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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The wise do not ask what can already be seen. Chanakya believed that most truths are not hidden, they are simply ignored. In courts where one careless question could invite betrayal, Chanakya learned to read people without interrogation. His intelligence lay in observation, not confrontation. Chanakya taught that human beings constantly reveal their intentions through […]

A prescribing cascade is not “too many ” in general. It is a specific error of interpretation: a side effect of Drug A is treated as a new disease, so Drug B is added. Drug B can then cause its own side effect, and Drug C follows. The first drug may still be needed; the […]

At 5:30 a.m. in Hyderabad, while most of the city is still stretching into the day, Dr. Suri Srimathi is already on her yoga mat. She is 92. After pranayama she will drive herself to work, review cases, and—if the list demands it—walk into an operating theatre and deliver a baby. She has been doing […]

New Delhi: Taking exception to the large gap between the price to retailer (PTR) and the maximum retail price of certain cancer medicines, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why manufacturers should be permitted to fix MRP several times higher than their actual sale price. Drug manufacturers and retailers are committing “daylight robbery” by selling […]

India does not have one tax. It has a tax joint family that lives in every wallet, every invoice, every UPI ping, and every “congratulations, you sold a house.” Below is a field guide. Rates change with budgets and GST Council meetings; treat this as a map, not a CA certificate. Direct taxes (the ones […]

Leucovorin (also called folinic acid, calcium folinate, or citrovorum factor) is a reduced, already-active form of folate (vitamin B9). It is used as a prescription medicine, not as a general vitamin supplement. Unlike ordinary folic acid, it does not need conversion by the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). That is why it can work when that […]

Fahr disease is the old name for primary familial brain calcification (PFBC): bilateral calcium deposits in the basal ganglia and often other brain regions, without a metabolic or other secondary cause. Doctors now prefer PFBC. Fahr syndrome usually means the same CT picture caused by something else (especially parathyroid disease). The two look similar on […]

Dr. Krishan Avtar, born on 19 July 1970, is a Dehradun neurologist who built a hospital so that people from the hills would not have to travel to Delhi for brain and nerve care. He is Chairman and CEO of Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences on Canal Road, Ballupur, and still heads its Department of […]

In the city of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, on 15 March 1963, a boy named Praveen Chandra was born into a family where medicine already ran in the blood. His father, a doctor, quietly planted the seed of healing. Young Praveen studied at Colvin Taluqdar College in Lucknow and then entered the historic halls of […]

The Dentist Who Built an Institution and Made Implants Affordable: The Story of Dr. Mahesh Verma From the dental colleges of Thiruvananthapuram to the heart of Delhi’s public healthcare system, Dr. Mahesh Verma has spent a lifetime raising the standard of oral health in India. A prosthodontist of national stature, he is known both for […]

In the district of Banka in Bihar, on 26 June 1926, a boy named Dilip Kumar Singh was born into a family already devoted to healing. His father, Dr. Yamuna Prasad Singh, had set the example. Young Dilip followed the same path, graduating with his MBBS from Patna Medical College in 1952. Opportunities abroad opened […]

Neeraj Kumar Jain, Complaint Case No. 37 of 2014, SCDRC Bihar — A pregnant patient complained of severe abdominal pain and absence of foetal movement. The treating doctor relied on an ultrasound report indicating normal findings and failed to adequately reconcile the report with the patient’s worsening clinical condition. The foetus was subsequently found dead […]