“Enough is enough,” thundered Dr. Sushila Nayar, her voice slicing through the hall. “No more free PG seats for MGIMS boys and girls. If they want a PG, they must first serve two years in the villages.” She meant it. In 1969, Dr. Sushila Nayar had built MGIMS on a dream: to raise doctors who …
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Sushila Nayar
The Road that Built Sevagram
Yesterday morning, during my rounds at Sevagram Hospital, I observed a flurry of activity along the road connecting the main gate to the Medicine department. Workers were laying hot tar on gravel, the air thick with the sharp scent of asphalt as rollers smoothed the surface. By evening, a transformation was complete: a gleaming black …
Memories in Monochrome: Prime Minister’s Visit to Adhayan Mandir
In 1969, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited MGIMS. She spoke to a small group of medical students in the Adhyayan Mandir near the old Kasturba hospital. I’m unsure about the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s visit, as I was only a ninth-grade student at Swavalambi Vidyalaya in Wardha at that time. This morning, I stumbled upon …