The Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, has caused a furor. In the show, a high school student who has died by suicide has left 13 tapes, one for each person she believes have contributed in some way to her eventual decision. Each episode relates to an individual tape. The penultimate episode depicts the suicide in […]

Practice of modern scientific medicine is being made more and more difficult by increase in arbitrary laws and interference of judiciary in purely medical professional decisions. This has simultaneously been quixotically supplemented by allowing all kinds of quacks the right to practice modern medicine. The standards and the rules imposed on the qualified practitioners of […]

MINUTES of GBM of MCI held on 29th March’2017 at the Office of Medical Council of India, Sector 8 Dwarka, New Delhi Regarding Violence against the Doctors • Members supported the concern for assault on Resident doctors and the following Resolutions were proposed 27A Privileges of persons who are enrolled on Indian Medical Register/State Medical […]

Renowned medical journal Lancet discusses rising violence in country’s health sector 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 In a piece published in one of the oldest medical journals in the world in April, it was said that the health workers in India have reached a breaking point in the wake of continuous physical attacks on them. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 Violence in the […]

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities   states parties   states that have signed, but not ratified   states that have not signed Drafted 13 December 2006 Signed 30 March 2007 Location New York Effective 3 May 2008 Condition 20 ratifications Signatories 160 Parties 173 Depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations Languages Arabic, […]

A new narrative around mental health  Soumitra Pathare 02 APRIL 2017 00:02 IST UPDATED: 01 APRIL 2017 22:36 IST     The Mental Healthcare Bill — approved in the Lok Sabha last week following Rajya Sabha approval in August 2016 — marks a paradigm shift in the care and treatment of persons with mental illness […]

By Dr. Paresh Koli on February 26, 2014 345 Comments / 99094 views Medical Council of India Logo   Medical Council of India Logo   Every year at the time of Medical admissions into MBBS or PG Degree/ Diploma courses students get confused as they do not know difference between a Medical Council of India […]

Citrullinemia is an autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder that causes ammonia and other toxic substances to accumulate in the blood.[1] Since the substances also accumulate in the urine, the disorder can also be called citrullinuria. Two forms of citrullinemia have been described, both having different signs and symptoms, and are caused by mutations in different […]

“We cannot stop doctors from studying or working abroad – we can provide them with lucrative offers”, these are the words of an official serving on the parliamentary committee. Obviously, doctors are too less in numbers in India. Total number of MBBS seats—53,330 (30,000 NEET) Colleges 426 Total 17,000 PG-NEET seats are available across 350 […]

Health Impact NewsGo to… Print This Post Print This Post 23K     113     17 Share   3 Share   6     101       Patient bribing doctor putting money to pocket Our First Dive Into the New Open Payments System The government’s data on payments to doctors and hospitals by […]

One of the commonest reasons of divorce is having a mental or a neurological disorder in either of the couple, especially in wife. Tolerating psychiatric disorder in husbands by their wives is often seen than vice versa, due to various cultural, psychological, social, financial and family reasons. Parents of sons and daughters having serious psychiatric […]

एक बार एक टी.वी. शो में कुछ आधे-अधूरे तथ्यों एवं बिना विषय से सम्बंधित उपयुक्त एवं un biased विशेषज्ञों को साथ लिए, सभी भारतीय चिकित्सकों की लगभग खिल्ली उड़ाते हुए, उनके द्वारा मरीजों को लिखे जाने वाली अच्छी कम्पनी की ब्रांडेड दवाओं के बारे में कुछ भ्रान्ति प्रचारित एवं प्रसारित की गयी. यही नहीं बाज़ार […]

Let me clear the myth being spread by media and the politicians about generic and non generic drugs.1. Drugs are developed by pharma companies in labs and after lots of clinical testings for their safety and efficacy they enter into market as branded drugs in patented form by which means no other company can market […]

Some of the problematic areas of the legislation are  a) definition of certain terms like *mental health establishment* b) Capacity to consent for treatment (most problematic one)  c) Advance Directives  d) Nominated Representative  e) All issues /problems / litigation will be heard in *mental health board* which is a civil court (quasi judicial body). Now […]

Generic-Generic or Generic-only drug (without brand name) and usually is supplied in institutional supplies. “Generic name of the drug” is not same as generic drug and means the chemical name of the drug only. Generic-Generic is made and marketed by local companies in the unorganized sector as the preparation with questionable quality.Trade Generic (Generic marketed […]

Addiction doc says: Stop chasing the drug! Focus on ACEs and people will heal. Posted by Jane Ellen Stevens dr-daniel-sumrok-2-1-1024×657.jpeg He says: Addiction shouldn’t be called “addiction”. It should be called “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking”. He says: Ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like […]

Dr K. K Aggarwal, President of the Indian Medical Association ( IMA), spoke to Healthpost about a host of issues : the deteriorating doctor-patient relationship, generic drugs, Clinical Establishment Act of West Bengal, etc. Excerpts:  How do you think has doctor- patient relationship changed?   The smart phone era has brought about a paradigm shift […]