Daily Archives: 15/07/2024

Career options for MBBS

Career options for MBBS India produces 1,00,000 MBBS every year, 20000 Foreign Medical Graduates come to India every year. Even if only 16% clear the Foreign Medical Graduates exam that still makes the number of qualified and licensed MBBS doctors produced yearly at 1,05,000. Government which is the largest employer has 1750 vacancies every year […]

A Better Way to Survive Anxious Times

By Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, FRCP After the crisis of the pandemic, many people looked for a better way to cope with stress — suddenly, normal life was overshadowed by threats of loneliness, depression, anxiety, and strained relationships. Good intentions, however, go only so far. In post-COVID times, people still feel threatened and insecure. The […]

Rely on evidence to tackle opioid dependence in Punjab

Simmi Waraich Psychiatrist THE recent spate of drug overdose deaths has been flagged as alarming. And alarming, indeed, is each death. Each life is precious. I recall being visited by a devastated couple seeking treatment for grief after losing their 20-year-old son to a drug overdose. He had been under treatment and had recently quit […]