This personal narrative discusses challenges faced by MBBS graduates in Kerala’s public healthcare system. Based on observations as a government medical officer, this essay examines a culture where professional skills and humane values are often overshadowed by a s...

In March and April 2025, the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES), the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME), the Health, Ethics and Law (HEaL) Institute, and the Christian Medical College Vellore (CMCV) co-organised the 10th National Bioethics Conference on “...

The deaths of children in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh from cough syrup adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG) have laid bare the gaps in drug regulation, from the manufacturing site down to the pharmacist. They have exposed, as hollow, the governments’ and drug ...

As public health practitioners with experience of working in conflict zones, including in the Gaza Strip, we felt compelled to write this Commentary. The relative silence of the international public health community regarding the ongoing mayhem and genocide by Isra...

The stethoscope once defined the physician. Today, it shares symbolic space with something more elusive: data. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and predictive algorithms are reshaping healthcare systems around the world. AI promises increased diagnos...