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July 01, 2002
The news that numerous unrelated donor renal transplants are being permitted in Bangalore will surprise no one. It is near axiomatic that whenever anything is in short supply, as kidneys are, and when a few people are given discretion on the allotment of the scarce commodity, as the authorisation...
July 01, 2002
I would like to share comments made during a lively debate at the first international medical sociology conference in Chennai on May 25-26, 2002.
April 01, 2002
It was a moment of glory for two doctors and pride for the medical fraternity in Vidarbha and Nagpur as national honours were conferred on Dr Vikram Marwah and Dr Prakash Amte.
April 01, 2002
At the end of a panel discussion on the Consumer Protection Act held during the recent annual conference of the Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association, the audience was asked to vote on whether they thought the act good or bad. Not surprisingly, the vote was overwhelming in considering the act bad. Wh...
April 01, 2002
On January 10, some opposition parties in West Bengal called a bandh opposing the hike in fees for public hospitals and related services. Charges for case papers and private rooms, had doubled, and those for X-rays and other investigations had also been hiked. All public services up to the sub-di...
January 01, 2002
In recent years, the medical community the world over has witnessed increasing emphasis being placed on the ethics of medical practice. Both clinicians and researchers are now expected to be aware of and work within defines ethical guidelines. For research involving human subjects, it is becoming...
January 01, 2002
The relationship between the press and doctors is difficult to define. Whereas doctors are not allowed, according to their code of ethics, to advertise or talk to the press, one routinely finds gross violation of these rules. One newspaper in this city carries, at least twice a week, a health- or...
January 01, 2002
Deaths due to traffic accidents are growing exponentially in Chennai, and other parts of India as well. Such accidents are already the third leading cause of death, and the number one cause among young people. The phenomenal growth of vehicles, and the sheer complexity of traffic, have been cited...
October 01, 2001
The Academy of Medical Sciences, Nagpur organised a workshop on medical ethics on September 8 and 9, at the Udyog bhavan, Nagpur. Fed up with several 'me too workshops', the Academy wanted to do something different this year. Several doctors felt that medical ethics was a topic worth discussing i...
October 01, 2001
The horrific images of an airplane being flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre and the subsequent collapse of the towers has driven all other horrors away from the news media. But, at least in Tamilnadu, we have not yet got rid of the images of another tragedy that occurred in Augu...