At 56, half of my life on this Earth has been spent as a railway doctor. Every thing that can happen in a Railway hospital has already happened to me in those 28 long years. There’s no more expectation, nothing new. The standard Tom, Dick, Harry and Harry, Dick, Tom things. At least that’s whatContinue reading “The Case of Heart attack inside a running train”
Category Archives: Biography
The Four Ashrams of a Doctor’s Life
What constitutes a Good Life ?Our scriptures divide our life into 4 stages: The four Ashrams. They are the Brahmacharya, Garhasthya, Vanaprasth and Sanyas. Ancient Indians will complete their life cycle religiously in these four life stages. I have been fortunate enough to be born in Cuttack, the educational hub of this part of IndiaContinue reading “The Four Ashrams of a Doctor’s Life”
The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora
Rishi Sunak’s paternal grandfather was a British Indian African from Kenya. His grandparents from mother’s side were British Indian African from Tanzania. Both of these grandparents had to leave Africa to UK in the 1970s so that Yashvir a doctor of Punjabi British Indian African Citizen originally migrated from Kenya met Usha a qualified pharmacistContinue reading “The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora”
The Koch-Pasteur Rivalry
Robert Koch is credited with the discovery of the Koch’s Postulate. Then he went on to discover the Anthrax bacillus, Vibrio Cholera and of course the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. It should be taken as the greatest medical achievement of all time. He was awarded the 1905 Nobel prize for his seminal work. What is so greatContinue reading “The Koch-Pasteur Rivalry”
The Grief Cycle.
[ Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is a Swiss Psychiatrist. Here I have tried to illustrate one of her complex psyche theory from her famous treatise ‘Death and Dying’ with an autobiographical example ] – Ramakanta Mahapatra It was a December night, 18 years ago. I was on duty at the hospital that night. In the morningContinue reading “The Grief Cycle.”
Dr Ramakanta's Ideas 