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Dr Natesan Punniamurthy, Padma Shri, 2026 — Veterinary Medicine (Ethno-Veterinary Science)
Dr Natesan PunniamurthyPadma Shri, 2026 — Veterinary Medicine (Ethno-Veterinary Science)The farm boy from Vallam who taught a cow to heal with aloe, turmeric and lime — and taught a nation that clean milk begins in a clean udder, not a bottle of antibiotic. 6 March 1957, Vallam village, Thanjavur. Agrarian house. School in Thanjavur and […]
Dr Kewal Krishan Thakral, Padma Shri, 2026 — Ayurvedic Surgery (Shalya–Shalakya)
Dr Kewal Krishan ThakralPadma Shri, 2026 — Ayurvedic Surgery (Shalya–Shalakya)The Partition child who made a medicated thread, and a small puncture at the ear, acceptable to a country that had almost forgotten its own surgeons. Born 10 October 1938, Sargodha — then British India, now Pakistan. The family crossed in 1947 and rebuilt in Yamunanagar. […]
Dr Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy, Padma Shri, 2026 — Oncology
Dr Palkonda Vijay Anand ReddyPadma Shri, 2026 — OncologyThe Palamuru boy who turned down a London job, came home after his father died, and spent three decades telling parents that even the eye can grow a cancer — and that a white glow in a photograph can still be caught in time. Born 20 October […]
Dr Prateek Sharma, Padma Shri, 2026 — Gastroenterology
Dr Prateek SharmaPadma Shri, 2026 — GastroenterologyThe Vadodara graduate who made Barrett’s oesophagus a language the world could share — Prague criteria on the scope, risk on the page — and then came home, briefly, to take a medal for a life spent in Kansas City. Born in Chandigarh; raised in Vadodara. Parents from Punjab […]
Dr Ramchandra Godbole and Smt Suneeta Godbole, Padma Shri, 2026 — Medicine (joint award)
Dr Ramchandra Godbole and Smt Suneeta GodbolePadma Shri, 2026 — Medicine (joint award)Seven days after the wedding they left Maharashtra for Barsur. The forest called him Doctor Bhaiya. She learned Gondi and Halbi so the women would not have to speak through a stranger. He is a BAMS graduate from Satara. She took her MSW […]
Prof. Shyam Sundar, Padma Shri, 2026 — Medicine (Infectious Diseases / Kala-azar)
Prof. Shyam SundarPadma Shri, 2026 — Medicine (Infectious Diseases / Kala-azar)The Muzaffarpur boy who gave a neglected fever a strip test, an oral pill, and a single drip — and watched the case count fall from tens of thousands to a few hundred. Born 30 November 1953, Muzaffarpur. District school. Banaras Hindu University for everything […]
Dr Suresh Hanagavadi, Padma Shri, 2026 — Medicine (Haemophilia care)
Dr Suresh HanagavadiPadma Shri, 2026 — Medicine (Haemophilia care)The Class 9 boy outside a Harihar OPD whose uncle said, This is why you must become a doctor — and who spent the first internship salary registering a society so no family would lose someone for lack of care. Severe haemophilia B from childhood. Mother a […]
Prof. (Dr) Saroj Mandal, Padma Shri, 2026 — Interventional Cardiology
Prof. (Dr) Saroj MandalPadma Shri, 2026 — Interventional CardiologyThe Kolkata unit head who put twenty-two pacemakers in in nine hours on an ordinary working day at SSKM — and spent the rest of the years taking the same urgency to the village by wire. Born 15 September 1967. MBBS, University of Calcutta, 1994. MD Medicine. […]
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Roshen Master
Pune in the early 1950s still treated psychiatry as something whispered about in corridors. Hospitals had wards. Families had secrets. Women doctors were rare enough. A woman who wanted to sit across from patients in her own consulting room, listen to their fears, and charge a fee for it? That was almost unthinkable. Roshen Master […]
Caesarean rate
Dr. Ruma Satwik still remembered the smell of the sugarcane fields outside the little primary health centre in rural Maharashtra. It was 2000. She was young, newly posted, and she delivered eighteen babies that year. “Most of them never even came here,” she told a junior resident last week, stirring her tea in the staff […]
The Price of Being a Doctor
The Price of Being a DoctorThere is a strange contradiction at the heart of medicine.A patient may walk into a doctor’s room carrying years of pain, fear and uncertainty. The doctor may spend years learning how to understand that suffering, another decade developing judgement and experience, and then several more years building the hospital, clinic […]
Swami Sivananda Saraswati
A Book That Changed a Doctor(The moment Dr. Kuppuswami became Swami Sivananda Saraswati) In Malaya—today’s Malaysia—Dr. Kuppuswami was no ordinary physician. Banks opened on holidays for him. Trains waited. Steamers delayed departure until he boarded. He dressed in fine silks, collected gold rings, gemstones and watches, kept typewriters, gramophones and harmoniums at home. He treated […]
Dr K.C. Tripathi
Sultanpur did not lose a doctor. It lost the man who taught a small city that a failing heart need not travel to Lucknow to be saved. When a young K.C. Tripathi returned from King George’s Medical University with an M.D. in Medicine and a gold medal, well-wishers were blunt. “You’ve done enough,” they said. […]
Doctor death
They said the year left India with a habit of remembering in many mouths at once. One voice is never enough. So the story of Devendra Kumar Sharma is told the same way: not as a single monster’s confession, but as the overlapping testimonies of people who knew the healer before the healer vanished, and […]
Krishna: A Life of Duty Without Rest
The dates below follow a popular traditional chronology that works backward from the Puranic start of Kali Yuga (often given as 18 February 3102 BCE) and from texts that say Krishna lived about 125 years and that the Kurukshetra war came when he was about eighty-nine. Historians do not treat these Gregorian conversions as proven […]
Roshen Master
Pune in the early 1950s still treated psychiatry as something whispered about in corridors. Hospitals had wards. Families had secrets. Women doctors were rare enough. A woman who wanted to sit across from patients in her own consulting room, listen to their fears, and charge a fee for it? That was almost unthinkable. Roshen Master […]
Dr. Dipak Dhar Choudhury
Dr Dipak Dhar Choudhury — also written as Dr D.D. Choudhury or Choudhary — is not a celebrity surgeon of multiplex hospitals. He is the quieter kind of Indian doctor whose name lives in association files, blood-bank registers, and the memory of a state that did not exist when he first hung his stethoscope in […]
Surplus
India has officially hit a record 1,36,939 MBBS seats across 823 medical colleges. We are supposedly solving the national doctor shortage. However, if you read the microscopic fine print, a far darker reality emerges. Of the 9,911 shiny new seats rolled out this year, a modest 2,111 belong to government colleges, while a staggering 7,800 […]
Missing link
There is a missing link between specialists and patients in India due to the absence of a primary coordinating doctor or General Practitioner (GP) who handles long-term care management and brings all medical records together. Key Elements of the “Captain of the Ship” ConceptCentral Oversight: A single doctor oversees the patient’s entire healthcare journey rather […]
सफ़ेद कोट
सफ़ेद कोट की जेब में रखी ज़िंदगी मेडिकल कॉलेज के दिनों में लगता था, बस रेज़िडेंसी मिल जाए, तो ज़िंदगी मुकम्मल हो जाएगी। रेज़िडेंसी में लगा, एक विशेषज्ञ बन जाऊँ, तो शायद सुकून मिल जाए। फिर लगा, नाम हो, पहचान हो, मरीज़ों की लंबी कतार हो, सम्मेलनों के मंच हों, किताबों में मेरा नाम छपे, […]
The Seven Medical Sins
The Seven Medical Sins — first laid out by the sharp-tongued British physician Richard Asher in 1949 — still haunt hospital corridors, outpatient clinics, and Zoom consults today. They are not dramatic scandals or rare malpractice headlines. They are the quiet, everyday failings that turn good doctors into slightly less good ones, and patients into […]
Time frames
Approximate time frames (birth–death ranges), working backwards from your father Krishan/Kishen Chand (1935–1983). These are rough estimates only, based on typical historical generation intervals of about 25–30 years (age of father at the birth of the relevant son) in traditional Indian families, plus average adult lifespans of roughly 55–70 years for those who survived childhood […]
Time frames
Approximate time frames (birth–death ranges), working backwards from your father Krishan/Kishen Chand (1935–1983). These are rough estimates only, based on typical historical generation intervals of about 25–30 years (age of father at the birth of the relevant son) in traditional Indian families, plus average adult lifespans of roughly 55–70 years for those who survived childhood […]
यह पत्र भारत सरकार के सामाजिक न्याय एवं अधिकारिता मंत्रालय द्वारा वरिष्ठ नागरिकों की देखभाल और सहायता के लिए शुरू की गई दो डिजिटल पहलों के प्रचार से संबंधित है:
यह पत्र भारत सरकार के सामाजिक न्याय एवं अधिकारिता मंत्रालय द्वारा वरिष्ठ नागरिकों की देखभाल और सहायता के लिए शुरू की गई दो डिजिटल पहलों के प्रचार से संबंधित है: संक्षेप में: यह सरकार की एक उपयोगी पहल है जो technology के माध्यम से senior citizens को emergency support, welfare information और geriatric caregiving services […]
Dr. D.P. Puri: The Steady Hand of Dehradun’s Medical Fraternity
In the mist-kissed valleys of Dehradun, where the Doon hills cradle stories of quiet heroism, there once walked a physician whose name still echoes softly in the corridors of the Indian Medical Association’s local branch. Dr. D.P. Puri, past President of IMA Dehradun, was never one for loud proclamations or grand stages. His was the […]
Inside India’s Social Media-for-Children Court Battle: Who Are Kirti Dua and Dr Sharad Gupta and Why Their Case Matters
OFFBEAT Meet the Crusaders Behind India’s Social Media-for-Children Debate: Lawyer Mom Kirti Dua and Paediatrician Dr Sharad Gupta Open Bureau Last Updated: August 20, 2026, 17:26 IST Summarise Share One is a Supreme Court lawyer and mother of a young child. The other is a paediatrician who has spent decades treating children. Together, Kirti Dua […]
“Unsung and Extraordinary” or “Lives That Lifted a Nation.”
Here are original, engaging short stories inspired by real Padma Awardees. These are written in a literary, narrative style suitable for a book celebrating India’s civilian honours. They draw from documented lives and achievements while focusing on human drama, determination, and impact. You can expand them into full chapters, add more awardees, or adjust the […]
Trust only works when it travels in both directions.
“You have killed my son.” Those were the first words Priya Sharma said to me. Her voice was quiet, almost calm, but her eyes were pure fire. Behind her, the corridor lights hummed. Inside the operating theatre, her son Arjun was still on the table. The anaesthetist, Dr. Mehta, was fighting to keep him alive. […]
Dr. Binod Naithani
With profound grief, we share that Dr. Binod Naithani of the SNMC 1967 batch breathed his last early this morning at Max Hospital after a brief illness. An anaesthesiologist whose steady hands and calm presence guided countless patients through the most vulnerable moments of their lives, he leaves behind a legacy measured not in headlines, […]
Coccydynia
In the quiet, sun-dappled corridors of the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode, where the scent of jasmine from the courtyard mixed with the sharper tang of antiseptic, Dr. Meenakshi Nair had built a reputation that stretched far beyond the palm-fringed streets of Kerala. She was not the kind of physician whose name appeared in […]
NMC
रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 स.ं 493] No. 493] असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग III—खण्ड 4 PART III—Section 4 प्राजधकार से प्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY नईकिल्ली,मगंलवार,अगस्ट्त11,2026/श्रावण20,1948 NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026/SHRAVAN 20, 1948 राष्ट्रीयआयर्ुवज्ञि ानआयोग (नजैतकताऔरजिककत्सापिं ीकरणबोड)ि अजधसिू ना नई किल्ली, 11 अगस्ट्त, 2026 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-12082026-275408 xxxGIDHxxx CG-DL-E-12082026-275408 xxxGIDExxx स.ं आर.11061/05/2026-ईएमआरबी-पिं ी.—राष्ट्रीय आयुर्विज्ञान आयोग […]
BIRTH OF SNMC, AGRAआगरा के थॉमसन हॉस्पिटल से सरोजिनी नायडू मेडिकल कॉलेज तक का सफर
आज हम अपनी आगरा के घुमक्कड़ हैरिटेज वॉक के दौरान शहर की एक ऐसी ऐतिहासिक धरोहर के सामने खड़े होकर फोटो खिंचवाने का अवसर मिला, जिसका इतिहास केवल चिकित्सा से नहीं, बल्कि आधुनिक भारत के निर्माण से भी जुड़ा हुआ है। जिसे आज हम सरोजिनी नायडू मेडिकल कॉलेज (SNMC) के नाम से जानते हैं, उसकी […]
CAR-T
One of the most stunning images in the world of modern oncology. In the image on the left:The body looks as if it’s drowning in disease… scattered black spots across multiple areas, representing regions of high tumor activity in a PET scan. Then came a treatment that was entirely different:Genetically modified CAR-T cells — where […]
Refeeding syndrome
Refeeding syndrome is a potentially serious (and rarely fatal) metabolic complication that can occur when nutrition is reintroduced too rapidly after a period of prolonged malnutrition or starvation.3 It involves shifts in fluids and electrolytes driven by hormonal and metabolic changes (particularly an insulin surge from carbohydrate intake), leading to deficiencies that impair organ function. […]
Dr. Raymond Vahan Damadian
Dr. Raymond Vahan Damadian (1936–2022) was the determined physician-inventor who built the world’s first MRI scanner, driven by a personal mission against cancer and an unyielding belief that science could peer inside the living body without the risks of X-rays. Born March 16, 1936, in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, Queens, he was the […]
Dr. V. P. Mittal: The Ever-Youthful Healer of Tilak Road
At 83, most people slow down. Dr. V. P. Mittal still rises before dawn, does a brisk walk through the quiet lanes of Dehradun, and arrives at his modest clinic on Tilak Road with the energy of a man half his age. The waiting room is already filling up—mothers with restless toddlers, fathers balancing vaccine […]
Dr Rajendra Kanwar
In the quiet hills of Jol Sappar, near Nadaun in Himachal’s Hamirpur district, an elderly man still opens his modest clinic each morning. At 77, Dr Rajendra Kanwar — known locally as the “Kangu Wale Doctor” — greets patients with the same gentle smile he has offered for nearly five decades. Many leave without paying […]
Prof. Dr. Lopa Mehta
Prof. Dr. Lopa Mehta walks the corridors of Mumbai’s Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital not as a distant legend, but as someone who still greets students with a quiet smile and a probing question: “Why did you choose medicine? To cure, or to truly care?” She is Emeritus Professor and former Head of […]
Short Story of Protamine Sulphate
In the cold winter nights of the 1870s, along the rivers of Switzerland, a young biochemist named Friedrich Miescher worked by the open window. He was chasing the secrets of the cell nucleus. Salmon sperm, rich and plentiful in the cold season, became his unlikely material. From those tiny cells he isolated two remarkable substances: […]
Y Subbarow
He discovered the energy molecule that runs every cell in every living thing on Earth. Then he invented the first chemotherapy drug. Then the first tetracycline antibiotic. Harvard denied him tenure. A bowling alley wouldn’t let him bowl. He died at 53 with no obituary. His drugs save tens of millions of lives every year. […]
Doon Valley
Page 3 of 3 The Doon Valley was amongst the first places in India to have a school for the blind. Sharp Memorial Blind School was opened in the early part of the century. Soon after Independence, the government established the Central Braille Press in 1951. This was followed by the setting up of NIVH […]
Prehabilitation
The most strongly recommended non-pharmacological intervention is prehabilitation (specifically multimodal prehabilitation).Rather than waiting for postoperative rehabilitation, prehabilitation proactively builds physiologic reserve before elective surgery.Core Components of Multimodal PrehabilitationExercise Therapy:Aerobic conditioning (e.g., walking, cycling) to improve cardiorespiratory reserve.Resistance training to build muscle mass and counteract frailty-induced sarcopenia.Inspiratory muscle training to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications.Nutritional Optimization:High-protein supplementation […]
Uvula
uvula While its exact physiological role in humans is still a subject of ongoing study, several primary functions have been identified:Saliva Production: The uvula contains a high concentration of mucous glands that secrete thin saliva, helping to keep the throat and mouth moist and lubricated.Swallowing and Speech: During swallowing, the soft palate and uvula move […]
Dementia care
Dr. Sung Shen-chu (宋思權 / S.C. Sung / Jeff Sung), a longtime neurologist in Chiayi, Taiwan, wrote this letter based on decades of caring for dementia and stroke patients. The widely shared version you saw is a condensed core; the original Facebook post lists 22 specific wishes. It is a powerful exercise in empathy: treating […]
The Decline of Medical Ethics: Small Hospitals vs Corporate Healthcare
Time to introspect. 🙏🏼 I have been wanting to write this for a long time—not against any individual doctor or institution, but about a growing culture in healthcare that concerns me deeply. There was a time when medicine was primarily about patients, relationships, empathy and professional respect. Today, in many large corporate hospitals, healthcare increasingly […]
Bile acid sequestrants (resins)
Bile acid sequestrants (resins) — specifically colesevelam, cholestyramine, and colestipol — are the lipid-lowering agents contraindicated in severe hypertriglyceridemia because they can significantly raise TG levels. This is a well-established class effect: by interrupting enterohepatic bile acid recirculation, resins upregulate hepatic VLDL synthesis, worsening hypertriglyceridemia. They are generally contraindicated when TG ≥300–400 mg/dL and absolutely […]
NEET
बधाई हो, आपने NEET पास कर लिया! अब अपनी ज़िंदगी भर की कमाई जमा कर दीजिए।नॉन-अल्कोहलिक शैम्पेन खोलिए और जश्न मनाइए, क्योंकि राष्ट्रीय चिकित्सा आयोग (NMC) ने अभी-अभी सबसे रोमांचक खबर दी है: भारत में अब 823 मेडिकल कॉलेजों के साथ कुल 1,36,939 MBBS सीटें हो गई हैं, जो अपने आप में एक नया रिकॉर्ड […]
NEET
Congratulations, you’ve cleared NEET! Now go ahead and deposit your entire life’s earnings. Open a non-alcoholic champagne and celebrate, because the National Medical Commission (NMC) has just dropped the most exciting news: India now has 1,36,939 MBBS seats across 823 medical colleges, setting a new record. Throw confetti, because it’s being claimed that we’re solving […]
Dr. Ankur Pandey
Dr. Ankur Pandey, was an Associate Professor in the Department of General Medicine at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He held an MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine and was registered with the Uttarakhand Medical Council (Registration No. 7865). He had over 10 years of experience as an Internal Medicine physician […]
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