“I know nothing about orthopaedics or gynaecology, anything else is okay.” I said to K. He nodded and I took up his offer to work in Sitla, a village in Kumaon . Neither of us asked nor could answer the obvious question – what if I did get a patient of othopaedics or gynaecology. I… [ Continue Reading ]
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