Thread by @omlakhani

This is an amazing story. My father would be interested to know this

https://twitter.com/DrSrinivas_C/status/1309550697243836416

My father is a working professor of medicine. Been in academics all his life. Back in the day, he was very interested in neurology and took up DM Neurology in Mumbai

When he left for DM, he was already working as an Assistant Professor in a government medical college and he had to leave the job for obvious reason to join the DM course. We were living in staff quarters which we had to vacate.

The stipend paid during those days in residency was close to nil. He had little or no savings and most of his family did not have any resources to support his education and his young family. I was 1 year old at that time.

Without financial support, my father took the tough decision to leave his dream of becoming a DM Neurologist and instead left the residency at the end of 6 months and took his job as an Assistant professor back in Baroda

Sad, because if he has completed the course, he would have been the first qualified Neurologist of Gujarat.

He continued to teach neurology as a professor of medicine and inspired a number of his residents to take up DM neurology.

I am sure if he reads this, somewhere in his mind his desire to take up DM Neurology would be re-kindled. I don't think he will make the attempt to give an exam, but knowing him, I am sure the thought will cross his mind.

So thanks for this tweet. It made my day.