A doctor in Madhya Pradesh was arrested when several children died, after consuming a toxin-contaminated cough syrup he had prescribed. The Indian Medical Association condemned the arrest, stating that the prescribing doctor could not have known about the contamina...
Humanitarian forensics is an expanding multidisciplinary field that uses forensic science to support humanitarian operations in post-conflict, catastrophe, and human-rights contexts. This commentary underscores the pivotal importance of forensic methodologies in th...
The practice of classical medicine is grounded in the integration of the best available scientific evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values. While this triad defines evidence-based medicine, a less obvious yet highly consequential aspect of contemporary car...
This reflective narrative traces a heart transplant in Kolkata, India, between a 21-year-old Hindu donor and a 27-year-old Muslim recipient, a surgery that was as much a spiritual milestone as a clinical success. Drawing on Indian philosophical and spiritual tradit...
India’s healthcare ambitions have led to a historic rise in the number of medical colleges and MBBS seats, expanding from 387 colleges in 2013–14 to over 808 in 2025–26, according to the Press Information Bureau [1]. While this expansion aims to correct the doctor-...
Should privacy be a tradeable right? This is an issue for urgent consideration, given how much personal data collated from different sources can reveal about our personal lives. The rise of digital technologies and of the digital economy on the one hand, and of dat...
Anuj Kapilashrami, Neil Quinn, Abhijit Das, Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities: Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis. Bristol University Press; May 2025. 240 pages, INR 3231, ISBN: 978-1447361404
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming pre-hospital emergency medicine (PHEM). In Israel, systems already deployed at Magen David Adom and hospitals such as Sheba Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, and Barzilai Medical Center demonstrate AI’s potential...
Tobacco use has remained high among Indigenous communities in India over time, compared to other social groups. In this commentary, I use the lens of “commercial determinants of health” to understand commercial drivers of tobacco-related health harms among Indigeno...
This commentary analyses playwright Thoppil Bhasi's efforts to challenge the social stigma surrounding leprosy, focusing on the Nooranad leprosy sanatorium in Kerala during the second half of the 20th century. Bhasi's influential play “Aswamedham” (1962), is recogn...