FOR a health system to work well it has to be embedded in the community. The family physician has an important role to play because of the rapport with patients. Most ailments can get resolved at this first stage without having to go to specialists.
Dr Vinod Shah, 74, spent a good part of his career working as a paediatric surgeon in the tribal areas of Rajasthan and Maharashtra. He then served as the Medical Director and than CEO of Emmanuel Hospitals and was based in Delhi.
Eager to reinvent himself, he returned to the Christian Medical College, Vellore to. . .
