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July 01, 2002
We visited Anand-Kheda(between Baroda and Ahmedabad). Sixty people died in the riots here, and thousands were rendered homeless in approximately 125 villages. Victims have received scant support from the government and voluntary organisations.
July 01, 2002
Vadilal Sarabhai (VS) Hospital is the largest Corporation-run hospital in Ahmedabad but also caters to poor patients from all over Gujarat. Set up some 70 years ago by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the hospital's constitution originally provided for an independent, eight-member board, balanced betwee...
April 01, 2002
Family practice is perhaps the oldest form of modern medical practice. It also involves the largest number of medical professionals. In India, where around 70 per cent of health care is now delivered by the private sector, family physicians form the largest group of health care providers coming i...
April 01, 2002
Hippocrates, had he been living now - in India, in Mumbai — would have been too confused to write his famous oath. Perhaps, he would prefer to have nothing to do with it.
April 01, 2002
It is a matter of concern that general medical practice as it should be is slowly disappearing in our country, especially in the urban areas. There are many reasons for this. Specialisation has a glamour and prestige attached to it, as a result of which specialists also make more money than do ge...
April 01, 2002
According to the Oxford New English Dictionary a doctor is a person who is qualified to heal an ill person. Today medical professionals have come a long way. Once seen as witch doctors-cum-magicians, now they stroll the corridors of high-tech hospitals with regal airs. In a dehumanising technical...
April 01, 2002
Based on my experience of 20 years in urban general practice I would like to present the following thoughts regarding the declining ethical values in medical practice. I will initially make some general points and then focus on family practice. I believe that the root cause of differing standards...
April 01, 2002
As a consultant physician in a small town in Maharashtra, I would like to share my thoughts on how general practitioners can best contribute to people's health.
January 01, 2002
One day in early 1993 a doctor from BARC hospital brought to my office a friend from Kota in Rajasthan. The latter, a middle-aged medical practioner, had a son afflicted with DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy). He also had an unaffected daughter but did not know whether she also had the defective ...
January 01, 2002
The major ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) issues that have arisen in the context of developments in genomics and health in developed countries are also of relevance to developing countries. The question before the World Health Organization (WHO) today is: what role can it play vis-à-vis ...