Watching cricket while your head was open
The patient always comes first, but to deny that doctors are human would be foolish. The last over of a […]
The Surgical Laugh
While laughter is said to be the best medicine, a recurring one, without rhyme or reason, might just be a
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The Surgical Dementia
Don’t say, ‘forget it!’ when you repeatedly forget. It demands brain imaging and some lab tests to see what’s messing
The Surgical Mother
All of us have a protective mother that nestles inside us. This Mother’s Day, we salute her resilience and valour.
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The Surgical Marriage
Why becoming a successful surgeon requires the same grit and dedication expected from a married couple, negotiating complexities of love and
The Surgical Chatter
When all’s not well, surgeons often rely on voices in their head, where ideas and uplifting thoughts are sometimes replaced
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The Surgical Caregiver
There’s a need to ‘recognise, celebrate and salute’ the untiring job of caregiving, which has become doubly challenging in the
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Leave it to the doctor to decide
While a patient may think they know what’s good for them, it’s our job to convince them that we know
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The Perfect Storm
Often we end up striving for perfection where excellence will do. Neurosurgeons learn this eventually on the operating table. We
What’s is your favourite bodily fluid?
That’s usually the question that dictates the speciality a surgeon chooses “I have these drops of liquid trickling from my