She has consecrated her life with deep solemnity and dedication as a medico to her patients, true to the spirit portrayed in Hippocratic Oath. And mitigating the suffering at the patients was incidentally largely linked to her branch of specialization as she is an anesthesiologist.
Affable and kindly, Dr. Geeta Joshi always wears a smile on her face, unlike the image of medicos wearing a long face. Even her patients feel at ease to talk to her.
Having spent about 30 years as professor in anesthesiology and heading Pain and Palliative Medicine wing at the Gujarat Cancer Society Medical College Hospital and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, Dr. Geeta presently works as Chief Ex-ecutive Officer at the Community Oncology Centre (COC), Ahmedabad, run by the Gujarat Cancer Society.
At COC, she especially looks after cancer patients who need palliative medicines and care. “When I started studying....
