The surgical wish
A surgeon recounts a poignant journey of a patient with terminal brain cancer, her resilience and profound acceptance of mortality,
The eighth nerve
“Nothing is coming,” Aaftab said in broken English, tapping on his ear and shaking his hand to denote his loss
The surgical battlefield
The spine doesn’t just support you – it bears your pain and helps you dance again There was no war,
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The seventh nerve
Hema flew down from Srinagar to see me. She was drop-dead gorgeous: flawless skin, impeccably symmetrical eyebrows, expressive dark brown
The surgical centre
In surgery, and in life, it all comes down to protecting the centre. Everything revolves around a centre. The earth
The sixth nerve
“My eyes are playing a cruel joke on me, doc,” Ronnie, a portly gentleman in his early fifties, lamented as
The surgical ominousness
Sometimes the scans look innocent, but a doctor’s gut says otherwise. The dilemma: Do we stand by that intuition or
The Surgical God
Sometimes, during a crisis, we need to remember that when we bleed, we all have the same blood Christ, the
The surgical therapist
Doctors rarely have the time for the emotional aspect of medicine but often, it’s what gives patients succour Zane walked
The Fourth Nerve
“Doc, I think my eyes are playing tricks on me,” declared Vikram, a lanky seventeen-year-old who looked like he’d rather