He gave the doctor sitting in front of him a traumatised stare, and said to himself, “This cannot be happening”. As he absorbed the shock of the news that had just been delivered to him, a globule of sweat dribbled down his forehead. Dr Debraj Shome, a facial plastic surgeon and a cancer specialist, recalls it as the worst time of his life, three years ago, when he felt helpless for his father who had been diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. He couldn’t fathom how a 60-year-old former army man, who was also a professional body-builder, could be pronounced sick all of a sudden...............Read more

Source: The New Indian Express