Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
In 1958, Ram Mamaji was to get married in Barshi. Bai had already left for Barshi for her younger brother’s marriage with Asha, Ashok, JP and me- I was born a year ago. Pushpa Jiji and Om were left behind in the Bajaj Electricity home (near Durga talkies) in Wardha. Pushpa, just 12-year-old then, would … Read more
The pressure of NEET PG has emptied classrooms. MBBS students feel that learning medicine while attending patients will not get them a postgraduate set. The process of training and learning for medical students has been deeply affected by NEET. How did NEET affect the training of medical students in India? It has decimated the joy … Read more
I delivered a keynote address on the occasion of the valedictory function of the 4th International Snakebite Awareness day organized by the Clinical Toxicology Unit and Poisons Information Center, Christian Medical College, Vellore. I spoke on “Challenges and prospects of snakebite management in India” in a virtual event conducted on September 18th, 2021.
Kasturba Hospital. What, why, how, where and when? A PowerPoint presentation.
The ICMR has increasingly drawn criticism from India’s doctors and scientists, who have questioned its drug recommendations & lack of transparency on data related to variants. Countrywide, doctors started writing these prescriptions, which artificially inflated the cost for Covid management,” I said. “Big Pharma was laughing all the way to the bank and ultimately the … Read more