Life in India Archive
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Medical Council of India: The Rot Within
9 Comments Published by Vijay September 10th, 2009 in Ethics, Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medical Journals, Medical blogs, Medicine, News, Politics…
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 [...]
Support the NCHRH Bill
9 Comments Published by Vijay September 7th, 2009 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, News, Politics…
Note: This post is a request for support for a healthcare related bill that is likely to be proposed in the Indian Parliament this year. 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 of Web 2.0.
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I was called to do an urgent bedside ultrasound scan of the abdomen for a trauma victim.
The patient was a young man of twenty-four who had been involved in a road traffic accident (RTA = MVA in US medical terminology). He had been brought - without any kind of basic life support - after sustaining [...]
Save Injured Teeth Campaign
2 Comments Published by Vijay May 22nd, 2009 in Life in India, Medicine, News…
I got an email a few days ago from a dentist appreciating an older post of mine in which I had posted CT images of a ‘lost & found’ tooth. Dr. Vijayalakshmi, BDS, FFDRCS is a dental surgeon practising in my hometown, Coimbatore and had graduated from a dental college in Salem, the place where [...]













