Navigating Neurosurgery into an Optimal Future

First of all, let me congratulate Dr. Sanjay Behari, the erstwhile Editor of this journal to bring it to its present state of excellence and wish Dr. P. Sarat Chandra who is taking over this onerous responsibility to take it to greater heights. During the whole exercise from the diagnosis to the operation and the postoperation period, the type of facilities that were used were mostly not available at the time I ended my neurosurgical career, and certainly not available to Cushing, Penfield, Dandy, or even to Jules Hardy, one of the later neuropioneers of neurosurgery. [...]the ready availability of CT and MR scan, image-guided support, endoscopy, high magnification microscope, and an ultra-fine array of instruments no doubt helped make surgery safe. [...]during the Institute Review Committee headed by Dr. S.J. Mehta, I was questioned whether it was justified in operating under the then prevailing conditions at the Institute.