Rema Nagarajan |    that is a recession-proof, sunrise industry, ” healthcare excellence awards ” too appear to be a booming industry. With rapid expansion of the private healthcare sector , there are new entrants in the award scene every year. The usual winners tend to be corporate hospitals/hospital chains, diagnostic companies, all kinds of specialist […]

AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES —————— CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY CLAUSES 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II THE NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION 3. Constitution of National Medical Commission. 4. Composition of Commission. 5. Search Committee for appointment of Chairperson and Members. 6. Term of office and conditions of service of […]

Credit: Jamie Grill Getty Images Begin Rubicon Project Tag Site: SCIAM – Mobile Zone: SCIAM_Mobile_International_300x250_MPU_1 Size: Medium Rectangle Copyright the Rubicon Project 2019 End Rubicon Project Tag ADVERTISEMENT A nurse showed me the newspaper just as I was walking in. I saw the smiling face of the young man I had taken care of since […]

The NMC Bill 2019 approved on 22nd July in the Lok Sabha has brought to itself a Nationwide Protest by Doctors and Medical students. A continued Hunger strike has been called by the students of medical colleges in front of AIIMS, Delhi. Doctors and Medical students staged a protest against the newly approved NMC Bill […]

Good Morning, Today is “World ORS Day” & is celebrated every year on 29th July to highlight the importance of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) as a cost-effective method of health intervention. Acute diarrhoeal diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality in infants and young children as a result of diarrhoea-related dehydration. Dehydration from […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in many sectors but its applicability in the medical industry is still in its nascent stages, with several research programmes under way to test the efficacy of machine learning in clinical settings. Lily Peng, Google Health product manager and a non-practising physician, spoke to Armaan Bhatnagar on the […]

गांव में डॉक्टर को पीटा गया, डॉक्टर गांव छोड़ कर भागा, कस्बे में पीटा गया, कस्बा छोड़कर भाग, रात में कॉल पर बदतमीज़ी की गई, कॉल पर शाम के बाद जाना छोड़ दिया, शहर में बदतमीज़ी शुरू हुई, बोर्ड लगा दिया इमरजेंसी का इलाज नहीं होता है। पहलवान / सुरक्षा कर्मी रखा गया। खर्च बढ़ा। […]

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research Wolters Kluwer — Medknow Publications Current Concepts of Oxygen Management in Retinopathy of Prematurity Leah A. Owen, MD, PhD and M. Elizabeth Hartnett, MD Additional article information Abstract article-meta Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding disorder in premature infants. The underlying pathophysiology is incompletely understood, limiting the […]

Chyluria, also called chylous urine, is a medical condition involving the presence of chyle in the urine stream,[1] which results in urine appearing milky white.[2] The condition is usually classified as being either parasitic or non parasitic. It is a condition that is more prevalent among people of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Chyluria Other […]

© Dr. Rajas Deshpande “Are you coming, doctor, or shall we file a complaint? We will go to the police if you don’t come in an hour”. It was about 12 noon on a Sunday. My sister and her family were visiting for three days, this would be our only lunch together in this year. […]

Govemment of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department of Health & Family Welfare “ut”gJ.ies Regulation) Act,20l0. .*, 560-4, Nirman Bhawan. New Del *i,f,i”‘+: days from the date of issue ofthis notice’ i2, n r, . ili’iuv H””1’r’ *d u m oAiuillu;rf.t,iii;;fiS, “;;:iio0ll or by email to hilo.ceact20l0@nic.in 9r lTil1,y”lfl:;l’gi,):; Joint Secretary a Medical […]

Updated on May 14: This story has been updated to include details about the FDA’s response to Ranbaxy and comments from the FDA. It has also been updated to indicate it is a book review, and therefore opinion. Generic drugs are supposed to work just as well as their brand-name counterparts. Once a patent lifts, […]

Psychiatrists are human beings and doctors – so don’t avoid them It is PSYCHIATRIST – not Psycho, Mental Doctor, Physiatrist, Physicist, Psychologist, Psykriyatist, Sy#$%! Or something else….. Psychiatrists can’t tell about you unless you talk to them – if you don’t tell them something they would never know Psychiatrists don’t evaluate their friends, family members […]

Casey et al. Critical Care (2019) 23:177 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2451-4 EDITORIAL Open Access Jonathan D. Casey1, Matthew W. Semler1, Kevin High2 and Wesley H. Self2*                        In this article, we review our approach to a […]

Wrong Diagnosis: Secret Child Of Every Doctor ©️ Dr. Rajas Deshpande “I don’t agree with your diagnosis” said the senior gynaecologist to me, as the rich patient and his family heard with interest and confusion, “I don’t think this patient has Parkinsons Disease”. I had just returned from an advanced University Hospital in Canada after […]

COMATOLOGY Differential Diagnosis in an Unconscious Patient!! When gums are swollen & bitten tongue, Epilepsy could be in the rung, When drenching sweat is with coma It’s hypoglycemia If In coma, fever is in its height Cerebral malaria could be the plight And high fever is with neck stiffness Probably it’s pyogenic meningitis In the […]

Our faith in Indian generic medicines is often misplaced. They frequently don’t work. Sometimes, no matter how many tablets you take, they will not treat the disease or infection (Shutterstock) Perhaps because I’m a hypochondriac, I have great faith in medicine. Whenever I pop a pill, I do so in the full confidence it will […]

Hospitals require capital for the smooth running and imparting the required care to the patient. However, recovery or settlement of bills still remains one of the most difficult practices for the medical fraternity. It requires more managerial mind rather than the medical mind.               In certain situations, it can be ideal to let go of […]

WHY I BELIEVE DOCTORS DESERVE TO GET BASHED UP ( A NON SARCASTIC POST) There has been a lot of hue and cry in the recent times about how medicos are being assaulted all over the nation. No other professional group has faced such brazen attacks except perhaps security and armed personell. Why is nobody […]

The medical profession is considered as the noblest profession and sometimes doctors are even considered as deities. It is said that either you choose a profession or profession chooses you. But, in the hindsight, the key motive of ‘patient care’ is someway slipping down the ladder. On the flipside, we also need to consider that […]

When we talk about healthcare and different constraints it possesses, then the most important part of healthcare is the services in rural areas but beckons to be the most underrated one. It is the shortage of enviable medical services in rural areas which are required for overall growth of healthcare sector. On this line, recently, […]

The field of medicine is at the apex because of countless efforts taken by the doctors for the betterment of health. They use their knowledge, experience, skillset, and time for it. Hence, there must also be a satisfying remuneration for them. Yes, it is no secret that doctors are being paid with quite good salary […]

 INTRODUCTION In every hospital, occasionally cases are brought to the Emergency Room who are apparently dead or actually dead (dead-on-arrival or DOA). Such cases may be due to natural cause or unnatural cause. Every doctor should be aware of the procedure to be followed in DOA cases, because such cases have legal, ethical and […]

.डी एम साहब /सी एम ओ साहिब पी एम एस के एक नौजवान डाक्टर द्वारा भेजी, क्या निम्नलिखित पोस्ट भी सही है? पीएचसी-सीएचसी और एडिशनल पीएचसी पर डॉक्टर क्यों नहीं जाना चाहते,कम तनख़्वाह अलग चीज़ है,वेतन तो कम है ही,सबसे बड़ी वजह है राजनीतिक हस्तक्षेप, अनपढ / कम पढे लिखे प्रधान/ ब्लाक प्रमुख की सुनिए,मंत्री/विधायक […]

To The Hony Secretary General IMA HQ New Delhi Subject: Proposed Amendment in Drugs and Cosmetic Act, DCC Meeting 1st June 2019. Dear Sir Greetings from IMA Haryana! I wish to draw your attention towards the proposed amendment in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act , as recommended by the Drugs Consultative Committee in its meeting […]

© Dr. Rajas Deshpande Woke up with a bad headache one morning, probably a sudden change in weather. Felt lethargic, did not want to get out of the bed. It was raining heavy, a perfect day to stay in bed and snack with a book and a huge black coffee. But the usual inhibition of […]

UP NEXT What science has gotten wrong by ignoring women 1/13 VIEW SLIDESHOW BIONIC PROSTHETIC A bionic eye sounds like science fiction, but a 3D printer created this prototype in an hour, bringing the promise of a seeing prosthetic that much closer to reality. PHOTOGRAH BY REBECCA HALE USEFUL DNA ORIGAMI Bioengineers have made nanoscale […]

As medical students in india, we were not taught the art of breaking bad news to patients/ families. To say it as it is, without minimizing the severity of the illness , yet with compassion and realistic hope, is not easy. Most of our Indian teachers were naturally good at it. Not all. In Trivandrum […]