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Back to a laugh-filled life...

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Patients are the best teachers - The Human Spirit...

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"Why Did You Save Me?" - 3...

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“Why Did You Save Me?" - 1...

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A Ringside Seat - 3 Dr.Ravin L. Thatte...

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Leader of the Team - 11...

 Leader of the Team - 11 Dr.V.N.Shrikhande  Sometimes the unexpected happens as this story will show....Read More

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Leader of the Team - 10...

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Leader of the Team - 3...

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Case of the Missing Limb...

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My Cancer Has Brought Prosperity...

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DEALING WITH A CELEBRITY - 5...

 DEALING WITH A CELEBRITY - 5  DR A.G. Phadke During the period I have been involved in transplant surgery (10 yea...Read More

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DEALING WITH A CELEBRITY - 3 ...

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Dealing with a Celebrity 2...

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Dealing with a Celebrity 1...

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A Matter of Destiny - 5...

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My Story - 15...

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MY STORY - 10...

  MY STORY - 10 DR SHANTILAL J. MEHTA   I still remember vividly the 1944 dock explosion. I was in my house which was seven miles away from the ship whi...Read More

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MY STORY - 4...

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MY STORY - 2...

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The Moment of Truth - 2...

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH - 2 By DR C.V. MEHENDALE Each plastic surgical problem has something that mak...Read More

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The Moment of Truth - 1...

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH By DR C.V. MEHENDALE The first case in one's private practice is always exce...Read More

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MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? - 13...

MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? - 13 DR R.D. LELE What? No Medicine? ...Read More

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MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? - 12...

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MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? - 11...

MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? - 11 DR R.D. LELE Mantra for Scorpion...Read More

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MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? - 10...

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MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? 9...

MANTRA FOR SCORPION STING? 9 DR R.D. LELE And now let me come to a few anecdotes relating to my ...Read More

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CANCER CAN BE FOUGHT...

CANCER CAN BE FOUGHT DR N.S. LAUD This is a personal story, but it is told so that cancer patien...Read More

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FATAL ATTRACTION 6...

FATAL ATTRACTION 6 DR P.P. KARNIK Here's another incident that I cannot forget. A young man walk...Read More

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FATAL ATTRACTION 5...

 FATAL ATTRACTION 5 DR P.P. KARNIK  Many people do not reali...Read More

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Fatal Attraction -3...

 FATAL ATTRACTION 3 DR P.P. KARNIK  Sometimes destiny plays ...Read More

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Fatal Attraction -2...

 FATAL ATTRACTION - 2 DR P.P. KARNIK There are moments of fun, even hilarity, even within the grim p...Read More

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Fatal Attraction -1...

FATAL ATTRACTION - 1 DR P.P. KARNIK When I was a Resident Medical Officer in ENT-OPD (Outpatient...Read More

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THE LIMITS OF SURGERY 2...

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THE LIMITS OF SURGERY 1...

THE LIMITS OF SURGERY 1 DR R.H. KARMARKAR I did not hesitate to accede to the request made by the...Read More

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BEHIND THE CURTAIN 7...

 BEHIND THE CURTAIN 7 DR SATEESH R. GUPTE  When music is played in the theatre, we take ca...Read More

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BEHIND THE CURTAIN 6...

BEHIND THE CURTAIN 6 DR SATEESH R. GUPTE At the Bombay Hospital, we have a big surgical list once...Read More

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BEHIND THE CURTAIN 5...

 BEHIND THE CURTAIN 5 DR SATEESH R. GUPTE  In the hospital in England where I was working, a new...Read More

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BEHIND THE CURTAIN 4...

BEHIND THE CURTAIN 4 DR SATEESH R. GUPTE  My uncle was a general practitioner in Bombay. His elder daught...Read More

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PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE - 3...

PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE - 3 DR PRAFUL DESAI On a hot, sultry October evening, way back in 1968, I had just about completed the clinic patients when three brothers walked i...Read More

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PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE - 2...

PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE - 2 DR PRAFUL DESAI  Having spent nearly 3 and half decades - the best part of my life - in the diagnosis and management of cancer, one mig...Read More

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LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 6...

LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 6 DR SUBHASH J. DALAL  Experience has made me wise and ...Read More

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LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 5...

LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 5 DR SUBHASH J. DALAL To me, every inadvertent death represents a profound failure, a dreadful reminder of personal inadequacy and yet I shal...Read More

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LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 3...

LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 3 DR SUBHASH J. DALAL  Whoever says poverty and illiteracy are barrier...Read More

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LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 2...

LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 2 DR SUBHASH J. DALAL There comes a time in the life of every surgeon or anaesthesiologist, when suddenly out of the blue, he encounters the deat...Read More

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LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 1...

LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE - 1 DR SUBHASH J. DALAL For a child, parents are a constant source of love, affection and joy. They can inculcate qualities like courage and honesty in the...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 10...

THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 10 DR H.L. CHULANI Doctors have a moral code. Secrets which patients reveal during histor...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 9...

THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 9 DR H.L. CHULANI Over the years generally a doctor becomes immune to the sights of disea...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 6 ...

  THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 6 DR H.L. CHULANI   Rarely do things get left in various body cavities...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 5...

THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 5 DR H.L. CHULANI Let me take you back to the lighter side of medic...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 4...

 THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 4 DR H.L. CHULANI Normally, when a patient does not recover, he either...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 3...

 THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 3 DR H.L. CHULANI  Human perseverance is legendary. Mr. Sheikh from Hyderabad had an anal fistula. An anal fistula is an opening close to...Read More

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THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 2 ...

THE PASSAGE OF THE DENTURES - 2 DR H.L. CHULANI  It is generally believed that most doctors lead a dull boring and unexciting life. This is not really so. Let me ...Read More

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THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 6...

THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 6 By Dr.K.V.Chaubal Faith, more than reason, brought Mrs Nigam to me. I h...Read More

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THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 5...

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THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 4...

 THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 4 By Dr.K.V.Chaubal   "Gargi is just ten”-The mother, ...Read More

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THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 3...

THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 3 By Dr.K.V.Chaubal  How are you, Mrs Dubhash? Any problem?", I greet the pa...Read More

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THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 2 ...

THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE - 2 By Dr.K.V.Chaubal I am convinced no surgeon could be a good surgeon unless he has an ego-but he would remain so only when he learns to shed it...Read More

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TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 5...

TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 5DR.S.N.BHAGWATI    A young man of 26, Vilas was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Bombay Hospital, having fallen from...Read More

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TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 3...

TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 3   DR.S.N.BHAGWATI    Dr Dube, a young surgeon of 32 years was experiencing giddiness, unsteadiness and headach...Read More

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TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 2...

 TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 2 DR.S.N.BHAGWATI Dr Ramdas had just come back from United Kingdom having completed his...Read More

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TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 1...

TO LOVE IS TO HELP LIVE - 1 DR.S.N.BHAGWATI Gita was a very vivacious and lively girl, full of ze...Read More

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 15...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 14...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 13...

A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 13 DR A.V. BAVDEKAR Mirza is a great comedian both on stage and on the celluloi...Read More

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 12...

 A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 12 DR A.V. BAVDEKAR Maya Ambardekar was a young girl of 15; she ...Read More

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 11...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 10...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 9...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 8...

A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 8 DR A.V. BAVDEKAR    I came to know Shri Bhalji Pendharkar through my wife, whose family ...Read More

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 7...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 6...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 5...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 4...

  A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 4 DR A.V. BAVDEKAR  I met Baba Amte for the first time at a social gathering (mitra melava) which is an annual event at hi...Read More

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK! - 3...

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A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK ! - 2 ...

A PATIENT IS A LIVING TEXT BOOK !  - 2 DR A.V. BAVDEKAR Every patient has been my living textbook. I have learnt much from my patients. I still keep on learning. A...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA(9)...

 DOCTOR'S DILEMMA(9) DR RAVI BAPAT I enjoy treating geriatric patients. One has to understand their ...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (8)...

DOCTOR'S DILEMMA(8) DR RAVI BAPAT  It is a common observation that an apprehensive, unwilling patient...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (7)...

  DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (7)DR RAVI BAPAT   Another case concerns a wealthy businessman, Mr J. Our experience in a general hospital is that rich people tend to believe t...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (6)...

DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (6) DR RAVI BAPAT   I have always felt that half the battle is won when a p...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (5)...

 DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (5) DR RAVI BAPAT Sometimes a physician ends up as the victim of media sensational...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (4)...

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (3)...

DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (3) DR RAVI BAPAT   A physician sometimes succumbs to pressures as a result ...Read More

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DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (2)...

DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (2) DR RAVI BAPAT   An event that is etched firmly in my memory is the case of Draupadi—a housewife with a child 11-months old—...Read More

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A Matter of Faith (11)...

 A MATTER OF FAITH (11) DR N.H. ANTIA As a recently qualified surgeon and Resident Surgical Officer at the Preston...Read More

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A Matter of Faith (10)...

A MATTER OF FAITH (10) DR N.H. ANTIA  Sometime in the early sixties, Dr Satyaprakash from the Snowdo...Read More

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A Matter of Faith (9)...

 A MATTER OF FAITH (9) DR N.H. ANTIA Way back in 1960. I was invited to Qatar to perform some plastic surgery proc...Read More

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A Matter of Faith (8)...

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A Matter of Faith (7)...

 A MATTER OF FAITH (7) DR N.H. ANTIA Dahisar was a small village about 11 miles from Bombay-Pune Road where I used...Read More

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A Matter of Faith (5)...

A MATTER OF FAITH (5) DR N.H. ANTIA As a young schoolboy in Thane, the monthly visit of Dr Moos to our home was an...Read More

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TO ERR IS HUMAN (6)...

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TO ERR IS HUMAN (5)...

  TO ERR IS HUMAN (5) DR G.S. AMBARDEKAR   In the early fifties, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, one of India's distinguished vocalists had to undergo a ...Read More

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To Err is Human (2)...

 To Err is Human (2) by Dr.G.S.AMBARDEKAR My first s...Read More

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THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (5)...

THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (5) DR V.S. AJGAONKAR Ramesh Kumar has a unique, place in the annals of Thalassemia histo...Read More

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THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (4)...

 THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (4) DR V.S. AJGAONKAR I have, in my practice, come across even kids who hav...Read More

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The Red Badge of Bravery (3)...

THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (3) DR V.S. AJGAONKAR    Heroic deeds and a fighting spirit are not confined to battlefields. Such deeds can be witnessed even...Read More

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THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (2)...

  THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (2) DR V.S. AJGAONKAR I will now relate a touching experience which brings out the inherent goodness in doctors.   I was...Read More

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The Red Badge of Bravery (1)...

THE RED BADGE OF BRAVERY (1) DR V.S. AJGAONKAR In a life time of medical practice, a physician ha...Read More

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The gift of Ayurveda...

Guest Story I am an ayurvedic doctor and recently i came across a case of a patient who was suffering from a fungal infection above his knee area,his leg had been ampu...Read More

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Melancholic ...

Guest Story, That was the worst day of my life. Incidents like this lowers our self esteem. I tried my best but was unable to save the mother at the time of her delivery. Her condit...Read More

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Assumptions aren't always accurate...

My uncle is an E.N.T Onco Surgeon and he has always been a friend to me.Whenever I engage in a conversation with him I lose track of time because he always has so many interesting things to tal...Read More