One of the common complaints among Indian patients is “the Doctor doesn’t spend much time with me”. An article published in BMJ claimed that the average time per patient was around 2 minutes ! Our consultations are like instant noodles , but a lot less enjoyable This is particularly hard…

Recently I read an article by senior endocrinologist,Dr Mathew John about the fragmentation of care in medicine and endocrinology ,its causative factors and possible solutions. You can read the article here. After reading the article, I had a few thoughts — the foremost of which centered on the idea of…

The recent judgement by the US Supreme Court that overturned Roe vs Wade, has been called an abortion ban — by the main stream media, while the truth is a little more nuanced. …

The other day, I was reading the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for my daughter.In case you have forgotten, Snow White’s step mother — the evil queen asks the mirror, “Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ? “. The mirror replies “Snow…

A few days back, I met a young man in his late twenties. He used to accompany an elderly couple — both of whom had multiple health problems. He would patiently take them to OPDs , never once attempting to jump the queue. In this day and age, where even…

“Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France!” said Henri de Bornier in his play, more than 100 years back. It means, every man has two countries, his own and France. In our time though, it’s safe to say, that every man has two countries — his…

During MD days, I had seen some patients from Immunology / Rheumatology whose case sheets read, “undifferentiated arthritis”. It was an interesting term, which I learnt means an arthritis which can’t be classified as anything more specific. I wondered if there is a difference between undifferentiated and idiopathic. In medical…

GLP1 agonists — the glutides are antidiabetes drugs that also have protective effects on the heart. In the initial few days, the drug is known to cause vomiting, fullness or even diarrhea. Most people grow out of it. Some people however seem to complain for a long time and refuse…

The last few days has seen terrible polarization in Indian political scene -so much so that it has spilled across borders. It appears like there is no end in sight. Binary thinking has clouded our collective minds,once again and there seems no hope for a national antidote. As I was…