Monthly Archives: October 2026
De-addiction centres turn into drug trafficking hubs, expose reveals alarming nexus with docs
StateNationalBusinessOpinionSportsInternationalSunday MagazineJ&K Govt OrdersVideosEmployment Daily Excelsior *Outstation docs’ credentials misused to procure narcotics for multiple centres Govind Sharma JAMMU, Oct 30: An alarming nexus involving private de-addiction centres, medical practitioners and establishment owners has exposed how facilities meant to rescue drug-dependent youth were allegedly being used as conduits for the commercial procurement and distribution of […]
Scientific fact-check: Does eliminating poverty reduce crime?
Overall verdict: Partly accurate, but ideologically overstated The article contains several genuine and important research findings. However, it selectively interprets them to support a political conclusion that the studies themselves do not necessarily establish. Its strongest argument is that poverty does not automatically turn people into criminals, and individual responsibility cannot be ignored. Its weakest […]
The Doctor Is Also a Human Being: Rethinking Compulsory Rural Service in India
An argument for doctors’ associations, medical educators and policymakers to consider as the Supreme Court examines the constitutional and policy dimensions of compulsory rural service. There is a side of medical education that is often missing from discussions about rural healthcare: the life of the doctor who is expected to provide that healthcare. India needs […]
Cut & Snip: Docs’ Surgical Move On A Movie
Worked for 1m 31s Cut & Snip: Docs’ Surgical Move On A Movie IMA wants a movie reviewed that shows hospital corruption & docs under attack. But, censorship won’t address patients’ grievances. Plus, claims that screen violence impacts real-life violence are contested. Chandrakant Lahariya Bollywood films have an ability to upset governments, and quasi-political, social […]
The Anatomy of Perseverance
My First Year at VMMC, Safdarjung Hospital “I had secured a good All India Rank. I thought the battle was almost won. Little did I know that the real battle was just beginning.” When I reached Safdarjung Hospital to begin my MBBS journey at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC), Delhi, I carried more than a […]
Tracheal deviation
Tracheal deviation (shifting of the windpipe away from its normal central position) is an important clinical and radiological sign. The causes are classically divided into conditions that pull the trachea toward the affected side and conditions that push it away.Causes of tracheal deviation Trachea shifts away from the affected side — pushing effectThese conditions increase […]
MAI-DxO
This is a potentially important development in medical artificial intelligence. The most significant point is that MAI-DxO appears to approach diagnosis as a step-by-step clinical investigation, rather than simply matching symptoms to a disease. There is one important qualification: October 22, 2026, is in the future relative to the current date, October 25, 2026? Actually, […]
प्रोफेसर मीना सिंह
श्रद्धांजलि: प्रोफेसर मीना सिंह एक ऐसी चिकित्सक, शिक्षिका और संवेदनशील इंसान को विनम्र नमन, जिनकी स्मृतियाँ उनके अपने लोगों के हृदय में सदैव जीवित रहेंगी। ॐ शांति। शांति। शांति। कुछ व्यक्तित्व ऐसे होते हैं, जिनके बारे में लिखने बैठो तो शब्द कम पड़ने लगते हैं। उनके जीवन की कहानी केवल पद, प्रतिष्ठा और उपलब्धियों की […]
The Theatre of the Troubled Mind
Exploring Shakespeare’s characters through the lens of modern psychiatry, with humanised portraits, dramatic dialogue, literary interpretation, and reflections on the human mind. The diagnoses are presented as possible modern interpretations, not definitive clinical diagnoses: Shakespeare was a dramatist, not a psychiatrist, and his characters cannot be examined as real patients. The Theatre of the Troubled […]
Increasing the Number of Medical Colleges Is Detrimental to Healthcare Services
Increasing the Number of Medical Colleges Is Detrimental to Healthcare Services Over the past few years, there has been a race to open new medical colleges across the country. No state government wants to be left behind, and announcements about the opening of new medical colleges frequently make newspaper headlines. Recently, the Madhya Pradesh government […]
SOP for Disposal of Medical Negligence Complaints
SOP for Disposal of Medical Negligence ComplaintsMain Points — One-Page Summary Receipt of ComplaintRegister the complaint and issue an acknowledgement to the complainant.Conduct preliminary scrutiny to determine whether the matter involves alleged medical negligence. Reference by the District Magistrate (DM) The DM refers the complaint to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for constitution of an […]
WHEN THE ROBOT BECOMES THE ACCUSED
A Machine, a Teenage Girl, and a Question the Law Cannot Ignore When a machine commits an act that would be a crime if performed by a human being, whom should society punish—the machine, its owner, its programmer, or the company that manufactured it? Chapter 1: The Night a Robot Became a Police Suspect Cologne, […]
Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen
From Ayurveda to Raj Bhavan An Inspiring Journey of a Physician, Public Servant, and the Newly Appointed Governor of Uttarakhand When the experience of medicine meets the spirit of public service, an individual’s life can become a source of inspiration for society. 1. A Story That Began in a Village of Madhya Pradesh Many stories […]
डॉ. ढाल सिंह बिसेन
आयुर्वेद की धरती से राजभवन तक एक चिकित्सक, जनसेवक और उत्तराखण्ड के नवनियुक्त राज्यपाल की प्रेरक यात्रा जब चिकित्सा का अनुभव जनसेवा की भावना से मिलता है, तो एक व्यक्ति का जीवन समाज के लिए प्रेरणा बन जाता है। 1. मध्य प्रदेश के एक गाँव से शुरू हुई कहानी भारत के गाँवों में अनेक ऐसी […]
Data protection
Your central concern is important: a doctor or hospital should not use photographs or videos of newborns and children for publicity without properly addressing parental consent, patient confidentiality, and the child’s privacy. However, if you intend to publish this as a legal warning, article, or book chapter in India, some of the penalties and professional […]
THE LAST HUMAN BRAIN
THE LAST HUMAN BRAIN 3026 AD When a Good Servant Became a Bad Master A chilling story of the age of Artificial Intelligence Prologue: The Anatomy Hall of the Future Year 3026 AD. The world had changed beyond the imagination of the people who had lived a thousand years earlier. Cities floated above oceans. Spacecraft […]
Regulation of Single-Doctor Clinics in Uttarakhand: Clinical Establishments Act, MDDA Building Rules and Practical Limits on Residential OPD Practice
Regulation of Single-Doctor Clinics in Uttarakhand: Clinical Establishments Act, MDDA Building Rules and Practical Limits on Residential OPD Practice 1. Introduction: Two regulatory systems governing one medical practice The regulation of a small doctor’s consultation chamber in Uttarakhand raises an important question: can a doctor legally provide outpatient consultations from a residential property while complying […]
Professional Practice in Residential Areas: The Legal Principles, Supreme Court Decisions and Urban Planning Framework in India
Professional Practice in Residential Areas: The Legal Principles, Supreme Court Decisions and Urban Planning Framework in India 1. Introduction: The right to practise a profession and the right to regulate land use The question of whether a doctor, advocate, architect or other professional can practise from a residential premises lies at the intersection of three […]
Economic Times, by Rica Bhattacharyya)Max Healthcare chairman and MD Abhay Soi argues that private hospital pricing shouldn’t be judged by the price of single drugs, injections or consumables alone. His main point: a hospital isn’t just selling an IV bag or an injection. It is administering it, which involves trained staff, proper storage, correct administration […]
Dr. Anoop Krishna
This is the case of Dr. Anoop Krishna, a Kollam (Kerala) orthopaedic surgeon who died in October 2020. News reports agree with the broad outline of the post but differ on some details. What reports confirm He was 35 and ran “Anoop Ortho Care” hospital in Kadappakada, Kollam. He specialised in arthroscopy, sports medicine and […]
Substance abuse
Questions with Short, Clear Answers Does substance abuse and addiction form a part of mental health sciences and psychiatry?🔵 Yes. Substance use disorders are established psychiatric disorders and are a core area of psychiatry. Is it possible for a significant majority of human beings to live without any substance of abuse, including nicotine? Is nicotine […]
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 (announced 5 October 2026)
Extract: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 (announced 5 October 2026) Laureates: Karl Deisseroth (HHMI and Stanford, USA), Peter Hegemann (Humboldt University of Berlin), Georg Nagel (University of Würzburg) Citation: discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics Prize amount: 12 million SEK, shared equally Announced by: Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet (Committee Chair: Per […]
SUED
TAKE CONSENT. YOU CAN BE SUED. DON’T TAKE CONSENT. YOU CAN BE SUED. WAIT FOR CONSENT. YOU CAN STILL BE SUED. Welcome to being a Doctor. A 30-year-old PhD scholar was found unconscious in his hostel in Hyderabad, India. He had suffered a massive stroke. MRI reportedly showed a massive hyperacute infarct involving the right […]
डायथिलीन ग्लाइकोल
इस अतिगंभीर व जघन्य घटना के सही एक साल बाद का परिदृश्य यह है कि अभी दो ड्रग इंस्पेक्टर को बहाल कर दिया गया,डाक्टर की लिखी दवाओं को मरीज केमिस्ट से खरीदकर इलाज का इतिहास अभी का नहीं सैकड़ों साल का , यह घटना इस व्यवस्था में अविश्वास को खत्म करता है l कलंकित करने […]
Dr. B. B. Maheshwari
Professor and Head of Medicine, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra I. The Card On the morning of Sunday, 4 October 2026, a cream-coloured card began travelling from phone to phone across Agra. At its top, in deep maroon Devanagari, were two words: Shok Sandesh, a message of mourning. Beneath them, framed in gold and ringed […]
What Platelet Size Means
what does size of platelets tell usThe average size of your platelets—measured as Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) on a routine blood test—tells doctors how fast your bone marrow is producing new platelets and whether they are active. Normal MPV: Usually ranges from 7.5 to 12 femtoliters (fL). This means your body is making and destroying […]
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