Having faith
My usual list was cancelled today and I was asked to do another list. There was only one patient on the list who needed a general anaesthetic. She was an Continue Reading →
Category: Europe
Lakshmi’s first birthday party
I cannot say that spring has sprung anymore, because spring is well under way and today the temperature was in the low to mid twenties, which is almost ten degrees Continue Reading →
Old friends and weddings
Seetha was the only person I knew when I came to London in 1984. Although she was in the same class as me in pre- degree and shared the next Continue Reading →
Perfect life
‘Before Sunset’, a film starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, released in 2004. I watched it on a flight a few years back and remember enjoying it. It was a Continue Reading →
The Pope and Lakshmi
How did they get so close to Pope Frances? A one in a million chance. Isn’t it like winning the lottery? The question on most people’s lips when I showed Continue Reading →
Choosing Anaesthesia
Once in a while I join the tens of thousands of commuters for whom the daily grind into central London is part of their weekly routine. We live near the Continue Reading →
The Hippocratic Oath
The last time I was part of a ceremony where the oath was taken was at Kavitha’s graduation a few years ago. I wasn’t expecting it, so it came as Continue Reading →
Second childhood
It has been snowing since yesterday, only lightly though. It didn’t settle. Which is a pity, because Lakshmi came to spend the weekend with me and we could have had Continue Reading →
My poor cars
Once in a while on a Wednesday I am asked to do a private list at a hospital in Brentford. The journey is only 25 miles and should normally take Continue Reading →
Happy days
Recently I thought everyone had forgotten how to smile. Was it the dark and gloomy days that were to blame or was it something else? Sometimes it is easier just Continue Reading →
