My Best Doctor

Dr Deepak K Jumani has been appointed as the Editor in Charge for Indian Medical Association Maharashtra State News Bullettin.”MAHIMA”

March 2010 was the inaugural issue

Pranaam to all my respected teachers, guiding guides and all the members of Indian Medical Association all across my state of Maharashtra.

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.   The root of all health is in the brain, The trunk of it is in emotion,  The branches and leaves are the body,  The flower of health blooms when all parts work together.  Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. Let your food be our medicine and not medicine our food. There are some remedies worse than the disease. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Hence in this inaugural issue of Mahima we are fortunate  to have Dr Pratiksha Das, a dynamic first preventive cardiologist of our country, as our Guest Editor. Her  crusade to support actively a non-invasive cardiac treatment as EECP {Enhanced External Counter pulsation}, which is safe, long lasting, affordable, non-medicated, out-patient & US FDA approved  evidence based treatment  for coronary artery disease, is commendable beyond time & space.

If you want to live, you must walk, if you want to live long , you must run. This is beautifully taught by the Rehabilitation team of Institute  of Preventive Cardiology Heart Care Centre as a package in their treatment  for coronary artery disease. Over the years, medical science has identified  all the primary systems of the human body, the circulatory, nervous, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary, endocrine immune system etc. but two other systems which are central to  the proper functioning  of a human being need to be emphasized. These are The healing system and the belief system. The two work together. To get the body in tone get the mind in tune and  at IPC Heart Care Centre there is  a awesome Yoga program customised to heal the mind, body and souls of the critically ill cardiac patients.
I am convinced beyond an iota of doubt that we have a splendid pharmacy inside us that is absolutely exquisite. It makes the right medicine , for the precise time, for the right target organ- with no side effects. Poor health is not caused by something you don’t have, its caused by disturbing something that you already have. Healthy is not something  that you need to get it, its something you have already if you don’t disturb  it. So Prevention and Wellness should be  implored upon by every physician and IPC Heart Care Centre excels in positively promoting the same. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age old struggle. There is a roar of crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other  said Dr Pratiksha Das who rose to every occasion to listening to her conscience to build IPC Heart Care Centre to such a magnitude which matchlessly makes her a daring Lady entrepreneur. So truly today life is either a daring adventure or nothing. After all one isn’t necessarily born with courage genes, but one is born with potential and Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.  It’s this  unique moral quality of Dr Pratiksha  which makes her irresistible to fly as high as to kiss the sky.

I have read and understood Dr Dean Ornish,  who hails  in Western World  and has successfully proved reversal of  the heart diseases with all his non invasive techniques and life style modifying  science. In India we have our Dr Pratiksha Das who trains and treats all her patients with similar in fact better scientific instruments  and has been splendidly successful in curing over 5000 patients in her passionate journey to heal  without a needle or scalpel. One  who has health has hope and one who has hope has everything . Every ailing heart’s  hope is  Dr Pratiksha Das.

The  reason why birds can fly and we can’t is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings. The air under our wings are the teachings of our teachers. One such teacher who is our best teacher who still continues to teach with undying zeal and passion is Dr O P Kapoor.  This year Dr O P Kapoor’s lectures shall begin at Birla Matushri  Auditorium from June onwards every Sunday morning. I feel that there are two types of teachers on this planet, One is Dr O P Kapoor and second are all the others. This should settle the debate if any, on who is the greatest teacher of all time.  Some are born with a silver spoon but my best teacher Dr O P Kapoor is born with teaching in his soul.

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice believes  Dr Bakulesh Mehta, our dearest, dynamic  president, who has vowed to turn every stone upturn to lift up, built and strengthen not only the pillars of IMA MS and make State office a self reliant and evergreen for ever.  The one thing which makes I assure our IMAites is that under the tenure of Dr Bakuleshbhai as  Pilot of our State Office all the branches  of our state shall flourish boundlessly.

In matters of style, swim with the current, but in matters of principle stand like a rock explained our versatile and dynaimic Hon State Secretary Dr Hozie Kapadia  whose innate qualities of integrity, commitment and consistency makes all of us feel really proud of him.

In this issue we have tried to emphasize the importance of non invasive treatments  for coronary artery disease,available for our patients and leading interventional cardiologists tell us woes of interventions. This leaves us with a cold choice between two alternatives. Our creator has given us five senses to help us survive the threats from the external world, and a sixth sense to survive the internal threats. Its how you spend your choice is all that matters.

Words fail me to express my wholehearted thanks to Dr Jayesh Lele , Dr Akil Contractor, Dr Suhas Pingale, Dr S K Joshi, Dr Ajoy Saha, Dr Prabhakaran Rao, Dr Anil Suchak, , Dr Niranjan Vaidya & our dearest President, Dr Bakulesh Mehta,  for their unconditional support and dependable commitment to  every little thing in making of this issue of MAHIMA, as they all believe that no one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of anyone else. After all  those who wish to sing always find a song.

With loads of love and light,

Dr Deepak K Jumani.