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 …
Beyond Coffee: Uncovering the Charm of Sevagram’s India Coffee House
Have you had the pleasure of trying Domelette? It’s a delectable creationโan omelette perched atop a dosa. This delectable dish was quite popular amongst MGIMS medical students who craved something novel yet affordable and filling. In the golden days of the 70s and the 80s, it’s just one of the many mouthwatering delights you could …