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Note: This a guest post by my colleague and neighbour, Dr. George Paul. He is a maxillofacial surgeon and lawyer. He writes and speaks on various legal and ethical issues in medical care. He is also an occasional blogger. This article is also cross-posted in his blog.
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In July 2010 the Madras High Court, in a [...]

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I started writing this on the way back home from a meeting that I attended over last weekend. This has remained a rough draft for the past three days. I decided to publish it now with minimal changes. Else this too shall remain in my drafts folder for a long enough time to become irrelevant.
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An impressive and compelling editorial in the latest issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
First, Do No Harm . . . to Early Pregnancies - Doubilet and Benson 29 5: 685. [Excerpts here with emphases added by me. The editorial is free to view &/or download in India. Subscription may be required for [...]

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The Times of India - Credibility of MCI will be restored, says Azad:

As MCI continues to reel under a severe crisis of credibility, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said it was the government’s immediate objective to ensure that the body responsible for regulating medical education in the country worked in a fair [...]

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Presenting one of the rare occasions in which radiology features in the mainstream media…

[Image source: Afghanistan, April, 2010 - The Big Picture. The Boston Globe]
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The caption to this image (photo number 3 in The Boston Globe’s The Big Picture article Afghanistan, April, 2010) reads…

A CAT Scan shows the placement of a 14.5 millimeter high explosive [...]

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[Image - Screen grab from The Hindu's online article]
Note: The post title relates to this older post
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Update (24.04.2010, 2:45 PM):
This news article from The Economic Times gives more details about the sordid story…

NEW DELHI: In an important step towards cleaning up the corruption in the medical education sector, the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Medical [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]