Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
MGIMS began to offer post-graduation programs in all specialties in the late seventies. The 1974 batch was the first batch to benefit— MGIMS gave this batch an opportunity to do post-graduation almost on a platter. Soon, 17 students from this batch metamorphosed as residents in their own alma mater. A handful of students from the … Read the essay
Many MGIMS alumni began to get curious and asked me if I could share the top 10 last name list. I lowered the bar and picked up last names with at least 10 frequencies. Forty seven last names – MGIMS has a total of 2213 unique last names- occupied the most common last name list. … Read the essay
“What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s famous quote is a cliché – a tired, stale phrase or idiom that, because of overuse, has lost its impact. Names matter. A name identifies us. It does so much more: it is our public face. Over the last … Read the essay
“What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s famous quote is a cliché – a tired, stale phrase or idiom that, because of overuse, has lost its impact. Names matter. A name identifies us. It does so much more: it is our public face. Over the last … Read the essay
In 2020, Covid virus— a black swan— wreaked havoc across the globe, killing more than 1.5 million people, infecting many more and causing economic devastation. And although research developments progressed very fast in 2020, the pandemic set the course of science afire. The coronavirus spread. And as fast did the scientists, researchers and public health activists move. No … Read the essay