Here is a breath of fresh air from the milieu of commercialism in healthcare. Pediatrician Dr. Sushama Bai, who retired from Medical College, Kottayam recently has donated a Rs.1 lakh worth centralized oxygen unit to the hospital.

This life-saving support system will help in the treatment of infants in the hospital. Earlier, the doctor had sponsored a TV set for the Pediatric ward.

There is a tragic side to her love of children. Her elder son, then a 9^th standard student, died when his head hit against a tree as he tried to snatch a last minute conversation with a friend from the window of the moving school bus.

Perhaps this memory has engraved in her heart a larger motherly love for the tiny patients under her care.

She suggests that the medical syllabus be modified to include the right approach and attitude a doctor should have towards the patients and citizen at large.

Daughter of schoolteachers, she had passed SSLC in 1962 with 14^th rank. She is now joining Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla as a Professor.

Courtesy: K.Tony Jose (text), Robert Vinod (photo), Sree, Malayala Manorama, June 23, 2002

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