Award Acceptance Speech This is a most cherished award- an award for pursuing research, which can be tough in the private sector with several competing demands on your time. There were many who believed I could and I am really grateful to each one who pushed me, stood by me and supported me, selflessly. […]
Champions Farmhouse Event Sunday dawned bright and sunny yet pleasant as the Champions trooped to a beautiful farmhouse at Chattarpur to have a fabulous time in each other’s company. FUN was the buzzword… Singing and dancing, Cricket, Kite flying, block building, painting or just basking in the sun! Thank you Manisha Kumar, Sushila Kasana Jainer, […]
Teej Celebrations at Max Hospital Patparganj….this is where the Breast Support Group blossomed 8 years ago and gave wings to the aspirations of many of these courageous Champions. COVID kept us away from each other for the longest that we have stayed apart but now it was time to come together to celebrate yet again, […]
I am often asked why does breast cancer happen? And the only honest answer I come up with is ‘I don’t know. There are risk factors but there is no absolute association of breast cancer with these risk factors! Not a very confidence inspiring answer but that is the reality. The truth is that in […]
My young colleague’s husband has started his career as a Surgical Oncologist and has started feeling the pressure of external ‘expectations’ His idealism is intact and he wants to offer his services with utmost integrity, empathy and skill. However, the world of touts and middlemen, take it upon themselves to paint a bleak future for […]
Yesterday, I got a call at 7.00 in the morning. It was from a city about a 100 kilometers from Delhi. The gentleman at the other end, in a panic stricken voice was saying that his mother who had undergone a breast removal surgery for a right breast cancer a week ago, had a bout […]
WOMEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES………….. I see a lot of lady patients in my practice since I deal with breast cancer and other breast-related conditions all the time. What has struck me as the rule rather than the exception, is that women don’t have a complete say in matters dealing with not […]
