In the winter of 1969, I was only a teenager, aged 13, and had just transferred from Craddock High School to Swavalambi Vidyalaya, Wardha. Television sets were as rare as a hat-trick in cricket back then, so my knowledge of cricket was limited to radio broadcasts and newspapers. However, I was a huge cricket fan, …
๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐
๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ Thirty years ago, Dr. SK Ghosh served as the professor and head of the Department of Anatomy at MGIMS. He had a sharp wit and a kind heart that endeared him to those around him. His wife, Mrs. Laxmi, was a woman of remarkable …
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฌ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ “๐ฃ’๐
The early 80s were a golden era for the Medicine department at MGIMS, and it was all thanks to the “P’s” – ๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ, ๐ฆ๐ฃ, ๐ข๐ฃ, and ๐๐ฃ Dr. Kamal Pervez (KP) and Dr. JP Sharma (JP) were dynamic young lecturers who were always in tune with their patients. SP Kalantri (SP), a senior registrar …
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ: ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐
The MD thesisโa daunting challenge that separates the strong from the faint-hearted. It is like a visa that grants access to the MD examination, a grueling rite of passage filled with challenges and obstacles. As the deadline looms, the pressure intensifies, and the postgraduate students start desperately hunting for two playersโa skilled statistician to generate …
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ต๐ด๐ฌ๐: ๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ
It was a scorching afternoon on May 4th, 1982, when I first stepped into the medicine ward at MGIMS in Sevagram. Unlike the bustling government medical college in Nagpur where I had trained, this hospital felt serene and peaceful. As I walked in, I noticed a dishevelled resident performing a pleural tap at a patient’s …
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น: ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ
A few years ago, I was invited to speak about snakebites at an annual conference in Nagpur. As a physician who had treated hundreds of patients with venomous snakebites, I was excited to share my experience. On that Sunday morning, as I arrived at the conference hall 15 minutes early, I found only two people …
The Bread Man of Sevagram: A Journey of Passion and Dedication
The Bread Man of Sevagram: A Journey of Passion and Dedication As the Bible says, โBy the sweat of your brow you will eat,โ but as I spoke to Devidas Modak this morning, I couldn’t help but wonder if a new adage was more fitting: โBy the sweetness of your bread, you will live.โ Imagine …
The MGIMS Library
Where did the idea come from? Shailaja Asawe, a niece of Bhavana’s mother, often shares a proud and cherished memory with me. She recounts the day Bhavana was born, proudly exclaiming that as a 10-year-old girl, she was one of the first to lay eyes on the newborn. Every time we meet, Shailaja fondly reminisces …
The Ghost Who Writes: A Tale of PGs and Thesis Ghostwriters
On a sunny afternoon at the hostel of a medical college, a third-year postgraduate student appeared visibly worried as he skipped his lunch. He approached a group of his senior friends, who were now senior residents in the same hospital. PG: “May I ask you something? Two years ago, I submitted my thesis protocol to …
Scrub Typhus: Two is better than One!
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ต๐๐ is a devastating disease. At Sevagram, our healthcare providers regularly care for hundreds of patients with severe scrub typhus in the ICU. Unfortunately, around 15% of these patients do not survive. A study from India published a day before in the ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ caught my attention. CMC Vellore, PGI Chandigarh and …