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January 01, 2006
I write to share my empathy with Mr A V Srinivas who wrote of what happened after his mother donated a part of her liver to his father. I am particularly pained by Mrs Prameela's present condition and wish her speedy recovery. Mr Veer Prasad's detailed, but defensive and overly aggressive respons...
January 01, 2006
Birth is a natural phenomenon which may sometimes need assistance in the form of application of forceps or surgery or induction of labour. These interventions are decided on the merits of a case, keeping the interests of the woman and/or unborn baby, and are done by the obstetrician.
October 01, 2005
The Ordinance amending India's patent law was hurriedly promulgated in the last week of December 2004. This was a consequence of India being coerced into being signatory to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) patent rules, which came into force from January 2005.
October 01, 2005
Most blood banks in Mumbai have done away with professional donors and now depend on voluntary blood donation. Patients needing blood must procure a donor. This donor will be checked for Hb levels (only) and bled. Later, if the donor's blood tests positive for HIV or Hepatitis B, the patient (for...
July 01, 2005
There is a growing concern about the potentially exploitative nature of research in developing countries, conducted by researchers from the developed world. Some of this research would not be possible in developed countries.
July 01, 2005
It has been more than 70 years since the US Public Health Service started documenting the effects of syphilis on 399 human test subjects -- all of them black, all of them poor and most of them illiterate. None of them were informed that they were infected with syphilis, nor were they told the rea...
July 01, 2005
In December 2004, the Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists Association issued a circular telling their members to keep records of every tablet, injection, capsule and syrup of all psychotropic substances and antidepressants marked as 'Nrx: Much has appeared in the press since then on the non-...
April 01, 2005
This question was asked by a thinking medical faculty member (a rare breed!) in a national institution. As usual, the majority of medical teachers were too 'busy' and missed it. Of those who did read the newspaper report, a minuscule few dared to air their views on the subject. Some medical teach...
April 01, 2005
I was surprised to receive a copy for which I was given a subscription number 001 for the state of Bihar. I had seen a specimen copy of the journal in our college library and found it very interesting and worth subscribing to.
April 11, 2014
Rural internship programmes are meant to give medical students clinical learning experience in the rural community. In fact interns visit Primary Health Centres (PHCs) only to show their faces to the medical officer, and then push off to the local teashop to discuss ways to escape work.