“Apna nalayak ladka god liye huai Layak Ladke se jab tak Achaa hota hei jab tak vo jaan ka Dushman na ban jaye”

Author : Dr K K Aggarwal , Padma Shri Awardee

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New Delhi, May 28, 2019 :

The Hippocratic oath said: “I will not use the knife, not even verily, on sufferers from stone, but I will give place to such as are craftsmen therein.”

Probably the description was for kidney stones of the GB stones. We know that kidney stones have been identified in Egyptian mummies.

The message was no prophylactic intervention unless life saving. This reminded me of an old saying “

अपना नालायक लड़का गोद लिएहुए लायक लड़के से जब तक अच्छा होता है जब तकवो जान का दुश्मन न बन जाये

or

Apna nalayak ladka god liye huai layak ladke se jab tak achaa hota hei jab tak vo jaan ka dushman na ban jaye.

This phrase is true for most situations: bypass surgery, GB stones, Kidney stones, hysterectomy, benign tumors. No surgery is risk free. Low risk surgery means risk up to 1% and also no anesthesia is risk free.

Also the hospital acquired infection rates in India vary from 2-12%.