Down the memory Lane

Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 I was late to close my clinic on that day. I wanted to take an auto rickshaw at 9 P.M. to reach home quickly since the rest of my family was out of station. Luckily or unluckily, I got one auto just in front of my clinic. The driver […]

Volume 5 Issue 2 Feb 2015 The tour operator “Dr Shah, Dr Shah ….” Someone called me from behind while I was crossing the road. “Dr Shah, did you recognize me? … I am your patient Mr A … Please come to my office … I saw you from my office and so rushed behind […]

Volume 5 Issue 13 Jan 2015 A friendly Prank! “Sir, there was a phone call for you from the ward; Ramavtar is not well; he is vomiting since morning”, the OPD sister informed me in a hurried voice. “Oh, is it?” I quickly got up from my chair rushed out of the OPD and started […]

Volume 4 Issue 12 Dec 2014 BEFREINDING! “You bloody bast@#$%, what do you think of yourself? I know you give more attention and time to peopleof your Gujarati community and to other patients like us you cut short….. @#$% …. I won’t leave you …. Iam waiting outside the hospital gate for you to come […]

Volume 4 Issue 11 Nov 2014 LOST AND FOUND!! “What is your name?” I enquired. “Sharukh Khan”, he promptly replied with a smile on his face. “No, tell me your real name?” I asked him again to this young adolescent who was brought to our hospital by a police officer who found him wandering on […]

Volume 4 Issue 10 Oct 2014 A manic episode- a blessing in disguise! Suman was brought to our department by an attendant from an institute for the destitute women. About five years back she was admitted in institute by a social worker, being found on road in a dishevelled condition, not able to tell her […]

Volume 4 Issue 9 Sept 2014 Dare to include and not stigmatize! Seeta was asked to leave her B.Sc. nursing studies by the principal of nursing college as she had attempted ending her life. She was informed that according to some rules, if a student nurse attempts suicide during the course, she is not allowed […]

Volume 4 Issue 8 Aug 2014 ‘A SURPRISE RESCUE’ Ram, a 22-year-old, short and thin built, was admitted in the psychiatry ward with a diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia. On daily ward rounds, I used to see him and demonstrate various signs to the students and my colleagues with an air of confidence. I would move […]

Volume 4 Issue 7 July 2014 The faithful old client A person peeped into my consultation room and said: “I have brought a friend of mine for your consultation. Will you be able to see him today?” I could recognize the person as an old patient of mine treated for alcohol dependence and had remained […]

Volume 4 Issue 6 June, 2014 A young man, an old patient of mine treated for an acute psychotic episode, visited my clinic to give me his marriage invitation. He insisted that I attend his marriage. On asking him whether he has told the girl and her family about having had psychiatric treatment he said […]