The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducts the ‘Mera Aspataal’ (“My Hospital”) survey every year to collect patient’s feedback about government hospitals. In this year’s survey, of the 22% patients who said they were dissatisfied with their experience with AIIMS, the major reason was staff behavior. Although this pertains to just one hospital, doctor’s […]
For a country where malnourishment and lack of access to health centers are as much a part of reality as cows roaming in the busy streets, India has a notoriously low budget allocation for healthcare- around 1.3 percent of its GDP. The ones that are hardest hit by this apathy are the ones who live […]
Saurabh Rane was just 20 years old when it was diagnosed that he had tuberculosis. The young doctor started a course of medication which didn’t help him much. The fevers continued and so did the weight loss. He felt continually anxious and exhausted. More tests were done and the results were even more disheartening- it […]
The American Diabetic Association in the March 2017 has released a position statement on Diabetic Retinopathy. This is update on the 2002 recommendations by the ADA. The following is the summary of the recommendations. A full PDF version can be accessed here: https://dhmbxeygs57ff.cloudfront.net/uploads/ea7f7bfc884444d6a4c3a24450cfef89.pdf Summary of the 2017, ADA recommendations on diabetic retinopathy 1.Optimize the following […]
The government recently launched an intense house-to-house search to find out unreported TB cases across 18 states. The search, which took place between Januray 15 and 31 has screened about 34 lakh people. It’s been reported that at least 26,000 people among them have been identified with TB symptoms. 1,800 cases have been confirmed till […]
Dr P S Chandra, a professor of neurosurgery at AIIMS has done something very few people manage to do in life- saving the life of someone who was said couldn’t be saved. And he did this with the help of some alcohol- ‘absolute alcohol’, that is. The 28 year old pregnant woman whom the doctor […]
On January 31, 2017, veteran politician, E Ahamed was rushed to the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi after suffering a massive heart attack. He was immediately put in life support system at the ICU. Notwithstanding the doctors’ multiple efforts, he passed away. Allegation of lack of ethics However, the patient’s daughter Fouziya […]
The world’s heaviest woman’s name is Eman Ahmed Abdelaty. She weighs 500 kg and hails from Egypt. To alleviate her problem, she has sought the help of Indian doctors, which many see as yet another instance of the world seeking out some of the world’s best medical help to solve a problem. A couple of […]
One of the most painful things for a doctor is to see a life that could have been saved coming to an end just because the patient’s family lacked enough money. This is particularly true when the patient is a child, including when the child suffers from curable cancer. While this scenario is more the […]
The year that went by was filled with reports of poor quality infrastructure in medical establishments. Then, there were multiple instances in which doctors were ‘pointed a finger at’ for not showing enthusiasm for rural practice. These and other issues that the Indian doctors face could in one way or the other be traced to […]