Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
Dr. G.M. Taori, a pioneering neurologist, teacher, researcher, philanthropist, and founder of the Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), passed away at 4 am today in Nagpur’s CIIMS hospital, the very institution he built and led for over three decades. He was 83. Dr. Taori is widely recognized for introducing neurology as a specialty … Read more
Dr. Raman Sharma, third-year postgraduate resident in medicine at MGIMS (2014 batch), died on September 23, 2014 at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. After a month- long battle with cancer, and enduring almost every complication an onco surgery could breed, she left for heavenly abode. Her burgeoning career as a medical resident was eroded by a … Read more
Dr. Manu Kothari, father of Vatsal Kothari (alumnus, MGIMS, 1985 batch and currently critical care specialist, Kokilaben Ambani Hospital, Mumbai) and emeritus Professor of Anatomy at the Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai died yesterday morning in Mumbai. He was 79. An unorthodox teacher and widely respected medical iconoclast, Dr. Kothari was well known for very … Read more
Dr BS Choubey, Head, Department of Medicine (1972-83) and former Dean, GMC, Nagpur died Saturday morning following an inexplicable respiratory illness in a private nursing facility at Nagpur. He was 77. For the last two years, Dr Choubey was also struggling with severe and disabling diabetic neuropathy which did not let him walk unaided- he … Read more
Born on June 2, 1934, Dr. Balswarup Chaubey—who preferred his initials, BS, to his first name, Balswarup—was the son of Bal Mukund Chaubey, a superintendent of police. He studied at New English High School in Nagpur before pursuing his medical education at Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur, where he later earned his MD in Medicine. … Read more