Amrita Kalantri joins MGIMS

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Dear all,

Well, I write this to share our joy. Amrita, our daughter, too has decided

to step into her father's *Quo vadis* and brother's shoes. Last week, the

results of the state and Sevagram PMT were published, and Amrita was

delighted to learn that the white apron and the Littmann would soon become a

part of her paraphernalia.

Amrita opted for medicine, but took her time to do that. Is it OK to spend

ten agonizingly long years getting that elusive MD, she mused? Is designing

a house a better trade than trying to ease the dis-eased, she pondered over?

Not an easy toss. Ultimately she listened to her heart and chose medicine. I

am not sure but she seems to have been inspired by Atul Gawande's wonderful

book, *Complications* that she had read last month. And we heaved a huge

sigh of relief! Atul Gawande incidentally is a US born and US raised young

surgeon and journalist (he writes a regular column for New York Times). His

recent book on the mistakes the doctors make has been very well received.

Amrita will join MGIMS where I teach, and will spend her formative years in

the same hospital where Bhavana and I work. Being a student in the same

institute where your parents work can have its own share of pluses and

minuses. Sevagram is a small village- our home is a five- minute walk from

the hospital - and children loathe their parents shadowing them or breathing

down their shoulders. We do hope that Amrita, like Ashwini did, will find

ways and means to acquire, and zealously guard, her identity.

Please shower your blessings on Amrita- please help her become a good

doctor.

Bhavana and SP

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SP Kalantri, MD, MPH

Department of Medicine

MGIMS

Sevagram | 442102 | Maharashtra | India

Phone: 91 - 7152 - 284134

Fax: 91 - 7152 - 284967

E-mail: sp.kalantri@...