Dr Kishore Bandagar

The conversations Indian doctors have in corridors — finally on record. 🎙️ Hosted by Dr. Kishore V B | Surgeon

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Australian hospitals handle violent incidents 10 times a day

Calmly. With a protocol called Code Grey. No headlines.

In India, the doctor stands alone.

Dr Pavan Patil (Karnataka Medical Council) on the new law nobody knows about
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[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

That is 50 years of surgery, distilled into 2 hours.
Full conversation on YouTube and Spotify 👇
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— Dr. Kishore V B
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[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

His final message. The one he repeats every time he speaks to young doctors.
"Do good things. Good things will come back to you."
Not tomorrow. Maybe next year. Maybe to your children.
But it comes back.

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Lesson 9/10
"Intuition is born out of years of experience."
"In the beginning it may not be there at all — and early on, it can even be dangerous."
Right intuition comes only after years of doing the work.
There are no shortcuts to that.

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Lesson 8/10
He operated on the Chairman of his own institution.
"The moment I started, I forgot who he was. Only thought: treat him, cure him."
4 hours. Three bullet wounds. A colon perforation nobody else found.
Forget who is on the table. Do the job.

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Lesson 7/10
"Empathy before surgery — yes. During surgery? Set it aside."
Anthony de Mello said it best: "If you see a hungry man and start crying, now there are two unhappy people. Feed him instead."
The doctor's job is not to feel the pain. It is to relieve it.

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Lesson 6/10
"Comparison is what makes people unhappy."
That batchmate with the bigger nursing home. The colleague earning more with the same qualification.
He never went there.
His satisfaction: watching his students prosper. No income, he said, can buy that.

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Lesson 5/10
At 50, he went for laparoscopy training.
Not one week. Not ten days.
One full month — hostel stay, summer heat, starting from scratch.
"Learning new things keeps you in. That urge never leaves me. Even now."

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Lesson 4/10
"The first 3-4 years after PG is the most critical learning period."
"Do not think you know everything. Do not do things somehow — do them methodically."
As a young surgeon, he once operated in complete darkness. Couldn't sleep for 3 days after.

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Lesson 3/10
I asked him: what separates a good surgeon from a truly great one?
His answer had nothing to do with technical skill.
"Genuine interest. Hard work. Sincerity. Honesty. If these four are there — you will make your name. In any speciality."

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Lesson 2/10
A PG student asked him on his third day:
"Which super-speciality gives the quickest income?"

He was deeply disappointed.
"Medicine is a calling. When I chose it, monetary gain was not in my mind at all."

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Lesson 1/10
His mother was widowed at 38 with six children and no income.
She collected cow dung from the streets to make rotis for them. She educated all six against every odd.
He said that is where he first understood what it means to give without expecting anything back.

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Dr. Ashok S. Godhi. Surgeon. 50 years. Still operating.
I sat with him for 2 hours and asked him everything.
10 lessons every doctor needs to hear. 🧵

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

The conversation I've wanted to have for a decade.
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If you're a doctor or medical student — this one's for you.
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[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

Dr. Ashok S. Godhi has been operating since before most of us finished school.
I sat with him for 2 hours on Episode 1 of drkishortalks.
He talked about struggle, what kept him going, and the one thing that separates a good surgeon from a great one.

[Dr Kishore Bandagar @drkishortalks]

A surgeon with 50 years in medicine told me —"If I was 18 today, I'd think twice about MBBS."I wasn't ready for what came next. 🧵