The Power of presence : Stories from the field
The sun was shining brightly that day. As I walked in, I felt grateful for the sunshine in my life. Not just the one outside, …
Patient Stories
Caste is a determinant of survivorship in Cancer patients in India
Anil, Nandini, Mamta, Ajay and Shekhar (names changed) were all similar-grade osteosarcomas of the distal femur, treated by identical neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and …
Lean diabetes: Cellular Hunger amid surfeit of food
A 35-year-old lady, SB, weighing all 25 kgs and a Body mass index of around 12 walked into our outpatient clinic in a remote forest …
Silent cries
Silent cries-when one is denied hope He was lying on his side on a single-bedded cot in the corner of a dimly lit room facing …
A COVID- I C(are) U(nit)
‘Why would you do that to me? Why would you shift me to another ward?’, complained Keshav, a patient who was admitted in our COVID …
Reflections from the ICU- Tuberculosis and COVID-19
Cherwas belong to the adivasi community in India and are listed as a subcategory of Kanwars, a scheduled tribe as per the Indian Constitution. The …
The Defaulter
Dharamnath (Name has been changed), came to visit us on the first day of our sangwari clinic at Biniya in Lakhanpur block of Surguja district, …