Monthly Archives: December 2022

Support E Voting

Support E Voting If ours is not a profession how then can it be a noble profession ? The fundamental Characteristics of a Profession as opposed to a trade is that a profession has to have professional autonomy and is self regulatory. Various laws and their interpretation by judiciary have removed both these key features. […]

THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL INFLATION BILL, 2022

AS INTRODUCED IN THE RAJYASABHA             THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL INFLATION BILL, 2022   A     BILL   to provide for the establishment of a National Commission for Controlling Medical Inflation in order to monitor, regulate and standardise the rising costs of medicines, medical diagnostic tests and […]

Why covid in china now?

I found this simple explanation of the Covid situation by Prof.Dr.Rajkumar, quite useful. Circulated in our official hospital WA group. (1/4)  https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3755072543989337&output=html&h=294&adk=270366720&adf=903839353&pi=t.aa~a.1636733229~rp.4&daaos=1671757558957&w=384&lmt=1671763906&nsk=c4d57657&rafmt=11&pwprc=7152865607&ad_type=text_image&format=384×294&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthreadreaderapp.com%2Fthread%2F1605958005702688768.html&pra=3&wgl=1&fa=26&dt=1671763906610&bpp=2&bdt=3584&idt=2&shv=r20221207&mjsv=m202212010101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Dd664c4333f88d27a-22cadb2f03d9001c%3AT%3D1671763906%3ART%3D1671763906%3AS%3DALNI_MY1R4h2YcovTLlMucVS2u1sOz2Jhg&gpic=UID%3D00000b96294650d9%3AT%3D1671763906%3ART%3D1671763906%3AS%3DALNI_MYtEstekuTD1iT_oA-RXciY19NL7w&prev_fmts=0x0%2C414x345&nras=3&correlator=4134976426559&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=899582711.1671763905&ga_sid=1671763906&ga_hid=1415819771&ga_fc=1&u_tz=330&u_his=1&u_h=736&u_w=414&u_ah=736&u_aw=414&u_cd=32&u_sd=3&adx=15&ady=1457&biw=414&bih=628&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759842%2C31071167%2C44780792&oid=2&pvsid=620000973629267&tmod=2039653517&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F&eae=0&fc=1792&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C414%2C0%2C414%2C736%2C414%2C628&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=2&fsb=1&xpc=tzppwb9LMJ&p=https%3A//threadreaderapp.com&dtd=53 Prof. Dr. Rajkumar of Tamilnadu, is a reliable source on this subject. So, I hv forwarded it here.

The Culture of Bullying in Medical Training Must Stop

[Downloaded free from http://www.worldsocpsychiatry.org on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, IP: 240.115.17.24]ViewpointThe Culture of Bullying in Medical Training Must StopAbstractAmong the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professions, medical training continues to carry remnants of the medieval concept of apprenticeship. A lingering hangover of apprenticeship in medicine is the culture of teaching through shame, embarrassment, and humiliation […]

Omicron XBB variant

Fact Check-No evidence COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant has higher mortality rate, or is five times more ‘toxic,’ than Delta  By Reuters Fact Check Social media users in Singapore are copy-pasting a text post which warns that the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant, first discovered in August, is five times more “toxic” and has a higher mortality rate […]

𝗠𝗕𝗕𝗦.

𝗠𝗕𝗕𝗦.Every medical student aspires for this degree. But what does MBBS stand for?*🤔We owe it to the Bombay UniversityIn 1906, it began awarding MB, & BS — an acronym for Medicine Baccalaureus, & Bachelor of Surgery. This Latin and English hybrid became MBBS. Baccalaureus in MBBS has an interesting etymology.It comes from Latin bacca (“berry”) […]

The Commercialization of Medical industry

The Commercialization of Medical industry Practicing since more than 25 years i wondered why its not the same as the wonderful days of the past.Patients, Governments, Insurance companies trust has reduced towards the medical Fraternity.The portrayal of doctors and hospitals as commercial and fraud is common.Out of pocket expenses often leads to violence. What has […]

professional conduct regulations by the National Medical Commission NMC for registered medical practitioners

Recent professional conduct regulations by the National Medical Commission NMC for registered medical practitioners RMPs are penned down in this article. The Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has released draft rules entitled “National Medical Commission, Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2022.” The proposed regulations include a broad […]

ECT ADMINISTRATION MANUAL

ECT ADMINISTRATION MANUAL ND 2 EDITION ECT-TEAM, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH & NEURO SCIENCES (NIMHANS) BANGALORE- 560029 NIMHANS ECT SUITE WAITING HALL ECT ROOM REC0VERY ROOM ECT ADMINISTRATION MANUAL ECT-TEAM, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH & NEURO SCIENCES (NIMHANS) BANGALORE- 560029 ECT ADMINISTRATION MANUAL (2nd Edition): Bangalore N […]

Signs in medicine

· Tumarken crisis (macula destruction-linear balance is lost) · Holman Miller sign/ Antral sign on CT frog like facies · Lhermitte’s sign · Prominent arytenoids · Floppy aryepiglottic fold · Turban epiglottis · Mouse nibbled ulcers OBSTETRICS · Psoriasis SIGNS IN MEDICINE.. How many you remeber 😅

doctor wife

Little long, but please do read – To all those who want doctor girl as their wives, you guys are not only opting for a degree or a package i.e good looks, status,degree,family background but an individual who has her own mind set, her own choices, her own decisions. Here is what you guys have […]

BEGINNER’S GUIDE FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWSA step by step guide to conduct systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis

BEGINNER’S GUIDE FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWSA step by step guide to conduct systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis(An ICMR Publication)Anju Sinha, Geetha R. Menon, Denny John ForewordI am happy to write this foreword for Beginner’s Guide for Systematic Reviews. This book is mainly aimed at public health and social science researchers for undertaking systematic reviews. The aim of […]

Rip Van Winkle.

1Role of Professional Societies and Whither IAPP? * Anirudh Kala**I am sure many of you have read the story of Rip Van Winkle. He was a Dutch villager living in America in the eighteenth century during the colonial era. One day, as the story goes, he met some strangers carrying kegs of liquor and helped […]

Tell-tale signs of a chronic smoker

Vivek Chauhan, Rajesh Sharma, and Suman Thakur Additional article information Sir, Tobacco smoking is quite common in all sections of Indian society and two main forms of tobacco are cigarette and biri. Biri is formed by stuffing tobacco inside tendu leaves and tied with a thread at one end. Biri has no filter, and to […]

A Real Princess and Her Ferrari!

A Real Princess and Her Ferrari!© Dr. Rajas Deshpande “Make way! The princess is coming in her Ferrari” said Mr. Rajender Suri, and indeed, people made way for them to pass by! Just as I had stopped believing that real life love stories with princes and princesses can still weave magic, I met the Suri […]

fortunate

Let’s aim to be fortunate Dr. Wada in Japan advocates calling people over 70 years old as “fortunate people” rather than “elderly people”. He summed up the secret of 70-year-olds becoming “lucky ones” into “42 sentences” Seniors over the age of 70 do not need regular physical examinations because the “standard of health” varies from […]