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A Doctor Who Decides to Leave Security Behind to Do a Stint in Motihari, Bihar, is as Rare as She is Worthy of Readers for This Book. It is a Scintillating Account of Her Experience and of the Highs and Lows That Come With the Challenge of Improving a Mismanaged Medical System. An Inspiring Book-Kavery Nambisan Public Health in India, Especially Maternal and Child Healthcare, Has Suffered from a Long History of Neglect and Mismanagement. In Addition, The Rate of Infant and Maternal Mortality Are the Highest in the State of Bihar. These Two Facts Motivated Dr Taru Jindal, A Gynaecologist from Mumbai, to Work in Motihari District Hospital in Bihar With The Mandate to Train Obstetricians in the Latest Surgical and Patient Care Skills. but Instead She Saw That the Doctors Rarely Attended to the Pregnant Women, Basic Medical Equipment Was Unavailable, Relatives Crowded the Operation Theatres and Biomedical Waste Lay in the Open Right Next to the Labour Room. The Same Cruel Pattern Played Out in the isolated Village of Masarhi in Patna Where She Later Managed a Public Health Facility. A Lack of Access Made the Villagers Wary of This Doctor Who Prescribed Blood Tests and Managed Deliveries Using Forceps. and an Added Layer of Caste Exacerbated Things Further as Upper-caste Villagers Shunned This Doctor Who Walked Into the Segregated Musahar Tolis. In Her Two-year Stint in Bihar, Taru Worked With the Communities, Counselling Mothers and Adolescent Girls About Reproductive Health and Tackling Diseases Such as Malnutrition. She Also Collaborated With Various Hospital and District Officials to Equip Local Women and Nurses in Basic Healthcare gripping, Eye-opening and Inspiring, A Doctor's Experiments in Bihar is a Testament to How a Few Committed Individuals Can Bring About Significant Change Through Sheer Perseverance and Compassion.||About the Author||Taru Jindal is a Thirty-six-year-old Doctor from Mumbai. She Completed Her Ms in Gynaecology from the Prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and Sion Hospital, Mumbai, in 2013. Taru Has Been Invited to Speak About Her Experiences in Bihar at Many Medical Conferences. Her Talk at Tedx Bandra-25 or 55 at What Age Should You Start the Life of Contribution Can Be Found on Youtube. She Was Awarded the 'Most Inspiring Woman of The Year Award-for Valuable Contribution in Healthcare' at the Global Women Achiever Awards 2019, Mumbai. In November 2019, She was Awarded The Karmaveer Chakra Instituted by The International Confederation of NGOs (icongo) and The United Nations.