I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI’ve always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America,
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.
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The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.
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I love to read poetry but I haven’t written anything that I’m willing to show anybody.
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I’ve always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America,
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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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The Country Doctor Revisited captures the trials and tribulations of medicine, but also the satisfaction and the extraordinary rewards that come to those who embrace such a practice.
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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
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The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?
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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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