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Hospital Sevagram

Of Kachha Chiwda and Aloo Bonda

Donโ€™t forget to eat that ๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž,โ€ he said again, his voice steady now. โ€œI will,โ€ I replied with a smile, stepping away. Only a week earlier, his son had wheeled him into the hospital OPD, visibly anxious. A driver in our hospital, his face betrayed his helplessness as he pushed the wheelchair into my …

Palliative Care Patients Sevagram

The Silent Surrender

In our quiet ward, a son softly asked, “Can I take my mother home?” Usually, such requests mean relief. Patients leave with hope, their struggles behind them. Grateful families thank the doctors, smiling. It feels like a victory. But this time, there was no joy. No happiness. His question wasn’t about hopeโ€”it was about saying …

MGIMS Palliative Care Sevagram

Delay. Delay. Delay.

This Diwali, Ravi (name changed) turned 19. He lived in a small town, 100 km southeast of Sevagram. Fresh out of his teens, he had completed his tenth grade at a local school and enrolled in a technical college. A promising future awaited himโ€”steady income, a stable life. His parents, both laborers in the fields, …

Palliative Care Sevagram

The Middle Path

For decades after completing my MD residency and becoming a physician, I held firm to a belief: diagnose accurately, treat effectively, monitor diligently, and ensure that patients followed my advice. This was the creed I practiced in OPDs, wards, ICUs, and even during cross-department consultations in the hospital. And it worked. Most of the time. …

MGIMS Palliative Care Sevagram

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜†๐—ฒ

Recently, we cared for a frail man in his late fifties. He came in gasping for air. His heart raced, and each breath was a challenge. His lungs crackled with every inhale. Both his face and feet were swollen. The ECG was very abnormal, and the chest X-ray showed fluid in his lungs. When he …