Author Archive for Vijay
A Quiet Blogiversary
5 Comments Published by Vijay February 23rd, 2010 in Blogging, Friends, Medical blogs, News, Other Bloggers, Personal…
Just to note the passing of four years of existence of this blog
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I really ought to put more effort into keeping this lively following the example of friends who have recently seen the light and friends who have been leading lights in the medical blogging world
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scanman’s casebook: Case 23
3 Comments Published by Vijay February 17th, 2010 in CT, MDCT, Radiology, casebook…
A young adult (mid thirties), a known case of non-specific aortoarteritis (Takayasu’s arteritis) was referred for a CT scan of the Abdomen including a CT Aortogram to rule out mesenteric ischemia.
The inital plain (no IV or oral contrast) CT scan did not show any evidence of abdominal pathology. So a CT Aortogram was done.
The following [...]
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Wishing everyone a Happy Pongal & a prosperous New Year
இனிய பொங்கல் வாழ்துக்கள்
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Thai Pongal (தை பொங்கல்), the Tamil harvest festival holds a special significance for me as I was born on the first day of the Tamil month Thai (தை), which falls on January 14 this year.
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The picture above, a joint venture with my daughter (done three [...]
SurgeXperiences 310
6 Comments Published by Vijay November 15th, 2009 in Blog carnivals, Medical blogs, SurgeXperiences…
From Blogs:
Dr. Bruce Campbell, a Professor of ENT Surgery, known informally among medical bloggers as Headmirror, doesn’t think it’s a good idea to nap in the operating room and talks about the difficulty that most of us have leaving work behind even when we take a break. Bruce, is the “Blogging Surgeon” on WUWM - [...]
SurgeXperiences 310 - Call for submissions
0 Comments Published by Vijay November 9th, 2009 in Blog carnivals, Medical blogs, SurgeXperiences…
The next edition
SurgeXperiences 310
will be hosted by me in this blog on November 15, 2009.
Deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, November 13.
Please send in your submissions early via this form.
SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article [...]
The Week: Medical & Dental Councils of India are cancerous
1 Comment Published by Vijay October 13th, 2009 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, Nebulous Views, News, Politics, Reviews…
Note: This post is related to the previous post requesting support for the NCHRH bill that is likely to be proposed in the Indian Parliament this year. Again, I would greatly appreciate any publicity that you can give for this issue. Please link, reblog, tweet, digg, stumble, or share in all the other myriad ways [...]
Paul Levy on Safe, Quality Hospital Care
4 Comments Published by Vijay September 29th, 2009 in Blogging, CT, Friends, Healthcare, Hospitals, Humour, Life in India, Medical blogs, Medicine, New Media…
Note: Though this is a medical post that concerns hospital care in the USA, I believe the issues covered in these videos are universally applicable to hospitals and patients all over the world. I urge everyone, especially those visitors who are not from the USA to view the videos.
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In a series of three short [...]
NCHRH Task Force Report & Draft Bill
0 Comments Published by Vijay September 28th, 2009 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, News, Politics…
To overcome the acute shortage and uneven distribution of human resources in public health delivery system, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare aims at overhauling the current regulatory framework. Toward this end, it is proposed to set up a National Council for Human Resources in Health as an overarching regulatory body to achieve the [...]













