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April 01, 2003
I have gone through the article 'Unmodified ECT: ethical issues' by Chittaranjan Andrade which appeared in IME Vol. XI, no. 1 (p. 9-10). In the event of the voluntary organization Saarthak filing a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding a ban on unmodified (administered without anaesthesia) ECT, this...
January 01, 2003
Your issue on treating people with HIV discusses a very important subject. I started my medical career around the time that HIV was first detected. My first personal encounter with the disease was some years ago, when a fellow physician and personal friend was diagnosed as HIV positive. The probl...
January 01, 2003
This refers to your article on concerns regarding the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) trials. NACO's programme to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV, although ambitious, was awaited by obstetricians all over the country, particularly in the high prevalence states, for ...
January 01, 2003
The case study 'Cross subsidy in public hospitals' refers to an everyday practice. We have regularly called for more than one lumbar puncture needle, more than a few disposable needles, and more than one endotracheal tube, so that we can use these on 'poor' patients
January 01, 2003
Citalopram, an anti-depressant, was administered by Sun Pharma, on daily labourers as part of bioequivalence studies demanded by an importer. Some patients developed complications; one of them developed gangrene as well as renal complications.
January 01, 2003
A number of articles have appeared in the press recently regarding a visit to the National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi, by an inspection team of the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty in Scientific Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA). The articles were extremely critical of the cond...
January 01, 2003
I draw your attention to the distribution and marketing of Mifepristone and Misoprostol by Sun, Cipla and Zydus Alidac Pharmaceuticals. These drugs for abortion are supplied to practising gynaecologists to be given to patients after obtaining their consent. The money is to be collected from the p...
October 01, 2002
This is with reference to your article on PVS. I was touched by the entire story, but what touched me most is your reference to nurses who care for such patients. Being a nurse myself, I appreciate the fact that you have given thought to the caring aspects of PVS.
October 01, 2002
I must congratulate the editorial team for an extremely readable April-June 2002 issue, relevant to the practice of medicine in India today.
October 01, 2002
The letter from Bangalore by Dr. Sanjay Pai regarding research that 'cannot and should not be repeated' raised an important and interesting point. I do agree that any research which has no benefits for the people on which it is done should not be done. Moreover, in a broader sense, it may be unet...