All they did were border wars with Russia, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, India. They may have lots of weaponry. Have they ever done any significant bombing using a fighter plane? NO. They have a simple methodology when it comes to war. Irrespective of the faction or leader at the top, the war has to be just […]

The revised discharge policy is aligned with the guidelines on the 3 tier COVID facilities and the categorization of the patients based on clinical severity (Available at: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/FinalGuidanceonMangaementofCovidcasesversion2.pdf) 1. Mild/very mild/pre-symptomatic cases Mild/very mild/pre-symptomatic cases admitted to a COVID Care Facility will undergo regular temperature and pulse oximetry monitoring. The patient can be discharged after […]

Did you ever take the time to read an old cardiology journal – maybe, one from the late 80ies – early 90ies? In a way, it is amazing how much we already knew about diastolic dysfunction 30-40 years ago. But then again it is also disturbing to see how so many recommendations never made it […]

* Dear friends Dr Shashank Joshi, head of the covid response team in Mumbai, has coined the word covidology for the learning gems from corona experience. He is the man responsible for increasing the doubling time in mumbai to 28 days ( national average is 15 days) thus flattening the curve in Mumbai. In his […]

Whether or not you’ve been following our other articles about biomedical waste management, you probably know that the disposal of such garbage must be done in a certain manner: without damaging the environment, or endangering the safety of patients or medical staff. The sterilizing and removal methods are also highly dependent on the kind of […]

“Mom, I won’t go to school today. Would you please let me sleep, turn off the alarm na !!!” Oh. I’m no longer in a school 😦 So what ?!? I am in a college right, who gives a shit about attendance. Lemme sleep. Anatomy Practical : Sleep kiddo sleep. I am gonna deal with […]

Nonischaemic Causes of Chest PainIllness/Condition Differentiating Symptoms and SignsReflux oesophagitis,  No ECG changesoesophageal spasm  No ECG changes Heartburn Worse in recumbent position, and also whilst straining, like anginapectoris The most common cause of chest pain. Be careful to recognize arisk patient who also has ischaemia.Pulmonary embolism  Tachypnoea, hypoxaemia, hypocarbia No pulmonary congestion […]

MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a novel surgical technique that can be used for incision-free ablative neurosurgery. Two Phase I clinical trials conducted at Sunnybrook Research Institute have demonstrated that MRgFUS appears to be safe and effective for patients with treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Of 12 study participants who […]

Dr Shashank Joshi, head of the covid response team in Mumbai, has coined the word covidology for the learning gems from corona experience. He is the man responsible for increasing the doubling time in mumbai to 28 days ( national average is 15 days) thus flattening the curve in Mumbai. In his discussion with Dr […]

🌹कोरोना से मुलाक़ात 🌹 लोकडौन शुरू हुए दो महीने बीत चुके थे और मैं अपने क्लिनिक नहीं जा रहा था ।लेकिन धीरे धीरे कुछ ढील मिलने पर और अपने मरीज़ों के बार बार आग्रह पर मैंने क्लिनिक जाने का निर्णय ले लिया ।हालाँकि मेरा परिवार ये बिल्कुल नहीं चाहता था ।उनका मानना था की मैं […]

1. Timely detection of hypoxia can prevent death The first trigger is silent hypoxia or “happy hypoxia”. It appears more when fever subsides (between Day 7 to 9). It may occur in patients who have no comorbid conditions. Normally, in hypoxia, carbon dioxide levels are raised and the person is irritable. In hypoxia in Covid […]

        Feature Gajal Gupta With research from the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative suggesting that as many as one in seven Indians may be a ected by mental health problems, there is a pressing need to focus on ways of supporting and improving the mental wellbeing of the […]

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1. Timely detection of hypoxia can prevent death The first trigger is silent hypoxia or “happy hypoxia”. It appears more when fever subsides (between Day 7 to 9). It may occur in patients who have no comorbid conditions. Normally, in hypoxia, carbon dioxide levels are raised and the person is irritable. In hypoxia in Covid […]

Good morning to everyone Myself Dr. Ram Bihade. I have been treated for covid 19 pneumonia with cytokine storm. Today I have been discharged to home after 22 days. I intend to use this platform for sharing my experience. I became symptomatic on 23 may evening, I had high grade fever and severe headache. 5 […]

 Benefits of MSME Registration Proof of Legal Existence Any MSME having Udyog Aadhar Registration is treated as a registered business entity in India. This is beneficial for Proprietorship Firms which otherwise do not have any other proof of existence in the name of proprietorship firms. Credit Facilities through Financial Institutions at lower rate of […]

medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.08.20125310.this version posted June 9, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Jeroen J.A. van Kampen M.D., Ph.D.1, David A.M.C. van de […]

Human medical trials have begun on severely ill COVID-19 patients using low-doses of radiation. The first results on a very small group were published this week in a non-peer-reviewed journal that exists to get critical results out quickly to the scientific and medical community. The results were quite extraordinary. Researchers at Emory University Hospital, led […]

———————————– फेसबुक पर कुछ क्रूसेडर लिख रहे हैं मालदीव्स के रिसॉर्ट्स से भी महंगे हैं दिल्ली ,एनसीआर के कॉर्पोरेट अस्पताल।बिल्कुल सही है, और होने भी चाहिए। 80 -90 के दशक तक ऐसा नही था। अस्पताल बहुत कम थे लेकिन उन पर अनावश्यक नियम कानूनों का , अनावश्यक उम्मीदों का बोझ नही था इसलिए कम होने […]

It was 12th May 2020 when I started my second round of obstetrics Covid Ward duty along with my team. We did three lscs of Covid suspect on the first day itself. Out of which first patient turned out to be positive for Covid-19. We were also managing one Covid suspect post LSCS day one […]

News > Medscape Medical News Michael Vlessides June 12, 2020 • 9 Share Email ADD TO EMAIL ALERTS create-article-wrapper-contenet-template: xml_id: P1, isMultipage= false, page_id: 1 Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Can oral rinses help stop the spread of COVID-19? After reviewing evidence from more than 100 articles, researchers […]

We further elucidated the contribution of airborne transmission to the COVID-19 outbreak by comparing the trends and mitigation measures during the pandemic worldwide and by considering the virus transmission routes (Fig. 4). Face covering prevents both airborne transmission by blocking atomization and inhalation of virus-bearing aerosols and contact transmission by blocking viral shedding of droplets. […]

by Vera Sharav Alliance for Human Research Protection Philippe Douste-Blazy, MD, is a cardiologist and former French Health Minister who served as Under-Secretary General of the United Nations. He was a candidate in 2017 for Director of the World Health Organization. Philippe Douste-Blazy, MD In a videotaped interview on May 24, 2020, Dr. Douste-Blazy provided […]

Media should behave in a sane and literate way….and society shud try to find the way , not just keep sitting in front of TV and be the best judge. आओ हमारे अस्पतालों में हमारे साथ कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर कुछ कदम चलने की हिम्मत दिखाओ। कुछ करके दिखाओ…वीडियो बनाना बहुत आसान है, कुछ हिम्मत […]

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  INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH 2017 Published by: Director-General Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi 110 029 http://www.icmr.nic.in ISBN: 978-81-910091-94 October, 2017 Price: ₹ 500.00 © Copyright Indian Council of Medical Research The use of content from this book is permitted for all non-commercial purposes like education, training and dissemination of information, […]

1  Satyendra Tyagi, MD Introduction  changing portrayal of doctors in Bollywood films in the last eighty years to see if it has been influenced by the ongoing changes in The Indian film industry is one of the largest cinema hubs in the world. Indian cinema, popularly referred to as Bollywood, is renowned not […]

. The RxISK post on Medications Compromising Covid Infections resonated with many. Its basic premise that many of the drugs we are on might compromise our ability to fight the infection seems close to self-evident. It made a call to the powers that be to ensure that data was collected on the meds that people […]

[Downloaded free from http://www.ijmr.org.in on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, IP: 157.44.115.2] Indian J Med Res, Epub ahead of print DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2234_20 Pranab Chatterjee1,#, Tanu Anand7,#, Kh. Jitenkumar Singh2, Reeta Rasaily3, Ravinder Singh4, Santasabuj Das8, Harpreet Singh5, Ira Praharaj6, Raman R. Gangakhedkar6, Balram Bhargava† & Samiran Panda9 1Translational Global Health Policy Research Cell, †Department of Health […]

Government of India PIB Press Briefing 11th June 2020 1 Cases per Lakh Population amongst the Lowest in the World 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 746.8    91.67 93.2 204.1 209.5 220.6 332.8 230.9 338.3 425.9 389.6 589.5 517.5 605.7   20.77 0 World India Mexico Turkey Iran Germany […]

Comment            e438 http://www.thelancet.com/haematology Vol 7 June 2020 Published Online May 11, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2352-3026(20)30145-9 Although most patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) predominantly have a respiratory tract infection, a proportion of patients progress to a more severe and systemic disease, characterised by treatment- resistantpyrexia,acutelunginjurywithacuterespiratory […]

Medical services, Offices, Manufacturing units, Hotels, Malls    JAAN JAHAAN BHI BHI  Shouldering Responsibility Of COVID -19 Decontamination • The Leader in disinfection • Specialized in surface and environment disinfection with US EPA certified products • Infection control products range to meet everyone requirements including Medical Services, Offices, Industry, Food Industry, Retails, […]

Corona Virus is here to stay for quite some time, and so we have to change our ways of Medical Practice, to keep ourselves , our families and our staff safe. Here are some important tips for safe practice , though every one can add or modify to some extent, depending upon his type of […]

(This is a story of leadership told by *Subedar Major Darbara Singh* to NDA cadets in the mid eighties:) NDA Cadets from the early to mid eighties will remember the imposing frame of SM Darbara Singh. During the rehearsal for the Passing out Parade in 1985, the cadets were in a particularly rebellious mood. The […]

 YOUR Plan of Action TO BE FIT, FINE & HEALTHY LIFE-LONG   Continuously living in the hormones of stress, fear and anxiety will just invite more diseases. Instead let us start living with more awareness and right knowledge.  IMMUNITY BOOSTING FOODS  DRUMSTICKS – Drumstick is one of the superfoods which helps […]

A nurse contracted COVID-19 from one of his patients, recovered, and returned to work with much more resolve and compassion /noindexstartindex Eugene, a 32-year old nurse, left the elderly care home early on 1 April eager to spend time with his wife and five-month old son at their newly built house just outside of Vienna. […]

Abstract. In view of the emerging COVID‐19 pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 virus, the search for potential protective and therapeutic antiviral strategies is of particular and urgent interest. Zinc is known to modulate antiviral and antibacterial immunity and regulate in ammatory response. Despite the lack of clinical data, certain indications suggest that modulation of zinc status […]

April 1, 2020 Indian Council of Medical Research – National Institute of Epidemiology Scope of this document: To be used by hospitals involved in collecting samples for COVID-19 testing Purpose: This document gives information on sample collection, packing and transport to laboratory for COVID-19 testing Responsibilities:  Clinician: o To identify the appropriate patient for […]

U can manipulate data and the basic concept of ” Evidence based Medicine” – is thrashed when u learn that Evidence is sold in market Most prestigious journals (LANCET, NEJM) loose credibility and I believe- This is not new. In the field of Diabetes- Pioglitazone was banned by recommendations of big shots who are funded […]

*[07/06, 12:10]:* *The US government’s Centre for Disease Control has made official the emerging scientific evidence on Coronavirus transmission:* Very low risk of transmission from surfaces. Very low risk from outdoor activities. Very high risk from gatherings in enclosed spaces like offices, religious places, cinema halls or theatres. These findings that have been emerging for […]

Remember, we told you understanding novel coronavirus, which is officially called SARS-CoV-2 and which causes Covid-19, is a continuous process as of now? Bio-chemical scientists are devoting maximum energy to decode the behaviour of the coronavirus. Now, a group of researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, which has frightened the most powerful governments, may be fearful […]

Dr Jagdish Hiremath, renowned interventional cardiologist, credited with successful use of “reversal of heart disease program”  shares his expertise for the medical fraternity here. Cardiovascular diseases are on the rise and among the “stressed” community of doctors! Overall the incidences of smoking among doctors has gone down drastically but the prevailing situation of stress makes every doctor prone to […]

1. It’sknownthattherearealargenumberofCovidpositive asymptomatic individuals. These people if undergoing surgery under anesthesia would be at high risk to develop lung complications after surgery. If God forbid, someone was to die and we are asked, could you have done any test to avoid this death, what are we to say ? That someone from the government gave […]

Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Michael J Selgelid COVID-19 poses an extraordinary threat to global public health and an e ective vaccine could provide a key means of overcoming this crisis. Human challenge studies involve the intentional infection of research participants and can accelerate or improve vaccine development by rapidly providing estimates of vaccine safety and e cacy. […]

6/4/2020 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931320_print http://www.medscape.com   Brenda Goodman, MA May 28, 2020 Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Something has been bothering Kimberly Prather, PhD: everything she reads about COVID-19 points to a pathogen that travels through the air.  Kimberly Prather, PhD There’s how quickly it has […]

     European Heart Journal (2020) 00, 1–2 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa489 COVID-19 and the healthcare workers Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita (the ‘Lord’s Song’) from India during these difficult times                         […]

SCIENCECORONAVIRUS COVERAGE PHOTOGRAPH BY SEFA KARACAN, ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES READ CAPTION 3D image of tomography datas displaying Covid-19 symptoms on lungs and the overall damage… Read More PHOTOGRAPH BY SEFA KARACAN, ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Researchers are narrowing down how long the virus persists inside the body and whether people can be […]

  The purpose of this document is to provide interim guidance for setting up of quarantine facilities 1 Guidelines for Quarantine facilities   Topic Contents Page No. Introduction 3 Evaluation of Potential Sites 4 Risk assessment of the quarantine facility 5 Securing Entry and Exit points Human resource Deployment, training, IEC, Clinical Examination […]

Private facilities Name of hospital: Category: Clinic/Polyclinic/Nursing Home/Multi speciality Hospital Address: District: Division: State:   Facility Nodal officer- Name – Designation- Contact number – Whether entire hospital/ Block(s) within hospital is dedicated for COVID care/non-COVID (Tick as Applicable) Whether the facility is functional/being made functional (for COVID)/NA (Tick as Applicable)   Numbers/Quantity of : • […]

Table of Contents S. no. Page no. 1. 3 2. 6 3. 8  Contents Introduction Case definition Triaging  SECTION A 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. SECTION B 1. 2. 3. 4. SECTION C 15. 16. 17. 18. COVID FACILITY Testing strategy (India) Patient management Chart of covid […]