It was the first half of the 20 century. Joseph Murray, a plastic surgeon, had just returned from the World War II. Back in Boston, he overheard some of his colleagues in general and vascular surgery talking about organ transplantation. Was it possible to transfer organs from one person to another? A human had two […]
Category: Guts and Glory
Me- Male Chauvinist Pig
Saranya really interested me during third year. A few girls who were her followers orbited around her in perpetuity. I followed her around for a bit, and she seemed to tolerate me. I felt grateful, for she was very intelligent and beautiful. Many said she was dominating, and combative. ”She hates men” someone told me. […]
The Encounter with the Scourge.
“Go to the ID ward. There is a lymph node biopsy” The Senior Resident ordered. I was the second year Resident. It was the year 2000. A small jolt of dread colored my mind. ‘ID Ward’. People talk about it in whispers, in JIPMER. It was the medicine men who go there. We surgeons did […]
The Encounter with the Scourge.
“Go to the ID ward. There is a lymph node biopsy” The Senior Resident ordered. I was the second year Resident. It was the year 2000. A small jolt of dread colored my mind. ‘ID Ward’. People talk about it in whispers, in JIPMER. It was the medicine men who go there. We surgeons did […]
Dancing with bombs- The End.
“Mohammed Khan is dead”- Manu said. Manu was the person who got the first pair of hands that were ever transplanted from a dead human to another in India. Now, he worked as a transplant assistant, helping in the rehabilitation of patients operated by us. He was in contact with Mohammed and his family, who […]