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Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri

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๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€

In 1973, at the age of 17, I enrolled at Government Medical College Nagpur as a medical student. During weekends, Suhas Jajoo and I frequently commuted between Wardha, where our parents lived, and Nagpur, where our college was located. Our mode of travel? The third-class train compartments. Those berths were made of hard, bare wood, … Read more

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Dr. S. P. Kalantri

Physicianโ€“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 physicianโ€™s memoir
Architects
of
MGIMS
An Institutional History

Themes

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