Children – Matter of Fact

Covid-19: A coronavirus-linked threat to children

4 January 202628 June 2021 by SP Kalantri

Covid 19 and children. There is just a one in hundred chance that a child would test positive for Covid and would require a hospital admission.

Dengue and kids

4 January 202615 October 2014 by SP Kalantri

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 … Read more

Dr. SP Kalantri

Dr. S. P. Kalantri is a physician–teacher at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, where he has practised and taught for four decades.

His writing explores the art and science of medicine, evidence-based practice, institutional memory, and the ethical questions that shape care in resource-limited settings.