Daily Archives: 29/09/2018

Ross’s salary

The salary of Dr.Ronald Ross IMS, the discoverer of Malaria parasite cycle that won him Nobel Prize, was Rs.1000/month when he was posted to Calcutta in 1898 . At that time gold was sold at Rs.18/10 gms. By that reckoning, in today’s money that salary of Rs 1000/- is equal to Rs.15,00,000/( Fifteen lakhs ) […]

*Unavailability During Golden Hour: Cardiologist booked for death due to negligence*

Medico Legal, September 28, 2018. Medical board held that apart from other factors, “non-availability of Dr Garg” was one factor too. Jalandhar: On account of delay in treatment, which allegedly led to the death of a patient suffering from myocardial infarction, a city-based cardiologist has been booked under the IPC section 304 A on the […]