Author: akshay
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Do Cats Get HIV?
Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt is a surgical technique used in colouring Blue Babies pink. Last week we had a baby who was referred for cardiac evaluation come back with a report saying she had Tetralogy of Fallot and needs a BT shunt. The parents had not gotten it done yet. Still, the baby wasn’t blue. Because she…
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CPR – To Terminate Or Not To – That is the Question
Unlike with many other resolutions I figured out that today is the first day of the month only after resolving to be productive today. As a part of that I woke up about an hour early and started seeing my babies in ground floor general ward. (Oh, did I forget to mention, I’m in charge…
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Why I Write
Subtracting the dates, I have been blogging for more than 9 years as of now. That is not a big number considering how blogging was mainstream years before I began. Neither have I written a lot by quantity. But I have been writing. I do not remember if I had any specific idea in mind…
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The Sour Grape
I have been told by at least one person (and I think many more might have the same idea) that “I have disregard for postgraduate entrance examinations and am working where I am currently working like it is something heroic because I find entrance examinations difficult to crack, because I’m incapable of getting a good…
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My Idea of a Perfect Electronic Medical Record System
The COWs are coming to our hospital. No, not these. They’re getting more attention than they deserve. Our hospital might soon switch to an Electronic Medical Record system. And this will bring in Computer on Wheels, COW as they’re affectionately called in other hospitals. More like this While that makes me more happy about where…
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Joining Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement
Till yesterday, I had thought that I had joined Vivekananda Memorial Hospital. But, yesterday there was an orientation session for new employees at this organization. And the events made me realize that I have indeed joined, or want to join, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, the parent organization of VMH. SVYM’s story is very heart-touchingly written…
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Rekindling Ambitions
On the eve of independence day in 2013, I wrote this post which was about keeping ourselves safe from getting involved in situations where doing good might be bad. I grew more and more pessimistic about life and people around me since then. Going through the comments section of any news item would put me…
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VMH – first few days
Getting to Saragur from Mattanur is a tricky business. The shortest route isn’t necessarily covered by public transport. My initial plan was to reach Mysore via Virajpet-Hunsur and then take a direct bus to Saragur. But later, I dropped it in favour of what my mom suggested – get down at Hunsur and take a…
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Joining Vivekananda Memorial Hospital, Saragur
I joined Vivekananda Memorial Hospital as a Resident Medical Officer, on 18th April, Tuesday, around noon. VMH is a secondary care hospital started by Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement at Saragur which is a place almost 1.5 hours by bus from Mysore, but just one hour by private vehicles. There is a one year course called…
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Losing an Ear-Tip
“Which is the most important part of a stethoscope?” asked the Professor. “The diaphragm”, “the tube”, “the earplugs”, came answers from students. “No. The most important part of a stethoscope is the one between the two earpieces”, said the Professor with a smile. 1 It was a regular “free” day in Orthopaedics. That means you…