Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
I call her Badibai—the elder mother! Ever since I was born, she treated me with so much love that she richly deserves this name. Badibai was born in Barsi, a town in Solapur district in Western Maharashtra, on 26 February 1942. As was the custom those days, she was delivered at her nani’s home. The … Read more
Pushpa, my elder sister, was born on 17 May 1946, fifteen months before India became independent. I always called her Jiji, and never by first name. She was the third of the six siblings, and like all of them; she too was delivered at home that my father rented in Marwari Mohalla, Wardha. Education Class … Read more
Snake bite is common in our area. Every year, we admit about 200 people with venomous snakebites to MGIMS, our teaching hospital, 10% of who die. Is it possible to distinguish survivors from non-survivors? Can we use simple signs and symptoms and labs to do so? Here is my Powerpoint presentation: I spoke on this … Read more
India has the world’s second-largest COVID-19 outbreak. India desperately needs effective treatments. But the way the country’s drug regulator is handling potential therapies concerns many of us. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved several repurposed drugs for ‘restricted emergency use’ for treating the disease. On what basis were these drugs approved? Was … Read more