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Why is Benzylpenicillin called Penicillin G and Phenoxymethylpenicillin Penicillin V?
This one took a lot of searching. My initial hunch was that the G and the V stood for amino acids. G for Glycine and V for Valine. I thought, maybe, if these amino acids were not substituents, at least they would be the precursors involved in synthesis of Penicillins. I had also heard the…
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JLS: SJG Ayurvedic College, Koppal
On 6th March, Wednesday JeevaRaksha team did the first JLS (JeevaRaksha Life Support) course in an Ayurvedic college in Karnataka at SJG Ayurvedic College, Koppal. I took Hampi express on the night of fifth and reached by about 9 in the morning and the workshop had already started by the time I reached the venue.…
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Why are the question papers of NEET PG not available anywhere?
If you are a medical student, you know what I am talking about. The PG medical entrance test, called NEET PG, is a proprietary test conducted by National Board of Examinations. You have to sign a non-disclosure agreement to attempt this test. You cannot, according to the agreement, disclose the questions asked to anyone. Neither…
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De Quervain's like Pain After CPR
Yesterday I was demonstrating CPR in a life support workshop. Today, I have pain in the left radial styloid process area. What could it be? Searching took me to two pages of interest. One is AAFP’s page on diagnosis wrist pain. This page talks about many things including Finkelstein’s test which is grasping the thumb…
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A Letter to the Disillusioned Intern (or Medical Student)
Disillusionment. It happens to the best among us. It has happened to you? Welcome to the club. After all, who wouldn’t be disappointed? You could have become anyone – an architect, an engineer, a teacher, a scientist, a mathematician. Yet you chose to become a doctor. Of course it was your calculated choice. What a…
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Why Jacob Vadakkanchery’s Arrest is the Best Thing for Naturopathy, AYUSH, and the State
There is a lot of context needed here. To begin with, Jacob Vadakkanchery is a self-proclaimed healer naturopathist from Kerala who goes around asking people to believe that modern medicine is harmful for health. His arguments are so basic and trying to respond to an argument he raised had me writing a 1200 word blog…
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Healthcare With Smartphones?
Imagine this. You are a 36 year old lady working as maid in two houses, not supported by an alcoholic husband, and mother of two school going children. Your husband had a wart on his genitals and now you have it too. It is not particularly bothersome, but you are not sure what you should…
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Reimagining Kinnars (Hijras) as Health Workers for Reproductive & Sexual Health
Supreme court struck down section 377 a couple of days back. India is moving forward in the right direction. There is still a lot of work left to do. We see kinnars (hijras) working on roads asking people for money. They are “strange” humans in other people’s mind and when people look at them all…
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Way Forward
On 30th of June, SVYM organized a one day session on careers after MBBS at Vivekananda Memorial Hospital. Interns and/or final year students from Mysore Medical College, Bangalore Medical College, Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, JSS Medical College Mysore were among the ones who were in the audience. After the SVYM video, it began with…
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First PEP – Days 7, 8, 9, 10, and so on…
Well, I lost count. I didn’t miss a single tab. But I have, as usual, missed on writing the experience. There are indeed some highlights. First, a house surgeon and his friend from my college came all the way to Nugu and our hospital after reading my posts. I guess I put enough philosophy in…