Today at our college, Rabindra Nath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur, we had a seminar with Prof. Dr. V.N. Shrikhande of Bombay Hospital, FRCS from England and Edingurgh and formerly a professor at Grant Medical College, Mumbai as the speaker.. He is a general surgeon and by choice practices Gastro-intestinal and specifically Hepato-billiary and pancreatic surgery.. He is renowned world over.. He delivered a lecture today on "Success in Professional Careers, boon or bane"..
The thoughts were really enlightening.. I was amused at the way he spoke and earned everybody's favor.. He described the components of success as, physiological, physical, material, identity and status.. He said that even after having all this there is a feeling of emptiness inside.. Then he told us to go into the cause of doing what we do and try to check if it is worthy..
He gave an example where about 50 years back when much facilities weren't available he had a young patient who required operation to save his life.. But those days surgeries carried high risk of contraction of infections, consequently leading to death.. And the relatives of the patient said that they would agree to let him be operated only if he doesn't die after surgery.. Legally Dr. Shrikhande could have got the signature of the relative, not agreeing to operation and could have let the nature take course but ethically he felt that it was incorrect.. So he decided to operate upon and the surgery was successful.. He says that any thing done with good intention always pays off..
Dr. Shrikhande was the one who had operated upon Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma's hernia when all other doctors had refused owing to high risk.. He successfully operated him..
He says that people must have their conviction, belief in themselves and their own abilities..
He says imagination is the key to find solutions.. He gave an example where once his son had asked him that in heart attacks if the garbage gets accumulated in the pipes (blood vessels) why don't people clean it with a brush.. And this is what we call today, "Angioplasty"..
He cited that when he first went into an operation theatre, a senior surgeon was shouting and the patient was panicking.. He says that, that day he decided that he will never shout or get angry..
He says that in the same manner as we never forget to keep control over the brake while driving, similarly if we try and keep control over the brake on our brain we will never get angry..
And one won't believe, that Dr. Shrikhande was an average student and one teacher in his medical college had even told him to leave medicine.. The same teacher called him one day and asked if he could see him operate once..
After today's lecture there was a feeling of pride and I felt extremely privileged to be a part of a profession where we get to interact so closely with such souls and minds..
The thoughts were really enlightening.. I was amused at the way he spoke and earned everybody's favor.. He described the components of success as, physiological, physical, material, identity and status.. He said that even after having all this there is a feeling of emptiness inside.. Then he told us to go into the cause of doing what we do and try to check if it is worthy..
He gave an example where about 50 years back when much facilities weren't available he had a young patient who required operation to save his life.. But those days surgeries carried high risk of contraction of infections, consequently leading to death.. And the relatives of the patient said that they would agree to let him be operated only if he doesn't die after surgery.. Legally Dr. Shrikhande could have got the signature of the relative, not agreeing to operation and could have let the nature take course but ethically he felt that it was incorrect.. So he decided to operate upon and the surgery was successful.. He says that any thing done with good intention always pays off..
Dr. Shrikhande was the one who had operated upon Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma's hernia when all other doctors had refused owing to high risk.. He successfully operated him..
He says that people must have their conviction, belief in themselves and their own abilities..
He says imagination is the key to find solutions.. He gave an example where once his son had asked him that in heart attacks if the garbage gets accumulated in the pipes (blood vessels) why don't people clean it with a brush.. And this is what we call today, "Angioplasty"..
He cited that when he first went into an operation theatre, a senior surgeon was shouting and the patient was panicking.. He says that, that day he decided that he will never shout or get angry..
He says that in the same manner as we never forget to keep control over the brake while driving, similarly if we try and keep control over the brake on our brain we will never get angry..
And one won't believe, that Dr. Shrikhande was an average student and one teacher in his medical college had even told him to leave medicine.. The same teacher called him one day and asked if he could see him operate once..
