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A Lumbar Pucture and a Standing Ovation

Bombay, 1975. The air was salty, the streets bustling, and a young doctor stood quietly outside the gates of St. George’s Hospital. Fresh out of internship at MGIMS, Sevagram, he had no roadmap for his future. Sevagram did not offer postgraduate training—its founder Dr. Sushila Nayar wanted her students to serve in villages. But government … Read more

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Dr. S. P. Kalantri

Physician–Teacher
MGIMS, Sevagram

Four decades of clinical practice, teaching, and writing at the crossroads of medicine, memory, and institutional history.

Books
Stetho
in
Sevagram
A physician’s memoir
Architects
of
MGIMS
An Institutional History

Themes

  • Ethics & Education
  • General Reflections
  • Heritage & History
  • Medical Practice
  • Personal Narratives
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