Life in India Archive
Paul Levy on Safe, Quality Hospital Care
5 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 [...]
A WORD OF ADVICE…
0 Comments Published by Vijay March 19th, 2009 in Life in India, Personal, Radiology, Ultrasonography…
to radiologists & hospitals in India…
THINK TWICE
BEFORE BUYING ULTRASOUND SCANNERS
FROM A FAMOUS GERMAN COMPANY!!
Their equipment may be good, but the reliability is questionable compared to equivalent American & Japanese ultrasound scanners.
Read the fine print in their service contract.
If possible, insist on and get a 2 or 3 year extended warranty / [...]
Zippy at play in India
1 Comment Published by Vijay March 9th, 2009 in Friends, Life in India, Medical blogs, Zippy the lobsterFriends of Zippy have been worried that it’s been a while since there was an update about his adventures.
Partly my fault. I apologize.
I say partly because, I hardly ever see Zippy. He’s too busy. He’s been having a lot of fun with my daughter and her friends!
Read more about the fun times that Zippy shared [...]













