Mumbaikars: Quit whining and start doing…it’s hard but not that hard!

Following the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, as usual the city has risen from the ashes and moves ever so quickly towards normalcy. We continue to speak of the tremendous resilience of our fellow Mumbaikars and ability to bounce back from the worst events. We also have special citizen forums as we have lost faith [...]

The case for Teleradiology in India

I was recently requested by a friend to help him with a talk on teleradiology in India. This got me thinking a little and what follows is how and where I hope teleradiology in India would be headed. To approach the topic systematically, the article is divided into four sections:
A. The medical and imaging problem [...]

Palliative care and pain management

Read this interesting article in the NY Times today about palliative care for pain in India.  It is a rather interesting piece and takes me back to my medical college days. As doctors in India, so many of us have lost the human touch (please note, I say so many and not all; also, I am not drawing [...]