Loved and loathed: The making of India's viral liver doctor

12 hours ago
Vikas Pander

The waiting room outside the hepatology clinic at Rajagiri Hospital in Kochi is suspended between hope and despair.

One man stares silently at the floor, weakened by advanced liver disease and in urgent need of treatment. Nearby, another family clutches a folder of old medical reports, hoping the hospital can still save their loved one.

*snip*

Inside, Dr Cyriac Abby Philips is unhurried. A patient sits across from him. Philips leans forward, asks a question, then falls silent. He listens - really listens. When he speaks again, his assessment is candid but delivered with compassion. He doesn't simply tell the family what comes next; he carefully walks them through the road ahead.

*snip*

On X, where more than 300,000 people follow him as the "Liver Doc", he has called homeopathy "false medicine", labelled alternative practitioners quacks and told critics their brains were "for rent". Alternative practitioners accuse him of not understanding the Indian system and attacking them unfairly.

More at:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39y7w901vdo

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Brave man... exposing the quacks.

Maybe he can throw in a little voodoo and astrology at the same time 🙄