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April 01, 2011
This was the scene in an accident and emergency department in a tertiary hospital of New Delhi: the patient had sustained poly-trauma in a high-speed road traffic accident, but lay unattended, on the road, because the police had not arrived, and bystanders did not attempt to help the victim for f...
April 01, 2011
It is increasingly common to find medical students taking bedside clinical pictures or videos of patients. It is not unusual to find even groups of students doing this, during or after a clinical class. The recent surge in the usage of cell phones with cameras, and the increasing lack of sensitiv...
January 01, 2011
A recent editorial in IJME highlighted the scandalous actions of office bearers of the Medical Council of India (MCI). The MCI's image was tarnished following reports of corruption concerning its president. When a person noted for corruption has manned the post for so long, the standard of medic...
January 01, 2011
I have been practising medicine for 50 years and I have always considered myself a stickler for medical ethics. I learned from your issue of April-June, 2010 that, at least in two aspects, I have been guilty of unethical practices. I have no intention of changing my habits in the rest of my profe...
January 01, 2011
The letter on surgical training in India ought to open the eyes of surgical teachers in myriad departments in the country. In the absence of a structured theory and practical curriculum, it is left to the devices of teachers and their goodwill, the enthusiasm of students and their wi...
January 01, 2011
Vijay Mahajan has succinctly put into words the decrepit and deplorable state of medical education and practice in India. One need not even scrutinise the references for most of the facts that he states: they are common perceptions to all concerned.
January 01, 2011
Regarding your editorial on rural doctors, by conducting a short term course to treat our village population, the government will compromise on the quality of treatment.
January 01, 2011
A stark difference exists in the healthcare facilities available to the rural and urban population in India. The country is currently facing a severe shortage of all categories of staff in the rural health system. While the comment made by Mahatma Gandhi that India lives in its villages holds tru...
October 01, 2010
In the April- June issue of the Journal, you have started a new column entitled as ethics and law. This is a good development. Our readers need to know the different laws that govern health care in our country. The article has achieved that objective. The article does not mention anything about E...
October 01, 2010
I enjoyed reading the editorial by Nagral on the Ketan Desai/Medical Council of India issue, but regard it as yet another expose of the general and overall apathy to injustice and procedural irregularity among our Indian population, be it medical or general, and this is both staggering and depres...