Saturdays and Sundays are invariably busier than weekdays for the nursing staff in our children’s ward. These two cases perfectly illustrate the weekend rhythm of our hospital. As the apex hospital of East Coast Railways, we are expected to deliver quality healthcare 24/7 across all broad disciplines—Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Anesthesia, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, and ENT.Continue reading “The Weekend Pediatrician”
Category Archives: Biography
KK- A Voice that will Echo forever
This is a poignant reflection on a journey that started with a typewriter and ended with a legacy. Here is the story of KK, rearranged to highlight the cinematic irony and emotional depth of his rise and final departure.
The doctor who refused to sign.
Francis Oldham Kelsey, was a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She refused to authorize *thalidomide* in USA because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug’s safety.
The old house by the river Kathjori
“As houses get bigger, families get smaller.”… _Anonymous Once upon a time, 4 of us, my siblings would share one bed with our mother. My father was posted in a different state. My mother and four of us would stay in an old house by the river Kathjori. We all would sleep in one largeContinue reading “The old house by the river Kathjori”
Age was just a number: John B Fenn
John B Fenn was 85 when he won the Nobel and his Nobel winning paper was written at the age of 74. John B Fenn was born in 1917. He was working in the Chemistry department of Yale University and retired in 1987 at 70. He thought he was fully active at 70. The UniversityContinue reading “Age was just a number: John B Fenn”
Dr Ramakanta's Ideas 