Many times, a government hospital is not the first thing that comes to the mind when someone thinks of quality care. Bureaucratic hassles and apathy are some of the most commonly cited reasons behind this. But are doctors truly helpless in such situations? ‘No’ is the answer if you are to take the example of […]
One major challenge many thought doctors would have in adopting e-Detailing was the lack of personal touch like in face-to-face interactions. But with more and more Indian doctors not just adopting it but actually showing a preference for e-Detailing over personal interactions with the MR, that doesn’t seem to be a problem anymore. There are […]
A recent report in the media mentions how the number of claims of medical negligence has gone alarmingly high in the country. In fact, a study conducted by advocate, Mahendra Kumar Bajpai- a leading authority on medical law shows that the number of such cases go up by 110% every year in India. As per […]
A young girl could get a fever after bathing in the near-freezing temperatures of the Ganges during the Kumbh Mela- the world’s largest religious congregation. She could have flu-like symptoms and be dehydrated. Her condition could even be contagious. Aaron Heerboth, a co-ordinator of the Harvard public health research team during the Mela in 2013 […]
Timely interventions are being made by Sri Lanka to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. These efforts come as part of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. The UN Population Fund(UNFPA) has said that it supported the country’s efforts to implement a five year National Condom Strategy 2016-2020. This because a correct and consistent […]
Dr Nomula Hemalatha is someone who made a desire she had as a child a reality in adulthood- the desire to serve the poorest of the rural community. The doctor has now been helping people for over 4 decades in the village of Vavilala in Telengana- a village that’s not just tucked away in the […]
The proposed National Medical Commission Bill (NMC Bill) which seeks to dissolve MCI has seen doctors across the nation protesting, terming it “an undemocratic move.” While that being the case, here are what some of the concerned doctors have to say about it. ‘Highly detrimental to budding doctors’ Dr Manish Prabhakar is the president of […]
Indian doctors work day in and day out to treat patients, facing such challenges as poor doctor to patient ratio and sometimes, equally poor infrastructure. It is not to undermine the efforts of these doctors that we are upholding the rarest feats of doctors. As opposed to the accomplishments of everyday heroes, these achievements show […]
Over the last six years Dr Raman Kakar has made a list of 5,300 cases in which patients suffered from a relapse of TB even after they completed the full medication dose. The doctor noticed that in multiple cases, the patients had completed the full medication course on six occasions but still the disease reared […]
Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay did something only very few people do in this world- he created history. Dr Mukhopadhyay became the first physician in India(and just the second in the world) to perform the procedure to create the test tube baby. Mukhopahyay, along with a cryobiologist and gynecologist had been working on a method of in-vitro […]