Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community. - Rudolf Virchow (of the Virchow's triad fame). It is surprising to see remarkably intelligent folks who have been roughed, cut and polished by blood, sweat and piss (literally) under the intense eyes... Continue Reading →
India is a country of hard working but not highly educated people. In 2011, literacy rate in India was 74.04%, much below the global average of 84%. Add to that the frenzy with which we consume social media, which is mainly for English speaking audience, literacy rate is more of a representational figure of how... Continue Reading →
Patients often come with pre formed notions of how their treatment should look like, rather than how it is supposed to work.
So how can we make the best of the consultation time that one has secured after much hard work. Or rather, what do most people do wrong, so that at the end of consultation, your doctor is irritated, you are frustrated and there seem to be no ending to the plight. Here is a list of DONT's that a patient if AVOIDs doing can make the best out of his or her consultation.
Welcome to India. Here we have some of the lowest ranking pubic health services in the world and surprisingly the second largest human population in the world. I fell a chill down my spine even as a type these words. We are only little less populated than China, which is a several times larger country... Continue Reading →
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