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Decision making is almost always complicated by uncertainties. The more information that can provide context, the more stakeholders that are part of the decision, the better the chances of reaching a good decision. In the past few weeks, world leaders have had to make very difficult decisions. Lock down entire country? Put money into healthcare?…

It's been a long time since I posted any question papers on this blog 😀 I've been doing a distance course in medical law & ethics from National Law School Bangalore. I love the course. So much so that I didn't take exam the first time so I could extent the duration. This time I…

If you do not avoid news like me, you would have heard about the tragic death of a 10 year old in Wayanad a couple of days ago. You can search the name and find the story on your own, but a few facts are established already. Shehla Sherin had her foot go into a…

Have you ever administered adrenaline for anaphylactic shock? I’ve never had the unfortunate need to. I’m sure anyone who ever does will forever remember the correct dosage. But for me, it is always a confusion. Every time I vaccinate someone at my clinic, I look up the dose of adrenaline just to be sure. The…

Today as I was returning home in metro two lawyers occupied the seats next to mine. I was reading A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel. But I distinctly heard one of them tell the other “I have two cases tomorrow evening”. That set me thinking. Advocates have “cases” and so do doctors. Advocates have…

There are good journalists and bad journalists. It is the reader’s duty to discern between what is right and what is wrong. The problem in the 21st century is that that duty is completely thrown into water under the guise of “forwarded as received”. There are a lot of articles in newspapers talking about dropping…

I was recently asked by someone whether Meftal-Forte is a better drug than Meftal-Spas for menstrual pain. I hadn’t heard about Meftal-Forte till then. So I looked up. 1mg told me both the drugs are manufactured by Blue Cross. The page about Meftal-Spas gives us what I knew already – it is a combination of…