SWAMI ATMANANDA

A COOL PHYSICIAN TRANSFORMED TO BECOME A SAINT


DR: SSCHAND a neuro-physician of repute was destined to become a saint in his later life. He was a senior physician in a 650 bedded Ispat General Hospital (IGH)
Of Rourkela Steel Plant and became senior deputy director when he started realizing that he is wasting his time and energy running after a mirage. He joined a spiritual organization and became very popular amongst his Indian and Foreign followers. Later on he decided to quit his job and started a Kriya Yoga centre at Jagda, Rourkela. He is now known as SWAMI ATMANANDA.
Dr.Sanjoy Kumar Satpathy who worked with him as a junior physician learned the art of medicine from his teacher Dr.SSChand, as he was a guide and a philosopher for him. Dr.Sanjoy was allowed a free hand to treat his patients independently with out interference from Dr.Chand. You call him at any time of the day or night smilingly he would come running to attend a serious patient. He used to come walking to hospital during routine working hours. He was respected by all the staffs of the hospital. I would like to finish this with an interesting episode during a ward round, when a son of a patient commented about the diagnosis of his father.
Son: “Sir how come the diagnosis has changed to TB? You told me that he is suffering from cancer?”
Dr.Chand: “Probably you have not heard properly. What we told you on that day,
was most likely your father might be suffering from Cancer of lung or Pulmonary TB! We will let you know after the results are out. Right?”
Son: “may be, I am not sure!”
Dr.Chand: “You are his real son?”
Son: “Yes”
Dr.Chand: “ But in that case you should have been a happy man instead of challenging us about the diagnosis! You are not his son. No son will be unhappy to know about treatable and curable disease of his father. It seems you would have been happy if your father had cancer!!”
Son: “no sir”
Dr.Chand: “but the way you are arguing it seems like that, had I been in your place I would have brought sweet for the doctors.”
Son: He started crying and with folded hands begged apology from Dr.Chand.
Dr.Chand: “You must beg apology from God for your conduct”.
The very next day the son of the patient brought some sweets and presented it to Dr.Chand. He coolly called the ward nurse I/C Miss Eva Ghosh and asked her to distribute the sweets amongst the staffs of the ward.
Gurujee, SWAMI ATMANANDA I thank you and can never forget your contribution in my life as an under study to you.