This year’s World AIDS Day is dominated by the global attention towards COVID-19. HIV/AIDS has been a pandemic since the early 1980s and is far from over. 32·7 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses. The global response to HIV/ AIDS is an example of what can be done and achieved when countries and people
The first successful demonstration of general anaesthesia was done in Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, on 16th October 1846. Hyderabad has contributed significantly for the development of anaesthesia in the world. Dr Rupa Bai Furdoonji was the first lady anaesthetist of the world from the present Sultan Bazaar Hospital, Hyderabad in the years 1889-1917. The great
The Government officials are mandated to ensure that every healthcare institution should have Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems in place. Despite many benefits of the modern-day tool, many clinical users & healthcare providers are apprehensive to implement EMR. Whilst EMRs possess many useful features to help streamline the healthcare processes, some people find the entire system overly complex
As you are all well aware, across the globe and exclusively in our Indian Subcontinent, cardiovascular disorders in the form of Heart attack (AMI) & Heart Failure(HF) are burgeoning by several folds of deaths in human kingdom is related to either Acute MI, that means out of 10 deaths, 6 deaths are related to cardiovascular
In the light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, I hope everyone is safe and healthy. Taking care of yourself and your dear one’s through necessary precautions is very important. Among these precautionary measures, compulsory usage of face mask along with hand sanitisation, regular hand washing, plays an important role, especially when you are visiting a
There is a yoga style for everyone out there and how you feel during and after practice is very important. But, how good is a slow-paced workout to tone the body in comparison to hitting the gym? This is a very personal choice. However, from an anatomical perspective, while a workout at the gym will
The function of the heart is to take deoxygenated blood in and pump out the oxygenated blood to the rest of the organs. In the case of heart failure, the heart fails to pump the amount of blood that it normally pumps. Certain conditions like hypertension or narrowed coronary arteries due to cholesterol deposition weaken
In fact, complaining of body pain in day to day practice is common, it is mostly seen in women aged above 50 years. These patients are habituated to take pain killers and other modes of treatment. But even though it is difficult to pinpoint the reasons for Muscular skeletal pain, the doctor should have a
