The book is neatly divided into seven sections, each dealing with different aspects of healthcare in India. Apart from medicine, Dr Sen also discusses the psychology of patients and victims. The author deals with various diseases that people think they know everything about, but in fact have limited understanding of. For example, in one chapter, Dr Sen dispels the myth of heart attacks, which are often wrongly perceived as a disease that affects more men than women. "Medicine is an area where feminism has absolutely failed ...
Diseases suffer from sexual prejudice. While some diseases are more common in men, others simply love the female body," - writes Dr Sen. According to the author, the danger lies not in the disease itself, but in the unawareness and subsequent delay in diagnosis, leaving patients with very little time for treatment and recovery. "Let us all be aware of the harsh truth that time is always unforgiving when it comes to matters of the heart," explains Dr Sen. The strength of this medical book is its narrative structure, which is a perfect blend of anecdotes, episodes, interactions with explanations and medical theories. The book is devoid of jargon and hard-to-decipher technical terminology. Each health problem has been well deconstructed and described so that readers are not confused at any point while flicking through the pages.