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DescriptionThe miracles and tragedies of life, the compassion and cruelties of humanityare nowhere more visible than in the field of medicine. It is these that KaveryNambisan-doctor and writer of immense sensitivity-explores in this memoir, drawing upon her work as a surgeon over four decades in rural and small-town India.Through her patients stories, she depicts the highs and lows of medical practice: Sudha, in Mokama, Bihar, left immobilized waist-down after being set on fire by herin-laws, but determined to walk; construction workers in Lonavala, Maharashtra, who preferred the quick-fix of the drip, so that they wouldnt miss their daily wage;four-year-old Pavana in the Anamallais, mauled by a leopard, who had to be drivenover 40 kilometres of gutted roads to the nearest hospital. And in contrast, the friendof a Tamil Nadu chief minister who could summon a doctor repeatedly, at will, toattend to her stubbed toe. Settled in Kodagu, Karnataka, after years of practice inhospitals, Kavery now works as a GP, and she writes about treating snake bites, skindiseases, tuberculosis, epileptic seizures and, lately, Covid-19; even as she helps someof her patients hide their meagre savings from alcoholic husbands.Throughout, Kavery also examines the evolution of medical practice and the stateof Indias public health; and weaves in episodes from her personal life: learning fromheroes and rogues, coming into her own as a surgeon, and nursing her husband, thepoet Vijay Nambisan, who was claimed by cancer.Engaging, incisive and deeply felt, A Luxury Called Health shows, as few books haveever done, the sincerity and the deception, the valour and the cowardice beneath thewhite coat.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Speaking Tiger Books
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