Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
Documenting the legacy of MGIMS, Sevagram heritage, and medical history.
Dr ML Sharma, one of the greatest teachers at MGIMS, died at his home after a prolonged illness on August 10, 2015. He was 85. Associated with MGIMS almost right from its inception, Dr ML Sharma taught Pharmacology to a generation of medical students. Medical students at MGIMS (batches from the early 1970s to late … Read more
Ninety minutes- filled with pure fun and humour. Yesterday evening little did I realize when my son drove our family to Nagpur that a movie could be so rib-tickling. Indeed, I enjoyed the movie as much as Diti— my two-and-half-year old granddaughter—did. We spent Saturday evening in Nagpur watching Minions, a 3-D computer-animated comedy movie … Read more
I wish I could have captured his photograph. Two days back, I was strolling along the Dean Office road at Sevagram where I live. I stopped when I saw a teenager- with a bucket in right hand and a sleeping bag in the left- running towards me. Panting, and perspiring profusely, he gathered his breath … Read more
GMC didn’t offer hostel accommodation to the first-year students because the number of boys outnumbered the hostel rooms. So, we were forced to form our self-help groups and rented rooms near the GMC campus till we took first MBBS examination. We moved into small flats and rooms in Raghuji Nagar, Reshimbag, Rambag Road, Ajni, Dhantoli … Read more
Ask any old student about their training at MGIMS, and the Anji camp will certainly top the list of their most memorable moments. So where is Anji, what happens there and what makes it so special for MGIMS alumni? Anji is a small village located 22 km north-west of Sevagram. Since 1981, each winter, an … Read more