Dr. Sadanand Nadkarni, the former dean of Sion Hospital is a well known surgeon in Mumbai, whose career spans half a century. Medical care today has become very expensive due to new hospitals having the latest equipments and foreign medicines burning a hole in the pockets of patients; yet there is no guarantee of the quality of medical care. Dr. Nadkarni is of the opinion that if a doctor puts all his skills to test, inexpensive medical care can be made available to patients. This book is his account of his lifelong struggle for inexpensive medical care.