Reminiscences of Neurosurgery training at AIIMS, New Delhi

[...]the work schedule kept me busy round the clock and gave me a lot of confidence in dealing with serious patients. [...]in those early days, I learnt a lot from the dedicated commitment, team work, and teaching by personal example, of these outstanding neurosurgeons. [...]we were also exposed to neurosurgical decision making at a very early stage of our career, which is rarely the case in the training program of a present-day neurosurgical trainee. In the afternoon, Dr. Banerji used to visit the ward and the intensive care unit to check case records, progress notes, operation theatre notes, intensive care notes (as the intensive care unit was under the Neurosurgery department), and clinical findings in particular. [...]he taught me to be careful in the documentation of cases, which is essential for clinical research as well as for avoiding litigation in the present era.