Hey! This is not for Engineers only. If you don’t know anything about Immunology, you can read it. You can visualize the body as an underwater city. Inside the city, there are numerous complex persons called cells. Cells are fiercely loyal to the city. They will die, so that the city can continue to live. […]
It is a pity that one is forced to make the same points again and again. I can see the Pediatric Surgery ward in my mind’s eye. Not that long ago, JIPMER, Pondicherry. A leg with an abcess full of pus- drained. But too late. The blood infection is sure to claim this five-year-old’s life. […]
“We are going for ‘Puttur Kettu’ “ I was puzzled when a patient with fracture of an arm bone said this, during my posting in Orthopedics. I was doing my Residency in surgery in JIPMER. Others told me that this was common. Puttur kettu was a traditional system of setting broken bones that was common […]
Ramprasad was eighty six. He sat in his backyard, chatting with his friend, Ahmed Yousef. They were neighbours for decades, and had lost their wives years ago. It was natural that they became close friends. Ahmed was also Ramprasad’s personal physician. “I am ready to die, daktar sab,” Said Ramprasad. “I am always breathless, and […]
A picture of a slide of a presentation by a member of the Association of Physicians of India is seen to be widely shared in social media. It shows the person denouncing the entire cholesterol and lipid risk factors as false propaganda. That is the good thing about science. Any one is free to have […]