What does it take to be a resident surgeon? On a sleepless night, drilling a hole into the head of a 55-year-old coma patient and the resultant theatre of blood and nerves, offered the answer
Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore. It was the second month of my residency programme in neurosurgery and I was struggling to stay afloat after being thrown into the deep end. I had barely returned to my hostel after 24 hours of rigour and the fleeting joy of changing into airy boxers was robbed by a phone call.
