“Move fast. Don’t waste your time. I already know the background of your institute,” Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice-President, seemed to be impetuously impatient and in a haste, as I was about to make my PowerPoint presentation. Mr. Naidu had come to Sevagram this Sunday to inaugurate the operating theatre of our hospital. My …
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Dr Sushila Nayar
26 December brings vivid memories of Dr. Sushila Nayar—fondly called Badi behenji—across the kaleidoscope of mind. She was born on this day—103 years ago. Five decades ago, she began working to implement mission impossible—designing a medical school in Sevagram. She fought all odds, relentlessly and ensured that her dream of starting a rural medical school …
Madhukar Anant Mehendale
Dr Madhukar Anant Mehendale. This 98-year-old living legend defies his age. Whenever we see him strolling in our colony in Sevagram, he reminds us of his wit, intelligence, sense of humour and deep love for languages and history- qualities that leave us mightily impressed. We have one more reason to be proud about: his son, …
MGIMS alumni
Sadhana Bose and Dipali Trivedi (MGIMS Alumni 1985 batch) visited Sevagram recently. While Sadhana was busy monitoring the educational activities and shaping the career prospects of the school children she is closely associated with, Dipali took some time off and requested me to give her a guided tour of the hospital. This is the first …
Today Reddy would have turned 61
Today Reddy would have turned 61. More than a professional colleague or a next-door neighbour, he was a friend I could always count on. Beginning 1982, when I first met him, we developed a deep bond that kept on growing with the passage of time. Whenever we met—and we did so almost daily—we would open …
Dr Anbalagan visits Sevagram
What a pleasant surprise! Dr. Anbalagan—he taught Anatomy to the generation of medical students at MGIMS until he left for Pondicherry in 2005—visited us this evening. A legendary teacher, he was one of the most sought-after teachers in Sevagram. His dexterous intelligence in the Anatomy lecture hall would keep the students spellbound; his ability to …
Meeting Dr Desikan
Dr. KV Desikan. Ninety-one-year-old man. This morning, I spent an hour and a half with him—forgetting our age differences—and spoke to him on a variety of topics—his tryst with Sevagram, his leprosy work, his medical maladies and how he copes with them, and the modern doctors. With organisational and administrative skills and energy as enormous …
Dr Varun Bhargava and Babulal
Varun Bhargava (VB) came to Sevagram in 1969. He belonged to the first batch of MGIMS. Four years later, he graduated from MGIMS, went to PGI, Chandigarh to earn his MD (Medicine) and established a highly successful practice in Nagpur. His 100-bed hospital—driven by ethics and science— evokes a level of respect and admiration that …
Vive La Difference!
Worldwide, women have shaped medical education, healthcare, and research. They now make up half of all medical schools— at MGIMS, in a dozen batches (86, 87, 90-94, 98-99, 2001, 2011 and 2014) girls outnumbered boys. They have led the institute, the department, and the units. They have also published papers that have changed the face …
Mrs Behere
Mrs Mani Behere—passed away today evening at her home in Sevagram. For over a decade, she had worked in our department of Psychiatry as a faculty. A kind-hearted woman—always sporting a genuine smile on her face, and exuding warmth and love—she fought a long battle with metastatic breast cancer and endured her illness with fortitude. …