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 …
Federer vs. Djokovic
Federer vs. Djokovic. Tomorrow. Center Court. Wimbledon. A battle of pure poetry vs. pristine prose. I love both but have lost my heart to Djokovic. Let me tell why. Not that I love Federer less, but I love Djokovic more. Federerโs backhand against Murray is so sexy, that โyou need to be above 18 to …
Dr GM Taori
Dr GM Taoriโneurologist, teacher, researcher, public health activist and philanthropistโdied today at 4 am in the CIIMS hospital, Nagpurโthe very hospital he had conceived, designed and ran for over three decades. He was 83. Dr G M Taori, known for introducing neurology as a branch of medicine to Central India in 1984, is credited with …
MGIMS Students and Anji Center
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 …
TF: Why did you leave so early?
TF. He would have turned sixty today- and the Class of 1973 would have celebrated the milestone that he was eagerly looking forward to. Alas, he boarded a flight a fortnight before we would have wished him a happy birthday. And he left behind his family, friends, loved ones, and patients who would eternally recall …
Cath Lab at MGIMS
Today afternoon, four patients with heart diseases underwent cardiac catheterization in the newly built Cath lab in our hospital. The new angiography suite is equipped with sophisticated technology that produces high resolution images with the lowest dose of radiation possible. This year, the hospital added a ten-bed intensive coronary care unit (ICCU) on the first …
Pankaj Khandelwal
It is difficult to believe thatย Pankaj Khandelwal (1978) is no more. Over the last couple of months, we shared so much on these pages, and his posts- full of his trademark chuckles are resurfacing in my mind, again and again. Wasn’t it only a fortnight ago that he had posted a very satisfying impression …
GMC Nagpur: Class of 1973-Interesting Titbits
ENT Surgeons “Lend us thy ears”, the six wise men from the class of 1973 would demand from the rest on 21 December. They share one thing- they all are Otolaryngologists! Interestingly, all six practice in Maharashtra- four in Vidarbha and two around Nashik. Dr Prakash Wakode has the distinction of being the Dean of …
Dengue and kids
Medical research is seldom exciting and eye-catching, but this one would surely bring music to the ears of all those who care for children. And also those who endure mosquitoes and their bites. Worldwide, close to 100 million people develop symptomatic dengue – twice the number of people located in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai …
Angioplasty
One way to see the chorus of emergency angioplasty treatment of acute heart attack is with awe. Another is with utter frustrationโbecause in most cases it is unnecessary- John Mandrola recently summed up beautifully. A 2014 population based study from Sweden (J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; 64:1299-1306) shows that if people eat less, walk more, …