Science, Stories and Sevagram: A Physician-Teacher's Reflections
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 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, … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 12 minutesThe 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesA 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhere 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 8 minutesOn 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 … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ 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 … Read more