In what’s said to be a move to stop pharma companies influencing doctors through expensive gifts, the government is coming out with a Rs. 1,000 ceiling on the value of such giveaways. It’s said that the government also contemplates a blanket ban on expensive “gifts” like luxury vacations and seminars. It’s considered that Rs.1000 would […]
Dr. Lalitkumar Anande is the chief medical officer of Sewri Tuberculosis Hospital in Mumbai- considered to be the largest such facility in India. The 53 year old doctor is considered to be a one man army against the disease. In the last four years alone, he has communicated to more than a lakh people in […]
Dr Ashok Sankhpal is a medical doctor who was posted for nine months near Al Ramtha in Jordan- very close to the Syrian border, not the safest place to be in at this point in time. He expresses the horror thus: “I could hear the bombings every day and with every bomb explosion, about 50 […]
A new study conducted in India shows that many doctors suffer from burnout-related symptoms such as emotional exhaustion, dissatisfaction or lack of feeling. For the study, about 500 doctors responded to a 25 point questionnaire. Some of the key aspects that the answers revealed were: • Lack of opportunities to evolve(“My work doesn’t offer me […]
Dr Namdev Shinde is a gynecologist with about 25 years of experience. The bulk of the experience is in the government service. Back in 2013, a patient in a serious condition was brought in to the hospital where he worked. It was considered that the chances of the patient’s survival was as low as 2%. […]
The ever-increasing cases of violence against doctors by relatives or attendants of patients has finally prompted the government to mull over drafting a central law which will ensure the protection of the caregivers. More than 75% of doctors in India are reported to have faced violence in one form or the other as per as […]
The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill which makes provision for an exit test for MBBS graduates was introduced earlier this week. The Union health ministry’s draft has it that only those MBBS graduates who pass the National Exit Test(called NEXT) could practice medicine. However, surprisingly or not, many people- doctors and concerned parents among them […]
It was in 1893 that Dr Gurubai Karmarkar joined the American Marathi Mission in Mumbai- a stint that would last for more than 30 years. The doctor’s efforts in treating famine –struck children and also during the plague outbreak of 1916 were particularly noteworthy. A doctor to all classes While many people visited the overcrowded […]
A bunch of surgeons at the MY Hospital in Indore hit the news recently for the right reason when they spent money from their own pockets to facilitate a surgery aside from performing the surgery itself. The complex surgery which took more than 8 hours was to remove the oesophagus and to reconstruct it using […]
Another Christmas season has come around and it’s a time for sharing- meaning giving and receiving not just gifts but also friendship. When it comes to gifts, here are certain things the Indian doctors would earnestly wish for the man from North Pole to bring them. No unjustified claim of medical negligence, ever. Seriously. It’s […]