Spinal infections – a rare yet effective cause of spinal deformities
Dr Satnam Singh Chabra Spinal infections are the rare infections which occur in or around the spine region of the body. It is one rare condition which can lead to the permanent damage of the spinal cord of a person. It involves the intervertebral disc space, the vertebral bones, the spinal canal, or the adjacent […]
‘Green Building ‘concept
Er. Prabhat Kishore People spend major part of their life time indoors, i.e. inside the buildings, which may be their homes, offices, hospitals, shops, factories, educational and other places. The time varies from 60 to 90 percent depending upon the nature of jobs and livings. According to UNEP, these buildings are a major source of […]
Beware of vaccine rumors
The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has requested people to not pay attention to the rumors against the much-awaited vaccine to prevent COVID-19. He stated that our prime criteria in the vaccine trial are safety and efficacy and nothing will be compromised. The objective of the dry run for Covid-19 vaccine launching is to measure […]
Brotherhood-till the last breathe
N J Ravi Chander What is bizarre is that two of my maternal grand uncles left us within a year of each other in the same month, date and time- November 27, 4.30 pm? The deaths might be a strange coincidence or just some quirk of fate. 74-year-old RK Shamaraj (number seven) died of multi-organ […]
Indian Healthcare system is dying
Shashidhar Vuppala It is time to reset and reform, the current Corona crisis provides an opportunity to address inadequacies in healthcare system, and lack of safety nets for urban poor. India’s public healthcare system needs far more investment. For any nation’s development Quality Education and Health Systems plays a significant role but unfortunately all our […]
Love: The solution for every problem
Tousif Raza Introduction and definition Love means a divine tendency or feeling to accept everyone’s existence that is created, or a bold representative of spiritual voice that comes from heart to delete the adversity and produce the opportunity for all equally and realize the truth of the fact for which mankind was created. Love is […]
Down the memory lane
N J Ravi Chander My octogenarian friend, philosopher and guide for the past four decades, G R Murthy, often regales me with anecdotes and stories of long ago. Few know that he is also a supremely gifted artisan, who can create wonders with wood. That is not all. He is a voracious reader and can […]
The Pet Problem
K S S Pillai I belong to a generation that never thought of keeping a pet dog. The only pets that I had come across were parrots, kept by random households, who would proudly flaunt their skill in uttering certain words like their human masters. All the street dogs in our housing society were considered […]
Advanced treatment modules assisting in minimally invasive spine surgeries
Dr Satnam Singh With the advent of winters, which requires extra efforts to avoid the worsening spiral of immobility and increasing pain, patients especially with spinal complications are at an added risk. Slipped disc is a common problem, which affects approximately 1% of the population at any given time. It usually affects people between the […]
Adieu 2020, Welcome 2021
Asad Mirza Perhaps the humans have awaited no other year’s end so eagerly across the world as that of 2020. Similarly, no other event in the recent history has had such a far-reaching impact as that of the coronavirus pandemic, on the world and its inhabitants. The year 2020 had so many time-tested patterns and […]
