And while on the subject, let me sing a song of praise to our own pediatrician in Goa, Dr Lilly Sequeira-Sukhija (some may know her as the daughter of the late Jack de Sequeira, and wife of Mr Sukhija who runs the Panjim Inn, if I got my names right).
Not for nothing is she popular among so many parents in Goa. She has brought up a generation of kids (as has Dr O Nazareth in Mapusa, another well-appreciated doctor.) Dr Lilly talks to young mothers as if she was their mother-in-law. In a very firm but friendly manner. "You're mad or what?" she would sometimes ask an overly-worried mother, in a simultaneously familar and friendly manner, immediately putting her fears to rest, when a child is struck by a routine monsoonal or change-of-weather ailment. She's the last one to push that does of now-fashionable antibiotics or unnecessary vaccines on her young patients. Before prescribing medicines, she first asks the parents what they have with them at home. This is strange, at a time when a growing number of doctors seem to want to ensure that the pharma business keeps in business. Doing good business. Talking about paediatricians, our own Dr Jose Colaco is there. But one has never had the chance to consult him, since he is sitting half-way around the world. Or maybe, I am. --FN On 19/08/06, Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to my wife, our child has not yet seen a > pediatrician. Maybe were are just lucky. However, my > wife also says that the norm here in Canada is to see > a family doctor first....-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
