BOT: Panacea or Pandora’s box? With India dubbed as the diabetes capital, and growing evidence of the link between high insulin levels and certain types of…
The lucky 13 in ’13 … 2012 ends on a sombre note with the sad death of the 23-year old gang-rape victim from Delhi but what stays alive is the wave of…
Meeting the MDGs As the sun sets on 2012, India finds itself left with only two years to meet the next Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
Keeping doctors engaged to the noble profession Teachers and doctors were considered some of the noblest people and as children we were taught to respect representatives of both…
Humanising and evolving the organ transplantation act A family friend recently described his wait for a kidney as being on death row, interspersed with spells of utter desolation.
Miles to go………. before achieving Universal Healthcare Coverage It is not news that the healthcare sector in India needs a major revamp. Unfortunately, this is turning out to be a debate between…
Many promises to keep … Dr Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India was giving the keynote address at the Organisation of…
Indian healthcare: the east evolution According to an April 2012 Espicom report, West Bengal's 294 government hospitals and community health centres, mainly in urban…
Whose truth is it anyway? The May 27 episode of Aamir Khan’s Sunday morning TV talk show, Satyamev Jayate titled, 'Every Life is Precious' has once again…