A brillant mind, gone too soon...
Community Medicine Laboratory left side corner desk. I was seated in front of my laptop and was writing something. A young demure girl, all of 19 years walks in and stands near where I am seated. “Sir, I am interested in doing a research study. I approached my professor in General Medicine department, and they asked me to consult you regarding the study design”, she said and stood there. We started discussing her project on neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of early diabetic nephropathy. I told her to read up more and gave suggestions to refine her design and research tools. The very next day, the senior professor from General Medicine department meets me in the corridor and says, “Vijay, what did you say to that second-year student, she came running to me straight from you crying and said she never wants to go back to you again”. I was shocked that I had evoked that kind of a response. Sometimes unintentionally we intimidate people. I felt very bad that I had made that stud