SECOND OPINION: A surgeon’s view of healthcare and policy in India
Ethics are not enough, medical sector also needs regulation Ft. Dr. Sanjay
Joining host Sidharth Bhatia on The Wire Talks this week is Dr. Sanjay Nagral. The duo speaks about whether pharma incentives to doctors harm or help the patients, massive promotional budgets' effect on the medical segment and the common man, and more.
Dolo or not, here's why pharma freebies to doctors continue
The relationship between the medical profession and pharmaceutical industry has provoked intense scrutiny and attempted regulation across the globe. India is no exception
Why the Ukraine war is a wake-up call for our broken medical education system
What Made-in-Ukraine doctors say about our medical education
In Dubious Battle: Ramdev versus the Indian Medical Association
The Ramdev-IMA skirmish is more of a turf war based on perceived insults, than about upholding science or attacking obscurantism. It is a sideshow of a fake quarrel that has distracted us again from the crisis in healthcare that India faces.
A clear reading of the Ayurveda surgery move
India needs its Ayurveda graduates, including surgeons, to improve the common man’s access to decent health care
When doctors become patients
What happens to doctors who travel to the kingdom of the sick? Do they notice small things they have overlooked when treating patients? How do they behave as patients? And does an illness make an impact on their perception of disease?
One step backward two steps forward
The results of a large multi-centre ICMR-led plasma trial were released yesterday. It shows no benefit in terms of reduction of mortality or progression from moderate to severe disease. What is helpful is to realise that this is exactly how science has progressed. Not only by successes but also recognising failures and moving on.
The doctor who doesn’t know
Given the complexity of medical knowledge and the fear of disease, the ‘all knowing doctor' approach is understandable. However, a cocksure doctor doling out instant advice with an air of finality may be more optics than substance. A doctor who knows that he doesn’t know and is willing to admit it, may be acting in your best interest