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Clinical Trials in Covid: Ethics and Practice

Fear. Panic. Desperation.  Came Covid and most doctors began to prescribe anti-Covid drugs based not on scientific research, but based on anecdotes, media stories, newspapers, TV channels and promotion of drugs by the drug industry. The virus pushed the Evidence-based medicine to the back seat. Physicians were either reluctant to— or didn’t know how to— … Read more

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COVID-19: The need for evidence-based medicine

A number of old drugs approved for other diseases are being “repurposed” and tested for their safety and efficacy in COVID-19, in systematic clinical trials. They have emergency approval for use in COVID-19, but most are not yet proven for this use. Some drugs have received approval without adequate testing. Other drugs are being used … Read more

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Dr. S. P. Kalantri

Physician–Teacher
MGIMS, Sevagram

Four decades of clinical practice, teaching, and writing at the crossroads of medicine, memory, and institutional history.

Books
Stetho
in
Sevagram
A physician’s memoir
Architects
of
MGIMS
An Institutional History

Themes

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  • General Reflections
  • Heritage & History
  • Medical Practice
  • Personal Narratives
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