A reflective poem tracing the journey from the dream of donning a white coat to the disillusionment within medical education — questioning what it truly means to heal. It explores the tension between ambition and compassion, calling for an education that nurtures both mind and heart.
Public health often feels abstract to medical students, yet it shapes whether people live with dignity or despair. This story reframes statistics as human struggles, urging us to see healthcare as fairness, not charity.
Across hospitals in India, infants and children with intersex variations are subjected to irreversible surgeries to “normalize” their bodies, without medical need, without consent, and with lifelong consequences.
In this personal narrative, the author explores the beneficial effects of undergoing gender sensitivity training in her daily practice of medicine and her role as a teacher, shaping the minds of medical students.




