Science, Stories and Sevagram: A Physician-Teacher's Reflections
Dr Sushila Nayar, former Union Health Minister, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram and an eminent Gandhian, passed away peacefully in Sevagram. Born in Kunjah (District Gujarat), Pakistan, she was brought up in a rural middle class family. Soon after her graduation from Lady Hardinge Medical Col- lege, her … Read more
The Academy of Medical Sciences, Nagpur organised a workshop on medical ethics on September 8 and 9, at the Udyog bhavan, Nagpur. Fed up with several ‘me too workshops’, the Academy wanted to do something different this year. Several doctors felt that medical ethics was a topic worth discussing in today’s times. However, some members … Read more
Medical conferences are fast degenerating into melas which educate, entertain, amuse and irritate and deceive – not necessarily in that order. One can smell, see and feel the drug industry everywhere, advertising on the walls, shaping the contents and style of educational programmes, tempting with gifts and free meals, travel and other amenities. We conducted … Read more