Nipah Virus  What is Nipah Virus? Nipah Virus (NiV) is an emerging infectious disease which first appeared in domestic pigs in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998 and 1999. There is evidence of Nipah infection among several species of domestic animals including dogs, cats, goats, and horses. Sheep may also be affected. […]

Legally, whatever you have written is everything, not whatever you have done. So the prescription should be written in such a way that it become the most powerful defence for you. It is important to treat each and every prescription as a potential source of litigation. In my opinion, it’s to be thorough and honest, […]

The Nataraja And Epilepsy: An Interpretation Of The Cosmic Dancer by Anand Venkatraman May 19, 2018, 2:08 pm The Nataraja (Balu Velachery/ • The little demon crushed under Nataraja’s foot doesn’t attract attention, but there may be something very significant to it – perhaps a link to epilepsy and consequently, memory, and consciousness. Do you […]

May 5, 2018 ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS The American Heart Association has named May National High Blood Pressure Education month. ad literal Cardiology_VascularMedicine_MediumRectangle /ad literal According to a press release from the AHA, mistakes are often made in home or office BP tests, which may lead to inaccurate readings. “We need to raise awareness […]

My wife and I have befriended multiple people with struggling marriages. Maybe this shouldn’t be a big surprise given the majority of marriages are successful at least in India. That said, every time we end up with friends struggling in marriage, it never gets any less challenging. Every single time we run into this challenge, […]

“Doctor, Will My Dad Survive?” asked the anxious son. “Very unlikely, we are trying our best though” said the desperate doc. The highly qualified son had brought his father late night on a Friday, over 24 hours after he had developed a paralysis. Patient’s blood pressure was high, and heart status was fluctuating. An urgent […]

” साहब अपने ऑफिस में, आरामदेह कुर्सी पर बैठे, आगे-पीछे झूल रहे थे । साहब पिछले बीस सालों से इसी तरह झूले जा रहे हैं । साहब बीस साल पहले तक, इलाज करने वाले डॉक्टर हुआ करते थे । फिर साहब को सरकार ने प्रशासनिक काम सौंप दिया, तबसे साहब इसी काम मे लगे हैं […]

Selling drugs is a relationship business. It’s best to do it in person. That is why, on a summer evening in 2012, Alec Burlakoff was out for dinner with Steven Chun, the owner of Sarasota Pain Associates. Burlakoff was a sales manager for Insys Therapeutics, an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company with only one branded product, a […]

Any deviation in normal urine color intraoperatively is alarming to the clinician. Frequently observed discoloration of urine is high-colored urine (dehydration), dark yellow to orange (bilirubinuria), pink to red-brown (hematuria), brown (myoglobinuria), yellow (Vitamin B-complex), or orange (rifampicin). We report a case of green urine in a 45-year-old female patient, 65 kg, American Society of […]

If the U.S. healthcare sector were ranked as a nation, it would be the world’s 13th-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, more than all of the UK, a new study finds. “Unfortunately, in our quest to take care of individual patients, we’re causing this undue harm,” coauthor Dr. Jodi Sherman, from Yale School of Medicine in […]

  Have you ever heard of the Harvard study that ran for 75 years to assess what makes us happy? It’s a revolutionary study in psychology. It followed the lives of two groups of men for over 75 years, and it now follows their Baby Boomer children to understand how childhood experience reaches across decades […]

I had posted my personal experience at DocPlexus – a community of doctors in India and received an overwhelming response. Here is the follow up post: Dr abha 1. I have verified that the hospital I was at is NABH-accredited since 2016. So now the process, validity and usefulness of NABH accreditation itself are also […]

I get umpteen number of cases where a doctor after a medical accident has been pressurized to compromise by paying some money. The circumstances at that time usually involving a mob and sometimes the police are such that the doctor considers the 2-5 lacs given as well spent. Some doctors also get an agreement made […]

All over India, Doctors are often manhandled and physically tortured in Pvt or Government Hospital or Clinic if emergency prompt service is not provided to a patient resulting in complication or death or a patient becomes serious suddenly or expires during treatment or after a procedure or operation.In most of these cases, even Police comes […]

खेल दवा की गोली का , बन्दूक रखने कंधा डॉक्टर का ,निशाना जनता पर मोदी के लंदन के कार्यक्रम में चार में से एक डायमंड पार्टनर sunn pharma था ..डॉक्टर पर दिया हुआ वक्तव्य ,और ज़नेरिक दवाओं का ज़िक्र …पीछे कुछ लम्बा झोल लग रहा है .. अब सुनिये sun pharma के बारे में .. […]

Written by Dr Bakhtawar Shah **Marrying a Doctor: A Love Story Beyond the Stethoscope** So, you’re dreaming of marrying a doctor? Maybe you’re picturing a poised, brilliant woman in a white coat, saving lives by day and cooking gourmet dinners by night. *Spoiler alert*: That’s not quite how it works. Marrying a doctor means signing […]

पहला पाठ, ये मोदी जी की जिस मुल्क में आप डॉक्टरों की हंसी उड़ा रहे थे , उस मुल्क का सामाजिक कायदा ये है की क्वीन के मेहमानों की फेरहिस्त में यदि एक भी डॉक्टर है तो उसका नाम सबसे ऊपर पहिले क्रम पर लिखा जाता है , वहां के प्रधान मंत्री के भी पहिले […]

I may crib about too much traffic on the road but I myself have 2 between just two of us, and may be heavily invested in Auto sector. Hence it is not in my interest that roads are empty . You may have got the script. When you combine healthcare with investing, a moral dilemma […]

1. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. 2. House of God* by Samuel Shem. 3. Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande. 4. The Intern Blues by Robert Marion. 5. The Anatomy of Hope by Jerome Groopman. 6. My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story by Abraham Verghese. 7. The Immortal […]

There are no free lunches : ———————————————— *Our respected PM made a point during his public meeting in Westminster, London. He mocked & insulted medical profession of his country from a foreign land.* He is right as well as wrong because society judges propriety of anything according to what suites it best. So , I […]

For those who say that Canadian Doc are protesting for a Salary cut then why Indian Docs are so much behind money. I would like to put light on few facts about Indian Docs. 1. The Doctor-Population ratio of Canada is approx 230 Doctors for every 10000 people. (Data of 2016, Scott’s Medical Database – […]

मोदी चाचा को सलाम, चाचा जी हम डॉक्टर्स ने क्या गलती कर दी जो आप लंदन जा कर भी हमे नही भूले और हमे जुतिया दिया। हां एक गलती तो हमने करी थी जब हम छोटे बच्चे थे कि हमारे मा बाप ने हमसे पूछा था कि बड़े हो कर क्या बनोगे तो हमने तुतली […]

प्रधान मंत्री मोदीजी ने विगत दिन ब्रिटेन में एक उद्बबोधन में ब्राण्ड दवाओं और भारतीय चिकित्सकों पर की गई टिप्पणी पर नीमच के शल्यचिकित्सक डॉक्टर आशीष जोशी की सटीक टिप्पणी ..👇 अवलोकन करे हां , कुछ ऐसा ही हो रहा है भारत के चिकित्सकों की तरफ से । सवर्णों की तरफ से तो आज़ादी से […]

We were always much entertained by a very famous surgeon who would just sit all dressed up in the operation theater. As the worried relatives kept praying in the waiting room, the patient was operated by some other experienced and skilled doctors employed by this ‘famous’ doctor. He would just sit watching TV in his […]

To The Hon PM, Sir, Its always a treat to listen you.Your oratory skills are extra ordinary when you communicatie with Indian diaspora in a foreign country.The way you brand india during your world tours is outstanding and exhilarating. But in your recent address in UK you disappointed and humiliated millions of hard working and […]

20.04.2018 New Delhi Beloved Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji The patriarch of the family always speaks about his sons and daughters with pride especially with the strangers. This is our culture. Indian doctors have brought international acclaim and repute due to their world class proficiency and skill. Engaging in small talk  and  maligning the entire […]

आप खुद बना सकते हैं अपने बच्चे को होशियार, संस्कारी और चरित्रवान? कैसे? बता रहीं हैं प्रसिद्व मनोचिकित्सक डाॅ प्रतिभा शर्मा अर्चना शर्मा देहरादून। मनोविज्ञान में हमारे लिए असामान्य और अनुचित व्यवहारों को मनोविकार कहा जाता है। ये धीरे-धीरे बढ़ते जाते हैं। मनोविकारों के बहुत से कारक हैं, जिनमें आनुवांशिकता, कमजोर व्यक्तित्व, सहनशीलता का अभाव, […]

http://www.a4clinics.com 2018-04-14 | Dr. Abha Agrawal, MD The most important thing to understand about pain is that ALL PAIN is actually in our brain, not in our body. What do I mean by this? Let’s say you cut a finger or hurt your leg in an accident. You have nerve fibers in the finger and […]

Here are some traditional Parsi remedies you can try at home: The last one is my Favourite.. 1) *Weakness* Mix one tablespoon of honey and two drops of rose water in alcohol and drink 2) *Cough* Mix honey, powdered black Tellicherry pepper and hot water in alcohol and drink 3) *Cold* Mix warm water in […]

Ancient Indian Science Was Incredibly Advanced Shantanu PrasherMensXP Staff Writer 42K Shares    The credit for almost all the great inventions and discoveries so far has always rested with the Western world. We have read about them in schoolbooks, heard about them on television or in movies and talked about it tirelessly. Sadly, […]

The best approach to medico-legal concerns in the physicians’ office is to take timely steps to avoid it. The purpose of this article is to simply lay down direct and precise pointers that can be easily followed by healthcare professionals and establishments in order to avoid litigation and mitigate risk. This article in no manner […]

Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), Committee on Public Education & Awareness WHO campaign on World Health Day 2017: The theme of World Health Day 2017, celebrated on the 7th of April, was depression. The overall goal of this one-year campaign was that more people with depression, in all countries, seek and get help. Depression is the leading […]

By Azriel ReShel on Friday Science Proves the Power of Chanting Many of us have heard the Gyuto Monks of Tibet. With their extraordinary chanting and low throaty drone of ancient sacred texts, they have kept audiences in the West spellbound with their long, careful and accurate recitations of potent Tibetan Buddhist texts. Sitting in […]

सरकारी अस्पताल में गये तो शिकायत थी भीड़ भाड़ है, धक्का मुक्की है,गंदगी है यहां तो मुसीबतें घनघोर हैं। पड़ौस के नर्सिंग होम में गए तो शिकायत थी सुविधाएं कम हैं , मैनेजमेंट नही है ये दिल तो चाहे कुछ और है। आलीशान कॉर्पोरेट में गये तो शिकायत थी महंगा है, मानवता नाम की चीज़ […]

सेवा में , माननीय श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी जी, प्रधानमंत्री , भारत सरकार , नई दिल्ली विषय- भारत में आरक्षण को समाप्त किये जाने एवं पदोन्नति में आरक्षण हेतु 117वें संबिधान संशोधन बिल को निरस्त किये जाने विषयक | माननीय महोदय , सौभाग्य की बात है कि बहुत समय बाद भारत में आपके कुशल नेतृत्व में […]

Is being a Hindu ok and is Hindutva not ok and even dangerous? Many Hindus seem wary to be associated with Hindutva, in spite of the fact that Hindutva simply means Hindu-ness or being Hindu. They tend to accept the view which mainstream media peddled for long: ‘Hindutva is intolerant and stands for the ‘communal […]

The kidney is very humble It does its work quietly and efficiently Day in and day out, tirelessly For the welfare of the human being. It asks nothing in return Except to sleep peacefully in the retroperitoneal cavity To contemplate in the dark cave On the impurities of the human soul One day the brain, […]

Violence in the health sector is a routine affair in India nowadays. Be it over the patients’ deaths because of errors in treatment or charging excessive bills, hospitals and nursing homes or the doctors working for them are found facing the public’s ire time and again. The situation is so grave that the state of […]

29th March, 2018, New Delhi In light of the decision of Union Cabinet yesterday evening of approving the amended National Medical Commission Bill 2017, the Action Committee of the medical fraternity comprising of IMA, United RDA, FORDA, MSN, RDA AIIMS & Association of DNB Doctors under the leadership of Dr. Ravi Wankhedkar, National President, IMA met […]

उत्तराखंड के प्राइवेट मेडिकल कालेज ने 400 प्रतिशत फीस बढ़ा दी है। यहां के तीन प्राइवेट मेडिकल कालेज में करीब 650 छात्र छात्राएं पढ़ती हैं। आधे उत्तराखंड के ही हैं। राज्य सरकार ने मेडिकल कालेज को फीस बढ़ाने की छूट दे दी है। इस खेल का असर आप जानेंगे तो रातों की नींद उड़ जाएगी। […]