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Man of medicine
bows to faith
DR. INDER Mohan Bhatia was born into a well-to-do
business family of Punjab. His father, elected Mayor of the
Amritsar Municipal Corporation a record number of times, had
a passion for serving the downtrodden, which his son inherited.
It influenced his decision to study medicine and he successfully
graduated from the Government Medical College in Amritsar in
1962. Four years later, a young man of 30 years, he had done his
Master of Surgery from AIIMS. His specialty was in dealing with
ocular trauma and he rose to head the study of that discipline in
AIIMS.
The doctor naturally imbibed a strong scientific background and
an utter faith in the existence of its immutable laws. Then in year
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