SP Kalantri
SP Kalantri
Here is a story that could captivate the imagination of Rajkumar Hirani for his next movie. Dr. Anurag and Madhavi Bhargava, the dedicated physician pair, were prominently featured in The Lancet yesterday, with a full page dedicated to describing their impactful work as self-identified social physicians. Having known the couple for nearly three decades, witnessing …
The MD thesisโa daunting challenge that separates the strong from the faint-hearted. It is like a visa that grants access to the MD examination, a grueling rite of passage filled with challenges and obstacles. As the deadline looms, the pressure intensifies, and the postgraduate students start desperately hunting for two playersโa skilled statistician to generate …
A few years ago, I was invited to speak about snakebites at an annual conference in Nagpur. As a physician who had treated hundreds of patients with venomous snakebites, I was excited to share my experience. On that Sunday morning, as I arrived at the conference hall 15 minutes early, I found only two people …
On a sunny afternoon at the hostel of a medical college, a third-year postgraduate student appeared visibly worried as he skipped his lunch. He approached a group of his senior friends, who were now senior residents in the same hospital. PG: “May I ask you something? Two years ago, I submitted my thesis protocol to …
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ต๐๐ is a devastating disease. At Sevagram, our healthcare providers regularly care for hundreds of patients with severe scrub typhus in the ICU. Unfortunately, around 15% of these patients do not survive. A study from India published a day before in the ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ caught my attention. CMC Vellore, PGI Chandigarh and …
Dr. Mandeep Mehra (MGIMS Sevagram alumnus; Class of 1983) today published a landmark trial in the New England Journal of Medicine. His paper showed that a mechanical pump implanted in the heart of patients with advanced heart failure could make the patients breathe better, and walk longerโwithout increasing the risk of pump-induced strokes. To earn …
Spent a Friday morning with the SEARCH team, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Learned a great deal about a study that asks key questions about stroke in a rural tribal community. When researchers ask a research question that comes from the community they serve and try to find an answer that can help the underprivileged people live longer- …
We ought to congratulate Sri Lanka for eliminating malaria. Yes, there is no malaria in Sri Lanka. The success story is remarkable for several reasons. The country is poor. Eight of ten Sri Lankans live in villages. The rural milieu provides an ideal environment for malaria mosquitoes to breed, grow and multiply. And the government …
Medical research is seldom exciting and eye-catching, but this one would surely bring music to the ears of all those who care for children. And also those who endure mosquitoes and their bites. Worldwide, close to 100 million people develop symptomatic dengue – twice the number of people located in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai …