Medical tourism: trends, reasons, and a lesson.
Posted onit is about how people chose where to go for treatment.
Cataract surgery: an ultimate patient’s guide
Posted onWhat should you do if you are told that you have cataract. It’s a step wise guide to help you decide what to pick when you have multiple options to choose. The aim is to enable you to take an informed decision at every cross road of your treatment plan. . You had problem in […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology practice: Are Ophthalmologists ready ?
Posted onFrom accurate clinical diagnosis to autonomously operating surgical robots, AI has more to offer than we have asked for. The ophthalmic practice had changed with the advent of every new technological breakthrough. The intra-ocular lens in sixties and minimally invasive cataract surgeries in nineties had a significant impact on the practice. Both of these technologies revolutionized […]
Myopia: What can we learn from the experience of developed World?
Posted onChanging the glasses is not enough . Newer research shows that we can slow the myopia progression rather than being the mute spectators. Your son is having difficulty in seeing the blackboard and is taken to the doctor. He says your son needs glasses. Sorry, your son has myopia. He comes back with spectacles on […]
Role of NPCB in control of preventable blindness in India
Posted onIndia is also home to around 9 million blinds out of which one third have preventable blindness. Later means that we can treat it if we have capabilities and intention to treat. NPCB has done a great job in containing the problem of preventable blindness in India. When comes to delivery of results in any […]
Violence against doctors: law and order issue or sign of a greater malady.
Posted onDo we need a strong and effective Central Medicare Act or a policy to limit the number of patients a doctor should attend to in a given facility and time ? May be both. At a recently held national seminar on “Violence against doctors”, hosted by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), a demand was to bringing […]
Should Pakistani nationals be allowed to come to India for treatment ?
Posted onIt is not only the overlooking of our humanitarian responsibility , refusal to Pakistani nationals to receive treatment in India also causes economic loss to us. There were many media reports that government has significantly reduces the number of the visas issued to Pakistani national coming to India to seek medical treatment. If we keep in […]
Does every fresh passed out doctor want to go to private practice ?
Posted onNon-availability of doctors for government hospitals i is often blamed to private practice is as a sure shot way to make easy money. We think it is not. Graduation Out of the total student who join MBBS courses in India, only one fourth to half of the students get admission to a post-graduation course. Now […]