Dr. Balwant Ghatpande became one of the oldest Indian practicing doctors on March 15, 2017. On that day, the man turned 102. With an enduring passion for science, the doctor navigates through a changing medical landscape. “I would never retire,” he says. “Until my death I wish to continue to practice medicine. I pray that […]
MARROW NEET PG WEBSITE MARROW for NEET PG is a platform from India’s top medical faculty for NEET PG preparations. The free app is the latest to come out from the DailyRounds team and we are quite proud to present the same to you. Bringing together India’s leading medical teachers and rank holders in a […]
Dr Thomas A Chandy is one of the few Indian doctors who treated Jewish survivors of concentration camps after the Second World War. The doctor first came to realize that he was treating a holocaust survivor when he saw the number on a patient’s hand. He asked, “What’s that number on your hand?” The Jews […]
It was a chance meeting between the Calcutta-based gastroenterologist, Dr Abhijit Chowdhury and Lillian Lou- a California based scientist that paved the way for a Rs 60 crore, 100 bed superspecialty hospital in Bengal. The meeting took place in a 14th century building in Barcelona, but its benefits would be enjoyed by many Indians in […]
Doctors in India recently removed an 800 gram tumour from a three-year-old Afghan boy’s chest. The surgery has given the child a new lease of life. As per the doctors of Delhi’s Jeewan Hospital who carried out the surgery, the tumor had compressed the whole right lung of the boy who weighed only 10 kilograms. […]
Dr Jack Preger has been working to serve the poor who live on the streets of Kolkata for decades. He is also someone who has fought child trafficking- something that has brought him a fair amount of suffering. For his selfless contribution, the 86 year old was awarded the ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ award at […]
Badrilal Meena of Rajasthan is someone who could well be called a human pin cushion. He is a 56 year old railway employee. But what’s baffling the doctors is the fact that he has 75 stationery pins embedded deep under the skin of his neck, legs, forearms. The curious fact is that no visible marks […]
Mycobacterium indicus pranii(MIP) is the name of the organism which drives the world’s first leprosy vaccine. The vaccine was developed in India. Last week saw it being launched as a pilot project. And the ‘pranii’ in the name comes from the name Gursharan Prasad Talwar- who is widely considered as the father of immunology in […]
A study conducted across India found that over 50% of Indian physicians have uncontrolled hypertension or high blood pressure even though they take hypertensive medicines, due to high stress levels. In India, hypertension is among the most common lifestyle disease. One in three Indian adults suffer from it. The study shows that it’s equally widespread […]
A recent report in the Economic Times is a fascinating read for the links it investigates between the colour blue and cancer in a colony. Some of the high points from the article are given here. Alok Rathore is a 16 year old school student whose right hand had to be severed to prevent cancer […]