Kaleidoscope of a Stroke Survivor

When life is overshadowed by dark clouds of crisis one can realize that things could have been worse by being thankful for silver linings. Dr. George Jacob was born in Quilon now Kollam in Kerala India on October 6th 1965. He is the oldest of four children born to his parents the late Mr. E.V. Jacob a seafood exporter and Mrs. Elizabeth Jacob who was a lecturer in Zoology at St. Teresas College Cochin at that time. He passed MBBS from Medical College Kottayam Kerala India in 1990 and later M.S (General Surgery) from the same college in 1996. He then started his career as a surgeon in a busy Department of Surgical Gastroenterology which functioned in three major hospitals in the private sector in Cochin. Ten years later at 39 just as he was beginning to realize his passion as a surgeon he su ered a massive stroke that paralyzed the left side wreaking his surgical career in the process. This bolt from the blue necessitated change of vocation from that of a surgeon to that of an Intensivist in the Surgical ICU where he works as Senior Specialist. Having lost the sense of direction in life at least momentarily he took to writing. He found a new avenue to express himself through the unfamiliar world of letters exchanging his scalpel for the pen in the process. His new-found passion had him contribute in various sections of the national daily the New Indian Express.