Bhau: Tryst with Tiger
1962. Balwadi, a small village bordering Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, those days was enveloped by thick and dense forests that offered a home to quite a few panthers. These predators … Read more
Heritage & History
Documenting the legacy of MGIMS, Sevagram heritage, and medical history.
Ashutosh Raghuvanshi
Ashutosh Raghuvanshi. A shy, self-effaced boy, polite to the fault, travelled countrywide for almost three decades not only to become a cardiac surgeon but also to head some of the … Read more
First cardiac Surgery at MGIMS
On September 4, Dr. Pankaj Pohekar, the cardiac surgeon and his team performed MGIMS’s first heart valve replacement surgery. He replaced two heart valves with mechanical ones. Govind (name changed) … Read more
On Amrita getting a Gold medal
Dear Amrita, How does a father feel when his daughter, after years of hard work, achieves something extraordinary? How does he control his emotions when he learns that not only … Read more
CD Gokulachandran
In the late eighties, a couple of years after I had joined MGIMS, I was asked to edit MGIMS News Bulletin—a quarterly bulletin from the medical school. Among other things, … Read more