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COMATOLOGY Differential Diagnosis in an Unconscious Patient!! When gums are swollen & bitten tongue, Epilepsy could be in the rung, When drenching sweat is with coma It’s hypoglycemia If In coma, fever is in its height Cerebral malaria could be the plight And high fever is with neck stiffness Probably it’s pyogenic meningitis In the […]

Our faith in Indian generic medicines is often misplaced. They frequently don’t work. Sometimes, no matter how many tablets you take, they will not treat the disease or infection (Shutterstock) Perhaps because I’m a hypochondriac, I have great faith in medicine. Whenever I pop a pill, I do so in the full confidence it will […]

Hospitals require capital for the smooth running and imparting the required care to the patient. However, recovery or settlement of bills still remains one of the most difficult practices for the medical fraternity. It requires more managerial mind rather than the medical mind.               In certain situations, it can be ideal to let go of […]

WHY I BELIEVE DOCTORS DESERVE TO GET BASHED UP ( A NON SARCASTIC POST) There has been a lot of hue and cry in the recent times about how medicos are being assaulted all over the nation. No other professional group has faced such brazen attacks except perhaps security and armed personell. Why is nobody […]

The medical profession is considered as the noblest profession and sometimes doctors are even considered as deities. It is said that either you choose a profession or profession chooses you. But, in the hindsight, the key motive of ‘patient care’ is someway slipping down the ladder. On the flipside, we also need to consider that […]

When we talk about healthcare and different constraints it possesses, then the most important part of healthcare is the services in rural areas but beckons to be the most underrated one. It is the shortage of enviable medical services in rural areas which are required for overall growth of healthcare sector. On this line, recently, […]

The field of medicine is at the apex because of countless efforts taken by the doctors for the betterment of health. They use their knowledge, experience, skillset, and time for it. Hence, there must also be a satisfying remuneration for them. Yes, it is no secret that doctors are being paid with quite good salary […]

 INTRODUCTION In every hospital, occasionally cases are brought to the Emergency Room who are apparently dead or actually dead (dead-on-arrival or DOA). Such cases may be due to natural cause or unnatural cause. Every doctor should be aware of the procedure to be followed in DOA cases, because such cases have legal, ethical and […]

.डी एम साहब /सी एम ओ साहिब पी एम एस के एक नौजवान डाक्टर द्वारा भेजी, क्या निम्नलिखित पोस्ट भी सही है? पीएचसी-सीएचसी और एडिशनल पीएचसी पर डॉक्टर क्यों नहीं जाना चाहते,कम तनख़्वाह अलग चीज़ है,वेतन तो कम है ही,सबसे बड़ी वजह है राजनीतिक हस्तक्षेप, अनपढ / कम पढे लिखे प्रधान/ ब्लाक प्रमुख की सुनिए,मंत्री/विधायक […]

To The Hony Secretary General IMA HQ New Delhi Subject: Proposed Amendment in Drugs and Cosmetic Act, DCC Meeting 1st June 2019. Dear Sir Greetings from IMA Haryana! I wish to draw your attention towards the proposed amendment in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act , as recommended by the Drugs Consultative Committee in its meeting […]

© Dr. Rajas Deshpande Woke up with a bad headache one morning, probably a sudden change in weather. Felt lethargic, did not want to get out of the bed. It was raining heavy, a perfect day to stay in bed and snack with a book and a huge black coffee. But the usual inhibition of […]

UP NEXT What science has gotten wrong by ignoring women 1/13 VIEW SLIDESHOW BIONIC PROSTHETIC A bionic eye sounds like science fiction, but a 3D printer created this prototype in an hour, bringing the promise of a seeing prosthetic that much closer to reality. PHOTOGRAH BY REBECCA HALE USEFUL DNA ORIGAMI Bioengineers have made nanoscale […]

As medical students in india, we were not taught the art of breaking bad news to patients/ families. To say it as it is, without minimizing the severity of the illness , yet with compassion and realistic hope, is not easy. Most of our Indian teachers were naturally good at it. Not all. In Trivandrum […]

Did you know that modern C sections were invented by African women— centuries before they were standard elsewhere? Midwives and surgeons living around Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria perfected the procedure hundreds of years ago. When a baby couldn’t be delivered vaginally, these healers sedated the laboring mother using large amounts of banana wine. They […]

India’s public healthcare system has been in the spotlight following an assault on a junior doctor in West Bengal. Tatyarao P Lahane, an ophthalmologist by training, who is director of Maharashtra’s Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) and was dean of Grant Medical College and JJ Hospital, Mumbai, spoke to Sugandha Indulkar about the […]

REVIEW SIDRA AZIM, MD Starling Physicians Endocrinology; Medical Staff, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford CHRISTIAN NASR, MD Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH   […]

Doctors all over the country supported the Indian Medical Association’s nationwide protest on Monday, against the attacks on doctors in West Bengal. However, we kept emergency services open; because that is what we are supposed to do as doctors – save lives. I remember reading a quote by Kate Gilmore, UNHRC’s deputy high commissioner for […]

Last week at Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) hospital, relatives of a dead man turned their rage on a junior doctor. Dr Paribaha Mukhopadhyay stood defenceless as a brick was hurled at him, fracturing his skull, leading to major head injuries. He was operated upon, but now there are fears of possible brain damage. It […]

এনআরএস হাসপাতালে আন্দোলনরত ডাক্তারদের “প্রেস রিলিজ”। On the completion of the GB meeting, we have come to certain conclusions. We have certain demands that we have listed out. The same will be read out by our brother here. At the end of the meet, we are not going to entertain or answer any questions whatsoever. […]

Somethings on my mind about what’s happening now. It is not so simplistic like the BJP and TMC are making it out to be. Both are taking advantage of the situation. The doctors protests in Kolkata must be handled with empathy and wisdom. This is not the time for TMC to scent conspiracies nor for […]

नही चाहते थे के इस देश के सड़ांध मारते मेडिकल जगत पर कुछ लिखा जाए।लेकिन आज लिखना ज़रूरी हो गया।क्योंकि आज चिकित्सा जगत उस दोराहे पर आ खड़ा हुआ है,जहां से सिर्फ और सिर्फ पतन नज़र आ रहा है।जान बचाने वालो को आज खुद अपनी जान के लाले पड़ रहे है। पिछले 15 सालों से […]

“The doctor killed the patient” or “the hospital killed the patient” – a statement you can find frequently in new nowadays. Have you ever wondered what if the patient himself was a doctor? ©️ detcare -He was the Medical college principal (not naming but you can certainly find the news, few years back). A well […]

Motivational trainers and career counsellors have been accused of practising as clinical psychologists after obtaining fake Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) certificates from fictitious universities in the country and abroad. Among them there a few school teachers and government employees too, claims Jithin K, president, Malabar chapter, Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists. They are found to […]

Pfizer chose to ‘hide’ cure for Alzheimer’s 5 days ago .entry-header end slider-section Share 0 Shares A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 64 per cent. The results were from […]