This boy was likely to die soon, but he died yesterday - because of a doctor's arrogance, his unwillingness to seek a consult, his neglect to get a full and thorough history. Arrogance! We are clinicians, scientists. We observe time-honored procedures and analyses - that's how we are trained. And this is what happens when we subjugate that training to arrogance!
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About Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
Tirumalai S. Srivatsan.
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation