33-year old Anthony Kulkamp Dias sang “Yesterday” while strumming on a guitar during his brain surgery. The Brazilian bank worker performed the Beatles classic by singing and playing the guitar himself, whilst a team of surgeons operated on his brain. A professional guitarist of 20 years, Anthony Dias discovered a tumour in his brain 15 […]
After the news of the exit exam, yet another obligation has befallen the fate of doctors. President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the state government’s proposal to penalise doctors who refuse to work in rural areas. Approval comes after four years The President approved Karnataka Compulsory Service Training by Candidates Medical Courses Bill, 2012 on Wednesday. […]
Punjab Medical Council has affirmed to be strict after receiving letters from the Medical Council Of India regarding liaisons between doctors and diagnostic centres.The MCI is on a prowl after cracking down ghost teachers. State Medical Councils have been asked to get firm with the diagnostic centres which provide cuts and commission to referring doctors […]
Another milestone for India, our country has reached its goal of eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus. “Significant public health milestone”, the experts said. The World Health Organization said that the elimination of neonatal tetanus is defined as “less than one case in 1000 live births” in every district across the country. Crossover barriers As part […]
Adding one more to the book of assaults, a renowned gynecologist in Haridwar was beaten blue & black giving her a facial scar. All this happened when she declared an IUD, and is it her fault? Doctors are being assaulted and abused with no one to hear their plea. The gynecologist assaulted was Dr Manpreet […]
Will you as a doctor want another qualifying exam to certify that you are worthy enough to practice anywhere in India? Even if your answer is no, you may be forced to take it up as the government is mulling it to make a criteria for post graduate admissions also. But the immediate attention of such […]
The Supreme Court, on Friday gave its verdict to one of the most ineffable cases in medical history. The convict, Riyazuddin who killed a pregnant woman in 2006 in a botched up surgery claims that he is not a doctor but in fact, a compounder of the hospital. Qualifications of a doctor but […]
The safety of doctors in India is significantly deteriorating where incidents of physical abuse come under the limelight and sadly, most number of cases even go unreported. An act called the Medical Protection Act has come to the rescue and our country is taking a step forward to harness protection to our doctors through […]
This article is reproduced with permission from Dr. Roshan Radhakrishnan – an Anaesthesiologist. Friend. Foodie. Occasionally published here and there. Aquarian. Winner of the “Best Creative Writing Blog in India” award. He blogs at http://www.godyears.net/ The present article is a follow-up article of Why I will never allow my child to become a doctor in India. Dr. Roshan Radhakrishnan has focussed […]
An Indian American scientist Sanjay Basu from Stanford University and his team has found that widespread diabetes screening in India is ineffective and glucometer-based screening tools are unlikely to meet effectiveness criteria. For the new study, the researchers developed a micro-simulation model – a computer model that operates at the level of individuals – to investigate the […]