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Leader of the Team - 9

Leader of the Team - 9 

 Dr.V.N.Shrikhande

Displayed in my clinic are these thoughts:

* In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

* There are ways and ways to do things.

To do

Simple things in a simple way

Simple things in a complicated way

Complicated problems in a complicated way and

Complicated problems in a simple way.

I think the purpose of science and philosophy is to simplify. Specialists are often accused of doing simple things in a complicated way, which of course, is not true, though some may resort to these tricks in impress observers. In a developing country like India, we must learn to simplify things so that surgeons in small clinics in small towns know how to handle cases when the necessary infrastructure is not available.
 
Compilation of professional reminiscences of specialists - edited by M.V.Kamath and Dr.Rekha Karmarkar