When surgeons go to war
After a brief surgical hiatus, a neurosurgeon walks into a COVID-19 battleground to experience the most impersonal but moving procedure […]
Practicing medicine over mobiles
Because time equals life for neurosurgeons, calls from the hospital mean the world must stop, the mind must jump start.
Because two heads are better than one
Traumatic brain injury surgery is staple for India’s neurosurgeons given our rash driving tradition and top spot in head injury
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Theatrical conversations
“Here is my MRI and it shows a brain tumour, for Christ’s sake. Why me?” implored Elton John, a visibly
There will be an answer, let it be
Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to do nothing. This is true for the Queen of England, and neurosurgeons
When doctors give up, but patients don’t
A man of science must surrender to strength of will and power of positive realisation if he is to be
Because it takes a virus to teach us compassion
Disease, death and shortage is bringing us closer to humaneness. But will kindness be trending when the storm has blown
Why surgeons should behave like comrades
How do doctors respond to the failure of other doctors? A debate with a lawyer friend about what to do
Lock-down luxuries
The phone rings. It’s the courier. “Sir, there is a Blue Dart consignment to be delivered at your home. It’ll
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Tackling a short circuit of the brain
Tanya was seven when she began to see sparks of violet in front of her eyes. “You’re watching too much