For information: Dear Seniors & Friends, As the news regarding the suspension of leading orthopedic surgeon (30 years in practice) of KEM hospital Mumbai by Medical Council of India for practicing with a lapsed license has surfaced, the issue of legal importance of Medical council Registrations has come into the limelight. The said orthopedic surgeon, against […]

It is clear that relevant qualifications as prescribed in the First, Second or Third Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 102 of 1956) must be followed by each and every registered medical practitioner. While, it is unacceptable that doctors are unaware of these requirements, yet, there are a large number of […]

Gout is the commonest crystal arthropathy that has seen a dramatic increase in its prevalence in the last decade.Gout often presents as severe monoarthritis of acute onset in lower limb joints such as the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint or ankle.Though the ways for its management and prophylaxis have improved remarkably in recent times it is […]

Ketamine is a well-known dissociative anesthetic that has also been misused as a hallucinogenic club drug (“special K”). Recently, this NMDA receptor antagonist has shown promise in rapidly reversing the symptoms of depression and acute suicidality. I got really excited about ketamine back in residency, and read all the papers by Carlos Zarate, one of […]