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Dr Jill Kar, a physician in Palliative Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), took to Instagram on June 30 to share a 'true story' from her previous tenure at Safdarjung Hospital - one that highlighted how domestic expectations could directly compromise a patient's life.

According to Dr Kar, the incident began routinely when a man walked into her outpat...