Title: Dear People, with Love and Care, Your Doctors

Author: Debraj Shome and Aparna Govil Bhasker

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Genre: Non-Fiction

Source: Review copy

My rating: 4/5

My Take:

Dear People, with Love and Care, Your Doctors is a collection of emotional and heart touching experiences shared by Doctors and patients alike. In these 34 distinct stories, you will get to know an unseen side of Doctors that will surely change your perspectives towards them.

I felt the need for these stories to be told as assaulting doctors had been increasing in recent times. Recently two doctors were assaulted by the relatives of the patient who had died at the hospital in West Bengal which had triggered a seven days strike of Doctors for their safety and security.

Sometimes despite the best efforts, a Doctor may not be able to save a person’s life. Nothing could be done in such cases. This book has been written not to defend anyone but to regain the trust that is lacking in today’s Doctor-patient relationship and to maintain a healthy rapport.

But there are Doctors who have gone the extra mile in savings his/her patient’s life. Even after 15 years of her patient’s death, a Doctor still thinks of the possibilities, of the family she could have, of the career she could have.

Amidst the riot, there were Doctors who risked their lives to save a patient’s life. Another Doctor despite her ailing mother was reluctant to leave his clinic, giving full priority to his patients than his emotions.

Reading Manu’s story was inspirational. I don’t know that a hand transplant surgery is possible until reading this book. And Manu’s was India’s first-hand transplant surgery and the Doctors did it successfully. Stories like this create awareness on organ donation.

Like any other profession, the Medical profession also has both the positive and negative sides. While there are other sources including media are bringing the darker side of this profession to light. Here is a book that has brought the fragile and emotional side of the medical profession to our knowledge.

Overall, it’s an informative, emotional and a heartwarming read. I would recommend this book to everyone. All opinions are my own.

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