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When does wealth become an enemy of health !

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False enemies in medical practice

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A potential new face of “Ethical dysfunction” is waiting to unfold !

Posted in bio ethics, Medical education, Medical ethics, medical satistics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 8, 2023|

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This quote is being sent for the annual meet of “Right care movement” I know ,this can sound outrageous, permissble limits of abuse ? Up to 2% or 5% ? Let it be anything . Meanwhile try to enlighten yourself , the key differences between misuse & abuse.

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Principles of medical education : Do we have problems with our priorities ?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on January 2, 2021|

Two queries that linger in the medical profession for a long. I am afraid they aren’t addressed specifically by the stakeholders.

Question 1 

Foe a moment, let us assume there is no option to answer all three are equally important. Medical colleges are supposedly Godly places where high-quality noble professionals would germinate, let into the community thereupon, to heal the ill and suffering. The teaching faculty has a huge responsibility. They must ensure that students are transformed into responsible caregivers in the first place. They should be made to understand that the knowledge they acquire has a short half-life and medical education is all about continuous learning and unlearning. Unless teaching and research are morally genuine and scientifically perfect, the things we do in the name of patient care is going to be redundant. Hope you got the answer right!

 

Question 2

Now that, we got the answer to the question 1, here is a more difficult question. 

Out of the four, only one addresses the skill and expertise. The rest of the three generally happen away from the bedside. The answer is strikingly clear I guess.

 

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I agree the answers to these queries can be extremely sensitive, and contentious for many of us. Little deeper lies the truth. Hope, the quote from the much-stigmatized father of modern medicine  “Primum non-nocere” will help find the answer. 

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Time to tweak the definition of “Professional incompetence” in medical practice.

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I am sorry , I hate Hippocratic oath !

Posted in Ethics in Medicine, tagged , , , on July 30, 2017| 1 Comment »

 

Hippocrates is bestowed with the Immortal  tag “Father of Medicine”, not because he invented  any miraculous gene therapy or a modern virtual imaging of human organs, nor did he found any magic drugs .He didn’t receive a single award  even from his local village, forget about any Nobel prize to him !

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Mind you , he lived before Christ ,2ooo years ago , there was nothing in the hands of noble professionals, not even a piece of paper and pencil to note down patient’s symptom .They didn’t even know what organs human body contained no basic medical tests . They just had a pair of hand, working brain with six senses , strong will to work hard and most importantly a caring mind and a constant search for answers to lingering scientific queries .

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Yes, Hippocrates is still holding the post of father of medicine because he was the first human  to propagate  thought that human diseases are not evil forces beyond our control, it may have scientific basis , every disease has a specific cause that arise from derangement of body function.

More important than this , he formulated a way to practice this profession in a dignified manner. He also predicted common sense may prevail over science  in innumerable instances. Going through his quotes , one could wonder , he probably predicted technology might hijack human Intellect as well !

hippocrates quotesQuotation-Hippocrates-disease-Meetville-Quotes-149262Now,we have every thing. Students read medicine  in animated 3D class rooms , physicians  get a deluge of body system data &  images beamed straight into their ipad . One can perform  complex interventions with ease in almost every  organ or  even replace it , if it doesn’t work .

Still , as on 2017  ,there is something huge , that is missing  in the Noble profession when compared to ancient days  (2 millenniums before!) when people thronged Hippocrates  clinic in the remote Koss Island of Greece, where he used to sit  with almost  nothing , but was able to offer definite cure for many .

What is that missing link  ? Without realizing  what it is, we enter the Noble profession and fervently  take the  customary Hipocratic oath . For many (or most ?)  of us it is amusing to read and practice that. Life has moved in  fast lane since then. It is a tragic truth , Hippocratic oath  have become  redundant , obsolete .or outright humiliating for few !

Final message 

Whatever you say, still Iam compelled to feel sorry for that “Good old man” who miscalculated the Integrity modern day Noble professional , (I would say, Mr H failed to  realise doctors are also made from ordinary human beings ! )

It’s ok . . . here is a “Doctor’s life maintenance” manual : Keep reading it periodically !

British General medial council , has done a wonderful job . It has published a practical life maintenance and behavioral guide for  doctors  which I feel is most important text to be read periodically and of course  followed  !

Link to Good medical practice

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Four faces of modern medicine

Posted in bio ethics, Cardiology Risk assesment, medical quotes, Social medicine, Two line sermons in cardiology, Venkat quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on November 16, 2013| 1 Comment »

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What Deepawali shall mean to a modern Homo-sapien ?

Posted in Quotes, Science and Religion, Venkat quotes, tagged , , , on November 2, 2013| 1 Comment »

Today , November 2nd 2013 is Deepawali , Nearly 1 billion people  celebrate it

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Wishing you all happy and Deepawali , Let goodness and wisdom prevail over evil and Ignorance !

Deepawali  is an ancient  festival of lights , millions  of Hindus celebrate It with sanctity.

It is a  war on darkness and ignorance .On this day goodness  prevailed  over evil (Asura)

Unfortunately , In the current versions , it would seem  Asura’s also join Deepawali celebrations and enjoy  it with more vigor !  which is supposed to eliminate them !

Please ensure , that doesn’t  happen . . . at least in your domain ! 

God is supreme  . . .  he will  never allow  the evil  to take over the world !  Be a soldier to God’s  Army !

 
*For more about this great Hindu festival click on the Link here Deepawali

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When cost of dying . . . exceeds cost of living . . . this world will go nuts !

Posted in Cardiology classics, cardiology-ethics, Cardiology-Statistics, general medicine, Quotes, Social medicine, Venkat quotes, Wintage cardiology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

News : In any developed nation , 90 % of  total  health expenditure is  exhausted in prolonging  final few days of  human  life !

When cost of dying   . . .  exceeds cost of living   . . . this world will go nuts !

The current real world  experience  from India’s  five star  hospitals  indicate,  many elderly rich men and women  spend their  last few days  before being buried or burnt  .They spent an average of 15 lakh Rs per death . This amounts to the entire  “life time” cost of living   of  majority of Indians .

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When   human organ donation is considered  a greatest philanthropic act, there is one more excellent alternative for those who can’t do it .If only every super rich translate  their cost of dying  into  cost of  others living !   many new lives  will bloom .

The exorbitant rise in  cost of  dying  in India ,  is a recent development and reflects the affluence , honor , pride and of course lots of prejudice lack of wisdom ! Instead of filling the  deep  pockets of greedy  corporates why not the rich add new  lives   ?  !

Final message

Let all elders  with irreversible conditions , who have finished their life , shall  die peacefully at home .Why don’t we ( Affluent  .  . . would  be cadavers !)  cross sponsor their dying cost to a  public  health , nutrition or medical fund .

After thought

Oh America ,  . . .  Am I right  ,?  Obama thought it and implementing it too !  I would believe , his health care policy is  a  small first step in this  direction  !

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If Hippocrates arrives in cath lab by BMW . . .

Posted in Cardiology -guidelines, Cardiology -Interventional -PCI, medical quotes, Two line sermons in cardiology, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on August 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The doctrine  of  modern medicine  goes  something like this   . . .

For most medical problems ,  there  would be a solution. Keep  trying . . . till you get it !

*But , just make sure that problem on hand deserves a solution in the first place !

Modern medicine continues to  remind us  every day , the much hyped solutions  often end up in new problems and  many  times worse than the original problem !

Oh ! what a  great a quote ! When I  was boasting   myself  . . .  My wife reminded  me ,  this is just  plagiarized version of  a  2000 year old Hippocratic thought !

Primum non nocere  . . . first do no harm !

But , Hippocrates’  life  was  not  contaminated  with  drug eluting stents, I pads, and  BMWs

If   Hippocrates  arrives  in   cath lab  today  by BMW which sucks  50000 Rs EMI  ,Everolimus coated  coronary  jewellery   will  definitely  tempt him !

You  can’t  simply   compare lives separated by 2000 years

. . . I told my wife !

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