‘Depression paralysed me more than quadriplegia’: A doctor’s remarkable story

Dr Dinesh Palipana's new book traces his journey from flipping burgers at McDonald's to the night his life changed forever.
Staff writer

Dr Dinesh Palipana will be a familiar to many readers as one of the first doctors with quadriplegia to continue their clinical practice.

Less known is that before the car crash that permanently injured his spinal cord, he had major depression, which fed into his decision to ditch his career in tax law to become a doctor.