tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55127699029730108582024-03-05T14:53:09.303-08:00a surgeon's talesthe surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-18904216398283579212013-05-29T02:40:00.000-07:002013-05-29T02:40:04.977-07:00Benefits of Red Wine ~ a surgeon’s viewpoint<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Batang, serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">As
a surgeon, lot of people keep asking me whether wine is good or bad for the
heart. Well, my instant reply is – <i>Depends on how much of it you are consuming </i></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><i>J</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Batang","serif";">Research
shows that Moderate Consumption of wine (i.e. 5-US-fluid-ounce
(150 ml) glass of wine per day for women and two glasses per day for men</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Batang, serif;">) is beneficial to health in terms of longevity and heart
health. But by that, as a surgeon, I am not advocating wine consumption,
rather, I’m advising ‘moderate consumption’ of wine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Batang, serif;">Personally, I prefer
to have red wine as it is known to have resveratrol, a substance known to be
good for heart health. Also, I prefer to have Indian wines. <b>Four Seasons Merlot</b> is one of the good
options in red wine that I have consumed in recent times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Batang, serif;">So, to sum up a
surgeon’s viewpoint – Have red wine and if you are from India, stick to Indian
brands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-17396871669260971332013-05-26T05:26:00.001-07:002013-05-28T10:38:05.993-07:00Medical Certificates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i>Issuing medical certificates is the one job which I hate the
most and being in the government hospital, I encounter these </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">every week</i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Government offices , school, college have an unwritten rule of accepting only government hospital issued medical
certificates, even though the person has received treatment at private
hospitals. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">There many types of people requesting medical certificates. </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First are the
people requesting for fake medical certificates. Government of India allows 7 fullpaid
and 7 half paid medical leaves which when not utilized are carried forward. They will shamelessly ask for medical certificates stating
that they are not ill but have some work. When denied their facial expression
suggest that you are high headed and
have no business to deny them medical leave which is their
right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Second are students who have missed their school or
college and to make up their attendance they need medical certificates. Some
of them have been treated by others and some candidly admit that they were on
vacation or were attending marriage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then there are ones who are medically fit to join their
duties after their illness but they think otherwise and want to extend the medical rest
period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Most dangerous one are those who want to skip a court date
and most of the time they will use other pretext for this.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then there are ones who who want</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> a medical fitness
certificate for joining job, school, or even going for amaranth yatraa and most
of them want in absentia without getting examined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How to refuse?</b> Simple
keep saying no and eventually you will develop a reputation of a non
cooperating doctor and people will stop coming to you and you have to refuse
less number.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have I given a medical certificate when it is not required?
<b>Yes I have</b>, sometimes it is difficult to refuse.</span></div>
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the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-77591789824318077662012-09-16T21:25:00.004-07:002012-09-17T09:59:30.324-07:00Quit Smoking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>oday I was talking to a patient who was operated for
carcinoma(or Cancer) of urinary bladder about a year back but required to be operated
again for a complication (strangulated parasternal hernia). He had a bad chest
infection which was contributed by smoking. Smoking is one of the cause of
bladder cancer and I clearly remember telling him to stop. I was upset and
asked him the reason for continuing to smoke. To this he replied that <i>as the
cancer is removed by operation so he thought he can smoke again</i>. I was amused
by his answer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>One is so addicted to nicotine that one is ready to suffer the
consequences rather than leave smoking.</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a Doctor and
surgeon I come across many patients whom
I advice to stop smoking. Only few really do. Smokers are in a denial mode. Quite a few of them will say that they have quit smoking. When one ask them for
how long, then for many the answer will be for only a few days. Smoking
increases the risk during operation and we advice them to avoid smoking
atleast a week before surgery. I have cancelled surgery for quite a number of
patients on finding them smoking in corridors of the hospital. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of my Professors used to get very upset about tobacco. Significant disfigurement is caused in
operation for oral cancer. When patient raise their concerns regarding that he
used to put the blame in straight words on them for consuming tobacoo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Smokers should pray
that if they are to have problem then it's better be a heart attack. Atleast they
would not suffer. Cancers, ischemia of limb are far worse. These cause prolonged sufferings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Better quit tobacco!!</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-634510541184203022012-06-22T10:33:00.000-07:002012-06-22T11:10:51.486-07:00Plight of paitents with chronic renal failure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chronic Renal Failure is the condition where kidneys stop
functioning because of a variety of conditions. At some stage these patients require
to undergo dialysis which is a procedure where the blood is purified of the
wastes products. Simply put, the job of the kidney is to be done by some
artificial means, which is known as dialysis. Haemodialysis is a form of dialysis where blood is purified by
machines. In order to do this, one requires to take the blood out of the arteries,
which goes to the dialysis machine, purified and sent back to the body via
veins. With the repeated puncture of veins for dialysis, blood
clot forms in the vein (thrombosis) and vein becomes unsuitable for further
procedures. Due to this, before commencing on dialysis, one makes an arterio
venous (AV) fistule(connecting the artery with the vein), which increases the
flow in the vein and makes it amenable to be repeatedly used for dialysis without
formation of clots.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> photograph - AV fistula performed by me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Very few government hospitals in Delhi provide this facility
for making AV fistule. Many of the lower socio economic strata patients cannot afford to get
the same procedure done at private hospitals, costing around Rs. 15, 000 to 20,000. Around 2 years ago, I started
providing this facility at my hospital for such patients. In the last one year, I have made AV fistule
for 70 odd patients and it has been a successful endeavor. My idea behind this attempt
is to provide some kind of relief to the patients and their families undergoing
dialysis. </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For the patients with chronic renal failure,
dialysis has to be done at given intervals which can range from one to three
times in a week. Patient has to be accompanied by atleast one
relative to the hospital for such sessions. So, both the patient and his/her
relative lose valuable time in each visit. Government hospitals in Delhi cannot accommodate all the patients for routine dialysis as the patient load is enormous. Hence after the stabilization of the condition of the patient, they are asked to get it done at private hospitals where each session costs 2000- 5000 Rs. Its results in financial strain to the entire family of the patient, with some patients telling me that they have sold
their property, land and even sometimes cattle (for rural patients) for getting
dialysis at private hospitals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The only other solution for renal failure is transplant, which
requires a donor (hard to find a match and costly). Plus there is also
recurring cost of Rs. 10,000 per month for medicines post transplant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On my part, I do this with the thought that I may be alleviating
some of these patients’ agony and contribute to lowering their financial
strain, since this procedure is free of cost my hospital.</span></div>
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</div>the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-55472657211299435422011-03-18T23:53:00.000-07:002011-03-18T23:58:51.502-07:00Anyone for.....<div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Baked Beans on Toast???</span></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15CFRXmWkZHB_PKWJV1z5ZvZh85w8BHnWGed48XLylWIs0hvjpvZyKHm6o1lVfb_Hz0TTWe5b2th-sBL0NeWvW4_h5vMJnSmzhmwCM_z5-DaS-3aaStN06JCH2MPjy2eKX2tppvbtnkI/s1600/PB261049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15CFRXmWkZHB_PKWJV1z5ZvZh85w8BHnWGed48XLylWIs0hvjpvZyKHm6o1lVfb_Hz0TTWe5b2th-sBL0NeWvW4_h5vMJnSmzhmwCM_z5-DaS-3aaStN06JCH2MPjy2eKX2tppvbtnkI/s400/PB261049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585681302127746626" /></a>wife loves this, I don't!!!...the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-74273559508036087112010-11-13T07:19:00.000-08:002010-11-13T07:32:17.747-08:00Weekend Breakfasts: time to chill!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zpQSs-chIpYx9Eb1-7QPr1U_6x0_FzTLfKbEWznUcGzdivVnjRwx5T0piHqhXebS4ew9e0TljGo-kTsjbzvbzsfykXP8kJfieujFDUNagMhwQwl2OzIWcYvDTT_IYCvo5si-pvysLn4/s1600/P9210824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zpQSs-chIpYx9Eb1-7QPr1U_6x0_FzTLfKbEWznUcGzdivVnjRwx5T0piHqhXebS4ew9e0TljGo-kTsjbzvbzsfykXP8kJfieujFDUNagMhwQwl2OzIWcYvDTT_IYCvo5si-pvysLn4/s400/P9210824.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539055318799892130" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Like any other working couple, only on weekends, do I and my wife have the time to enjoy proper & elaborate breakfasts...and she tries to innovate a lot during these two days and cook something different each weekend..and it is our time to chill and take it easy!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today it was half english breakfast..consisting of double egg fry, sauteed mushrooms, capsicums , tomato and toasted brown bread...</div><div>I loved it, so here's to a great weekend guys!!!</div>the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-39319601785226452302010-09-12T00:30:00.000-07:002010-09-12T00:53:52.613-07:00Amritsar : a Foodie Trip<div><br />Last fortnight, we went to Amritsar...great time spent having some delicious food and visiting olden Temple, Jalianwala Bagh & Wagah Border</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFUhiLwv5_EimKcWBgd5f_JFUVMyQb9yD0wBYRdnKXay647-DcoEzXPamjcW-RJfj2e-1EWyAEquHUmUcbjitYbmkUjx02L3-N3y3EjkkdAk0jgeceO99HxEUbFNk1AZzdvd7LWYMIfg/s1600/IMG_3654.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8PvIBEc0mW70J9jVzuIoBG735X5zAs50JlcevD_8dErtZwUIe5vEXl0Fj8bTqIDsqmJGS6Wm7hNWgcAAbln3hePX0NEiwUu4cPPGyGVrxNFFXTmm39vQPROVfSxfiC7uWG6c9a_hTyw/s400/IMG_3666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515927842900672306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_YuctJX-nYb7r8W-S6-pBx92VuG0Clg2jAKaW8kyYPmPh7ca3DBiZN21waqCcARJ30u_VUYD0QGKL1qYFUzgDpgDes4U4Z_ODmPbzlqhu_Xi2QIqcixmbcffc5Lj01Hsf79aR0_9-Oc/s1600/IMG_3673.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_YuctJX-nYb7r8W-S6-pBx92VuG0Clg2jAKaW8kyYPmPh7ca3DBiZN21waqCcARJ30u_VUYD0QGKL1qYFUzgDpgDes4U4Z_ODmPbzlqhu_Xi2QIqcixmbcffc5Lj01Hsf79aR0_9-Oc/s400/IMG_3673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515927148263084082" /></a>the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-34123599901560810572010-07-21T07:59:00.000-07:002010-07-21T08:33:19.418-07:00~our romantic monsoon getaway ~<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496377399049560978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjzPcxSYB9eaWsRaVIqiCVtdO6_KVJfZspsFofGF3MOQlMzB2JW8xFI4c5PiTlRdq4nSDg6SDcor0pRO2JbH_CpWYUKZLUoxxwkTh17HVFXMmrVgvp2rbTqtRh-G4vYaJv43axV8gE5y-/s400/IMG_3038.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496377872729049266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yvFtBf9a46MqnEhitT3ncwbWzPtSnz7prdyqmk8A5YF_dgN0hh39aOYQLjswNeSJX-ZLW4NaotLQvFhyphenhyphennCsYkx4p37D17lMzdKUvF6V6UrT6cf3_51EpfqANjw68XqNk93Ds1m5CkKhx/s400/IMG_3090.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496378713331883842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBUtL075DxkB5I0ehBPWdsHy_VnnwgTY9l-VRI_2MwUjwWkw1vyqiWBbO_1-W0t4_Psr0JE1btyxiRR_n27DD-Bktoj06hH4cP6lISJa91_PM09H1ajHNECv99tVntclJ_OGnQJduRClQ/s400/IMG_3111.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496379953217823714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KXiD-ggoAW47CKZFL1Iz6VH4_-rcjsI4mFzVmN-RMOtO0yNulr0tLBxBWLRgoTZa4dlXr5wcrXSl0c0OLiIwpY5twZTmfRyQbyd5JLTxhpShb4ctmoQXAmsYy2iWMQIiQr-JfiooZd0E/s400/IMG_3145.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496381196184293106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Hzk3vv2qvrDqr6GQtX8OrgXu77sFhzplkJdxF5h13SG4eYxteaJBRALICqMq64cAjSTE0P_FTXJJDaFuXrsfh450obtlzG-ssUhe3mMzy5Vu3ujvzKSIIN7V7qA_BBrZ2RwzsXAtfz_/s400/IMG_3236.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496381783684495970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtuQ1zgDImC7KK6xXbDgBphqmIJoy9V40L35qPuVZdhZvjPLTCByQJaKotuRH1hhVm1vmsPmWWsZeHho6WZ2LYvESquRrg_RVNG0ESCqcW8FdZGvfp1rD0rwfsYLddEADtJlDg24HYH4U/s400/IMG_3331.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496382699401883778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45q6vDZlfK1eKG7IqNyb4LzOEOLJgRPOqXTC6jw9Rxf-k1WxXtyZMP6uIyNM1SgWlGjXhkW8gYbRwsoyiMgvuvr_x7JkUfHsBm4FrauMXSxw3V9ovvlOpESnlMXdncGRVxBD3Qzbh8vfB/s400/IMG_3336.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">Recently, me (shooting star) and the husband (the surgeon), went off for a quick weekend getaway to neemrana fort palace, located in rajasthan 160 km from delhi.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">It turned out to be quite a romantic getaway for us!! and a nice break from both our respective work schedules.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-80647321062832008752010-06-26T01:25:00.000-07:002010-06-26T01:39:06.385-07:00my first book<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7kKaO5Y9lF8kXEb0GAQ_JVNZ5tizMK6sJbmB5WzDs0ygotehBBL-YE-wl5dcVq_6BECuQ0SkU9TZLjBoOTPkOSop-8DbgqHsBjHT75V5Ih2blS7_wTPQroy_1lGEnv-XeYRdtgdBAw4/s1600/Picture1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486998107325403426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7kKaO5Y9lF8kXEb0GAQ_JVNZ5tizMK6sJbmB5WzDs0ygotehBBL-YE-wl5dcVq_6BECuQ0SkU9TZLjBoOTPkOSop-8DbgqHsBjHT75V5Ih2blS7_wTPQroy_1lGEnv-XeYRdtgdBAw4/s400/Picture1.png" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WwpX5ihvqpMGPQqJ2ruex3IJ60VXyVafgxEfVe4y4vu0UYETxtsvX3V0rmlKZ-8bJhggAUtRvZlyQvIs_67OOj_n3bbONZ2RsLaqOz3ywa4cZBCnvakn1GahpbbtxKrGWqzSYXZ1G-E/s1600/Picture1.png"></a></p><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffcc00;"><strong>my first book, came out in mid - <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">January</span> this year.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffcc00;"><strong>I worked on it for more than 1 year , with a senior colleague and took most of my free time.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffcc00;"><strong>The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">book</span> is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">targeted</span> towards post graduate medical students, senior residents and grad medical students with surgical interests.</strong></span></div></div>the surgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167648882783290816noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-10153232910325498002010-01-16T07:29:00.000-08:002010-01-16T07:48:21.224-08:00of busy work schedules, family time, bone chilling winters and some celebrating....!!!<span style="color:#ffff33;">its been quite a while either me or the husband has posted here...the reasons being many...i for one have my own blog and two other blogs..and i write quite frequently, but here mostly i write about our life together...and i have been busy with lots of other stuff , which is not related to this blog..so u guys can track my life on those!!!..</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff33;">the husband on the other hand was busy with work.......he had winter vacations coming and before that there was lots of stuff to tie up at work, so he was in no frame of mind to post...</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff33;">plus we are having lots of family over during the holiday season, first it was my sis-in-law with her kids , then my in laws joined us!!...and after she n her kids left, we managed to convince our in-laws to extend their stay...its always nice having them over here!!!</span><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff33;">plus the horrible winters in Delhi this time, it was really really bone chilling, the only thing missing was snow...and I'm sure by 2-3 years, if the climatic change continues we'll have that too in Delhi!!!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff33;">in midst of all this, we ushered in the new year with lots of cakes n good food and celebrated my mum-in-law's birthday and my husband's birthday all in the month of January!!!!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff33;">all in all, quite a hectic social start to the new year!!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427364116470424498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdRZ1zNA2Rz_PqyGtUb9ZV92pDyOzstaofVY0zljZP-TeHiOOKRRATjp459E72fYtd-1fbImqVOFiOuWzhOEgVQNvxfzNH2lTqMxwyFjjr8MrzJULqOTiB_pj-PrVUUslgl-Ef2_oQ2Hq/s400/IMG_2205.JPG" border="0" /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-79717346288578322832009-09-21T09:21:00.002-07:002009-09-21T09:45:56.143-07:00an uninterrupted extended weekend...<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">whooooooof!!..wat a relaxing engaging and un-interrupted weekend this has been..... as i prepare to join office tomorrow....i ponder on the rare weekend we have spent..... </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">lemme explain...after marriage..i think there have been many times when we got three days weekend...but usually my hubby got energency duty on on of these days....so inspite of having holidays, he had to go to the hospital or atleast had to take rounds..... and for me that was frustrating, coz i had planned trips to nearby places..and which then had to be cancelled...so i had given up hope that he will ever be free on such an extended weekend... but this time, we did get uninterrupted three day weekend... </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and boy did we enjoy it....!!! </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">saturday was our shopping & eating out day......we went to cp ..looked around quite a bit into various shops..finally bought some nice saris for both our respective mums & then ate out at nice lounge bar that we were thinking of trying out for some time ..it turned out to be a nice experience..and i would recommend to anyone looking for good eating out options in cp..you can try out TAO , restaurant & lounge bar located in the inner circle....<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">sunday was sleep and booze day.......we slept off for most part of morning & after noon and in the evening stocked our fridge with lots of booze, mine was breezers and hubby went for beers..and had a nice evening at home having those!!!!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />monday was family & friends day..went to visit my parents...as usual mum had a delicious lunch prepared for us.....ate quite a lot!!!...and in the evening, hubby & me met up with one of his close friends, who's also a doctor after a long time..and he had a nice time chatting with him...and i had nice time having cold coffee..coz i never understand when two doctors have a chat!!.......its so out of my sphere!!!...so i had chosen the hangout place which was barista in khan market......and while the two chatted, i had a relaxing time, sipping my coffee and enjoying the ambience....<br />so cheers to the extended weekend!!!</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzrYs8xuYNbHQHbIQBvpv6XLClOBUtuIGLNYqM8M928axzC2kV3CDyogOvkXVh499c_BuhRI1sOFjAMraskbB2WIwMUahi6YU_a4kfS_HLHr1qD0GbNdilBvg469qxTi1KnEMfbTxVGNQ/s1600-h/usable-all-breezers.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383962308659937234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzrYs8xuYNbHQHbIQBvpv6XLClOBUtuIGLNYqM8M928axzC2kV3CDyogOvkXVh499c_BuhRI1sOFjAMraskbB2WIwMUahi6YU_a4kfS_HLHr1qD0GbNdilBvg469qxTi1KnEMfbTxVGNQ/s400/usable-all-breezers.gif" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-13909423107256435292009-09-09T07:47:00.000-07:002009-09-09T08:03:44.557-07:00sad story of a lady with breast cancer<div align="justify">this is about a lady , about 45 years old who came to the out patient department(OPD) , 2 days back accompanied with her husband. She was very thin and frail and she complained about lump in the left breast. at her age , lump in the breast rings a bell about being cancer. What was astonishing when i examined her, there was a large fungating mass which had occupied almost whole of her breast and any fool can tell from miles that this was cancer!!!</div><div align="justify">i have never seen a mass so large , my question to her was for how long she had this? and she replied that she noticed the lump about a year and half back!!...this answer raised an obvious question in my mind...what the hell was she doing for so long????????!!!</div><div align="justify">and with a sense of disgust i asked the same to her husband....and astonishingly he was bothered majorly with the fact that there was a foul smell which has has started coming out from the lesion since it had bursted out of the skin for about a month..after examination, i told her husband that the lesion seems to be cancer though it required confirmation and other investigation...and more apalling was the fact that he was concerned that the smell ahould stop coming from it!!!</div><div align="justify">this is a very sad situation...for me, for the society as well as for the poor lady......it speaks volumes on male mentality in our society....the lady who should have been brought out of concern for her health about a year back is being brought only coz her body has started smelling!!!.....</div>there is a classification where the tumor is staged into 4 stages according to the tumor (t1,t2,t3 &t4)..but i dunno what should we call this one...t10????!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512769902973010858.post-69378204584181209362009-08-30T08:56:00.000-07:002012-09-20T03:30:32.153-07:00i am = a surgeon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a surgeon.....and working at a huge 1500 bedded government facility...everyday i get hundreds (yes literally!!) patients from all stratas of society, but mostly people who are poor and below poverty line.....through my works i come across instances of hope , despair , happiness and determination and also some very interesting cases......</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I choose to pen down some of my interesting tales here....hope it raises some questions in your mind and also gives an insight to the other side of healthcare...</span></div>
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