Monthly Archives: May 2026
The Reluctant Hospital King: Abhay Soi’s Unlikely Rise
Picture this: It’s 1996. A young Abhay Soi, fresh out of St. Stephen’s College and an MBA in Belgium, walks into Arthur Andersen as a wide-eyed trainee. Surrounded by IIT and IIM hotshots, he feels like the ultimate outsider. “The only way to get acceptance,” he later reflected, “is to make yourself indispensable.” So he […]
The Suspicious Patient and the Weary Doctor
Rajesh Kumar, a 52-year-old government clerk from Ghaziabad, clutched his faded medical file like a shield as he entered Dr. Mehta’s chamber. His wife, Meena, walked behind him, whispering, “Beta, don’t argue too much today. Your sugar is high again.” Rajesh folded his hands in greeting but his eyes were narrow. Doctors are all the […]
Doctors cannot follow any other profession without cancelling medical registration: Kerala HC junks homeopath’s plea to practice law
Ernakulam: Denying permission to a Homeopathy doctor to enrol as an advocate, the Kerala High Court recently held that a registered medical practitioner cannot follow any other profession without… — Read on medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/doctors-cannot-follow-any-other-profession-without-cancelling-medical-registration-kerala-hc-junks-homeopaths-plea-to-practice-law-171029
Bhasmasur* and The Art of Self Sabotage – ROASTED AMYGDALA
Bhasmasur* and The Art of Self Sabotage Share “The body listens carefully to the stories the mind keeps repeating.” Doctor, I Don’t Trust You There is perhaps no relationship in modern India more paradoxical than the one between patients and doctors. People enter hospitals with folded hands and simmering suspicions. They distrust the doctor, distrust […]
Dr. Ajay Kumar Nihalani
Dr. Ajay Kumar Nihalani didn’t set out to become one of North India’s most respected psychiatrists with a simple “I want to help people” speech. His journey began in the bustling lanes of western Uttar Pradesh, where medicine wasn’t just a career—it was a calling shaped by the everyday struggles he saw around him. Born […]
What Not To Do as a Surgeon — Professionally, Technically, and Ethically
A surgeon’s failures are often not due to lack of knowledge, but due to lapses in judgment, discipline, communication, humility, or ethics. The following is a high-yield framework applicable across general surgery, surgical oncology, GI surgery, HPB, and private practice. ⸻ Never operate for ego, numbers, or prestige A technically successful but unnecessary operation is […]
A Heartfelt Farewell to a True Pioneer: Dr. Anand Nadkarni (1958–2026)
It was a deeply saddening morning on 15 May 2026 when the news broke: Dr. Anand Madhusudan Nadkarni, one of India’s most beloved psychiatrists, left us peacefully in the early hours—between 4:30 and 5 am—in Thane. He was just 68. He had undergone surgery last week, seemed to be recovering well, and then, suddenly, his […]
bio-detection
bio-detection out there! 😲 And Dognosis in Bengaluru is making it real and scalable. Dogs have an incredibly sensitive sense of smell (about 10,000–100,000 times better than ours in some ways). They can pick up volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—tiny chemical changes in a person’s breath, urine, or skin—that cancer cells produce even in early stages. […]
Why time speeds up as you age (and what to do about
Why do some people die at 80 and feel like they’ve lived 30 years? GEORGE MACK FEB 28, 2026 Listen 549 43 89 Why do some people die at 80 and feel like they’ve lived 30 years? And why do others die at 80 and feel like they’ve lived 300 years? That’s what this essay is about. But first, […]
Medanta Lucknow’s Dr Ruchita Sharma who had treated Prateek Yadav says “he had developed pulmonary embolism
“ ANI3 hrs ago Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Dr Ruchita Sharma, Associate Director, Department of Medicine Medanta Hospital Lucknow on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of Prateek Yadav, the son of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, late Mulayam Singh Yadav and said he had been undergoing treatment for multiple health […]
Dr. Alfred Blalock
In Baltimore, 1950. A 5-year-old boy named Kenneth “Kenny” H. was dying. He had been born with a hole in his heart — a condition called tetralogy of Fallot. In 1950, it was a death sentence. No child had ever survived the surgery. Most doctors would not even attempt it. A surgeon named Dr. Alfred […]
Dr. Ajay Pal Sharma: From Healing Smiles to Facing Down Crime – The Real-Life Singham of Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Ajay Pal Sharma: From Healing Smiles to Facing Down Crime – The Real-Life Singham of Uttar Pradesh Imagine a young man in a white dental coat, carefully examining X-rays and easing patients’ pain with steady hands. That was Dr. Ajay Pal Sharma not so long ago. Born on 26 October 1985 in Ludhiana, Punjab, […]
“A Century of Care: How Bombay’s Elite Built an Institution That Broke the Raj’s Glass
“A Century of Care: How Bombay’s Elite Built an Institution That Broke the Raj’s Glass Ceiling” is a recent Hindustan Times article (published around May 3, 2026) by Meenal Baghel. It explores the history of Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas (GS) Medical College on its centennial, amid controversy over a […]
Dr. Geoffrey D. Lehmann
Dr. Geoffrey D. Lehmann—affectionately remembered as “Dr. Lehman” across the Doon Valley—was no distant saint in a white coat. He was a London-born farm boy turned engineer-turned-doctor who traded the comforts of Oxford and Liverpool for dusty roads, monsoon floods, and the cries of patients who had never seen a stethoscope. His story is one […]
Don’t make doctors the fall guy for India’s poor healthcare
Extracted Text from the Article: Author Section:THE UNDERAGE OPTIMISTCHETAN BHAGAT When I was in school, many of my friends prepared for entrance exams. For science students back then, and perhaps even now, medicine and engineering were the most popular options. I chose engineering. Today, when I see the state of doctors in my country I […]
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