Book : Gifted Hands
Author: Ben Curson
‘The world this week’ was one of my favorite program telecasted
in DD every Friday late night. I used to watch the program without miss, courtesy
there was no power cut. One of the story that I remembered was the team of
doctors agree to operate conjoined heads of two Boys from Germany. This was
very hot news as the boys struggled to walk together and more painful for their
parents who needed to take care of them. I think the parents might have worried
about the future of these boys as their heads are joined and their activity
were different. The operation was successful and I don’t remember any news about that boys.
That operation become a stepping stone for these conjoined children’s where we
find many doctors separating at later stage at many countries.
In received an shared video of a Pastor narrating a story of
Single, Black and Poverty Mother who
gets married at the age of 13 to a man of 28 years. She give birth to Two Sons,
they live in a slum. When the boys were studying in fifth standard, The head
master summons the kids mother and informs that he sees the kids future as
watchmen, Criminals etc. as they don’t cope with education. I heard the pastor informing that the mother
cried for 2 whole days and see got the vision and she told the kids to read
books at the local library and submit the summary of the book they read every
week. The kids who were poor, by god’s grace become intelligent and top the
class. Over the period of Ben becomes a Doctor and he was the person who
operates the conjoined kids for the first time and this becomes history.
This book is a autobiography of man who was judged by the Teacher,
that he sees his future would be criminal to a transformation where people of America
crowd fund his candidature to become President. The government nominates him as
the secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
An inspiring read from childhood to become famous neurosurgeon and to raise to the position of Secretary. Nicely articulated story !!
Once I completed reading the book, I just googled to know
what happened to the two boys who were operated. Although Carson was able to
separate the boys, they were both left profoundly disabled. Two years
after the separation, that Patrick remained in a "vegetative state",
following the surgery. He never came out of his coma. Their father
was emotionally unable to ever handle them, or share in their care. It is said
the twin's father became an alcoholic, spent all the couple's funds, and left
their mother destitute and alone. In an interview the mother of the
conjoined kids, termed guilt for agreeing to the operation that ruined the
boys' prospect of ever having any quality of life.
Life is such !!
