I woke up thinking about the family of 8 who passed away in the Malviyanagar hotel fire. Recently read that the elderly person who was admitted at Max Saket has also passed away in ICU. Imagine his last moments, not being able to understand why his family suddenly stopped visiting him. In his last moments, thinking they abandoned him because of his sickness.
An entire family gone. Home that will never see those people again. Clothes and food left at the house never to be touched again. Friends never seeing the kids at school.
Life is too short ❤️🩹
#malviyanagarfire
There’s a person somewhere who still cuts flowers from their garden
and puts them in a glass on the kitchen table.
Not for guests.
Not for social media.
Just because life feels better when something beautiful is nearby.
What happened to this child is heartbreaking, and if medical negligence occurred, it must be thoroughly investigated. My thoughts and prayers are with the patient and her family.
However, using this tragedy to spread misinformation about a surgeon's training and to attack all international medical graduates (IMGs) is both dishonest and irresponsible.
The surgeon in question, Dr. Ashok Muralidaran, did not simply graduate from medical school in India and immediately begin operating on children in the United States. He completed:
• Surgical residency at Maimonides Medical Center in New York
• Thoracic Surgery fellowship at Yale University/Yale New Haven Hospital
• Pediatric & Congenital Cardiac Surgery fellowship at Stanford University
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery certification
• Additional subspecialty board certification in Congenital Cardiac Surgery
That's well over a decade of rigorous postgraduate training in some of the most respected institutions in the United States. Every step involved examinations, evaluations, credentialing, and oversight by American training and licensing bodies.
Equally misleading is the statement that a person needs only 40% to pass exam in India, which is an F in the U.S." Academic grading systems vary across countries and cannot be compared in such a simplistic manner. Moreover, physicians who train and practice in the United States must pass standardized licensing examinations, complete accredited residency and fellowship programs, and meet the same professional standards as every other physician.
If mistakes were made in this case, they should be investigated based on facts, evidence, and expert review, not race, nationality, or where someone attended medical school decades ago.
One tragic outcome does not invalidate an entire career, nor does it justify smearing the hundreds of thousands of international medical graduates who care for millions of Americans every day. Many of these physicians serve rural and underserved communities where healthcare access would otherwise be severely limited.
Don't use a family's tragedy to push an anti-immigrant agenda. Demand accountability where warranted, but do so with facts, not prejudice and misinformation.
I think the new trend will be disappearing into a life of offline solitude, rather than oversharing your entire life in a desire to be a famous influencer