Updated On: 28 June, 2020 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Dr Mazda Turel
Because time equals life for neurosurgeons, calls from the hospital mean the world must stop, the mind must jump start

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My phone rings. There is only one name that still gives me goose bumps when it flashes on my mobile, especially if it's late in the evening and I operated on a tough case earlier in the day: the ICU. I experience a roller coaster of emotions. The heart churns while the brain tries to ration between two rings and swiping right.
Fear, uncertainty, confusion, despair, and, occasionally, doom, all dance within. I believe they are the same emotions my little daughters experience when I come home unexpectedly early and catch them glued to their iPads. In their defence, they are awesome girls.