News Archive
Radiology in MSM
3 Comments Published by Vijay May 4th, 2010 in Brain, CT, Medicine, News, Radiology…
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 [...]
The Worm At The Rotten Core
2 Comments Published by Vijay April 24th, 2010 in Ethics, Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, News, Social Commentary…
[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 [...]
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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The Week: Medical & Dental Councils of India are cancerous
3 Comments 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 [...]
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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RSNA News: Early Radiology Exposure Could Lure Medical Students to Specialty: [via radRounds; Emphases are mine]
In a recent RSNA article, Dr. David Hovsepian MD and Dr. Terry Desser MD of Stanford’s Radiology Department … shed light onto what really leads medical students to choose a career in radiology. Often times, one wonders — how did [...]













