woman of remarkable … Read more