Radiologist

A patient once told me something that stuck with me. "Doctor, I spent six months going to different specialists. Nobody mentioned you existed." She had fibroids. She had varicose veins. And she had spent half a year collecting surgical opinions when what she actually needed was one conversation with an interventional radiologist. Interventional radiology is a medical specialty most Chennai patients have never heard of, even though it treats some of the most common condition

I remember a patient who came to see me two years ago. She was 44. A schoolteacher. She had uterine fibroids, causing heavy bleeding so severe that she was missing work two days every month. Her gynaecologist had recommended a hysterectomy. Her husband had taken time off to accompany her to the pre-surgery consultation. She sat across from me and said, "Doctor, I just want to keep my uterus. Is that possible?" I told her yes. We did UFE the following week. She was back in her