Articles with tag: medicine

Communicating Medical Errors

Prashant Bhatt Nov 19, 2009 interacts: 3

Unanticipated unfavorable outcomes are expected in complex modern medicine. How will you like your doctor to disclose unanticipated unfavorable outcomes?

Dark Angel

Ali Hashmi Jun 8, 2009 interacts: 1

The dead take no medicines, do not get admitted to hospitals and make no money for anyone. Therefore, if it can be helped, people are not allowed to die.

Because the Doctor Said So

Sarwar Sukhera May 6, 2009 interacts: 8

Letâ€™s face it; living is all about eating and since life is short, I eat a lot. I relish all that is considered by the medics harmful. Yet, the only thing growing in my body is the belly.

No More Gods

Prashant Bhatt Feb 1, 2009 interacts: 13

The surgeons were no more â€œGodâ€? but they remain some of the most respected, courageous and wisest of doctors and persons from whom one can learn.

Leprosy : The Shadow Lingers

Shantanu Dutta Nov 18, 2008 interacts: 1

Medically, leprosy is detected early and thanks to a multi drug regime, cured early too. And yet piles of archaic legislation keep those infected on the margins of society.

On Blades and Scalpels

Amber Bokhari Oct 26, 2008 interacts: 21

My experience working in Surgical Unit One of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore

When Trembling Hands Learn To Heal

Amber Bokhari Aug 17, 2008 interacts: 2

Every time anyone in my hospital needs advice and support, someone tells him of a doctor that not only talks but listens as well.

Diabetes: Wrestling with a Twenty-First Century Monster

Mutaal Mooquin Jul 2, 2008 interacts: 50

â€œHalf of worldâ€™s population at risk of diabetes by end of next decade.â€? This disorder is encroaching on the traditional confines of age, ethnicity, and geographyâ€”in particular AGE.

Healthcare in Pakistan, Lessons from Cuba

Mahvish Zehra Jun 13, 2008 interacts: 18

Cuba has the most impressive doctor to patient ratio of 1 to 175. All this and more while facing more than 40 years of US trade and financial embargoes.

Is It Treason to Question

Amer Nazir Apr 7, 2008 interacts: 15

In the General Hospital in Lahore, in the top most brain surgery institute of Pakistan, people lie in verandas in unhygienic conditions.

Hypnotherapy: Mind-Body Interactions

Rabab Zehra Mar 27, 2008 interacts: 7

Imagine thinking yourself to better health. Dating back from 2600 BC this concept of inducing oneself to an alternative state of mind, has evolved through many stages.

Judah Folkman

Syed Shah Feb 11, 2008 interacts: 5

History may yet end up remembering Judah Folkman, who passed away earlier this year at Denver International Airport, as the man who cured cancer.

Opportunity Knocks But Once

sheela jaywant Oct 15, 2007 interacts: 1

The story goes into the mind/psyche of a surgeon. A competitive, aggressive, brilliant, trained professional mind.

Better Living through Chemistry

Ali Hashmi Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 14

What would you give for a pill that made you happy or thin or helped erase the pain of losing a loved one?

Going Back in Time

Zaheeruddin Babar Jun 19, 2007 interacts: 3

If the pharmacists are not going to be properly utilized to improve medicine use situation, then turning a four year pharmacy degree (B.Pharmacy) into a five year Pharm D (Doctor of Pharmacy) and opening new pharmacy schools in the country is certainly qu

Medical Lessons from the Death of a Poet

V S Gopalakrishnan Apr 8, 2007 interacts: 15

Can a breast specialist, however eminent, take over the role of a gynaec specialist? ... Are drugs like combiflam which many people do not tolerate require to be prescribed for our patients?...

Medicalising Pakistan

Zaheeruddin Babar Jan 8, 2007 interacts: 21

A recent visit to Pakistan was the eye opening one. There was one pharmacy in my neighborhood a few years ago, but now the small street is sprawling with five pharmacies and all are doing “wonderful business”.

Leprosy

Ashwini Ahuja Dec 1, 2006 interacts: 3

Urvishi is unhappy and silent, walks sluggishly. Did ever Sahil before it watch her slothful? No, no, no. Might a humorous girl grow worried? And much distraught too. She is a silly girl. Silly, silly, silly. Sahil announces.

The Healer

Raghavan P K Sep 12, 2006 interacts: 1

How many patients a physician has to treat and cure before becoming a healer? Healing is not mere treatment to make the patient normal. It is much more...

The Birth of a Voice

Sheela Jaywant Jun 16, 2006 interacts: 3

Other than the hoarseness, there was no other indication that he was ill. Unknown to him, this 75-year-old bachelor, an air-conditioning specialist who loved his cigarettes, had developed a malignancy.

Counterfeit Medicines: A Public Health Policy Failure

Zaheeruddin Babar Dec 31, 2005 interacts: 4

The responsibility to tackle this problem does not only lie with the government. All stakeholders must be involved and should join forces against this menace

Faraz

Xari Jalil Jun 29, 2005 interacts: 25

Deeply indulgent in philosophy, classical music and Jaun Elia, Faraz was a thinker more than anything else. He spent much of his time conversing about life, the meaning of existence, and yes death.

Doctors Role in Organizing Health Services

Tallat Abid Mar 25, 2005 interacts: 9

Our health system has been designed, developed and maintained by politicians rather than physicians which is one of the most distressing aspects of health care infrastructure.

Half a Confession II

Temporal Mar 5, 2005 interacts: 6

Body sponges, change of sheets, the general bull shit and I cannot help but smile -- what everyone prays for and dreams about -- I had taken for granted -- the leisurely life style where people around me would do my bidding without me having to lift a fin

As Good As A Mile

Sheela Jaywant Nov 8, 2004 interacts: 2

He can’t understand why the relative wants to know something she wouldn’t understand even if he told her. Why can’t Indians just let people do their jobs. Always, why this, why that.

Bottled Water: A False Sense of Security

ijaz gul Oct 17, 2004 interacts: 17

Barring Nestle which itself is artificial pure water lacking a balance in minerals thereby causing dehydration rather than removing it, most other brands are highly contaminated by chemicals or bacteria.

The Aga Khan University-Examination Board: Does Pakistan Need One?

Bahadur Ali Sep 21, 2004 interacts: 17

Like every other major policy debate in this country, one on The Aga Khan University Education Board--with its religio-political dimensions--has all the ingredients of a 'perfect storm', an analysis of its merits and demerits must inform the decision.

When Abu Died

Sheela Jaywant Sep 14, 2004 interacts: 9

“What’s happened ?”, I kept asking aloud. Someone escorted me out. I think it was one of the staff. Not sure. The policeman in the Waiting Room told me the details. Apparently, whilst walking back from work, he was hit by a passing vehic

Mercy Killing

K Anish Pokharel Jun 22, 2004 interacts: 6

When the pain becomes intractable and death becomes inevitable, the urge to overcome the agony by an abrupt end of life, surfaces.

Reproductive Health Education

Sadaf S Kamwani Sep 4, 2003 interacts: 28

Reproductive health education or sex education is considered as a taboo subject in our society. To know its reason for being called taboo, I took an interview of ten educated young people (excluding health professionals) regarding their understanding

Jinnah Hospital

Rozaiba Aug 3, 2003 interacts: 32

Dried juice stains decorate the stall which is surrounded by decaying fruit peels. A tired guard helplessly watches as endless crowds enter and leave the building