Long shifts, sleepless nights, emergency calls, and the emotional weight of caring for others rarely end at the hospital door. For many women doctors, another demanding role begins at home: motherhood.

They heal patients while raising children, supporting families, and carrying countless quiet sacrifices that often go unseen.

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the strength, compassion, and resilience of mothers in medicine. Inside these pages are stories of women who continue to care for others while holding their own families together with remarkable grace.

ILLUSTRATION:

BIPLOB KUMAR CHAKROBORTY