Priyamvada Chugh

The London Patient is the second ever case of HIV who recovered and remains virus-free to this day, four years since he first underwent the procedure.

While telemedicine was launched years ago, doctors have been apprehensive to use it because of legal issues. Where do we stand when it comes to telemedicine for mental health?

By following simple rules of handwashing, wearing masks, and physical distancing, each of us can make a difference, and help save thousands of lives.

"Most people don't know how to wear an N95 mask properly, as special training and expertise is needed. So, if we don’t wear an N95 mask properly, it may even be harmful.”

We have come a long way in orthopaedics with robots assisting in complex joint surgeries, precisely fitting implants, giving a second lease of life to our knees. But there’s one thing we must not forget—that nothing is as good as the joints that we were born with.

“If a patient survives a heart attack, they may join their social roles within a few weeks without anyone knowing, but a stroke patient may be left with severe disability for life. From a distance, it may look like they have been bitten by 'Dracula',” says Dr Sethi.

Eager to contribute to cardiac care in India, Dr Cherian took the hard call to refuse lucrative job offers at the University of Cincinnati and the Lahey Clinic in the US, as well as permanent residency in the US and Australia to return to India on 6 June 1975.

He states, “Despite a population of 1.3 billion, India has a mere 45 labs capable of distinguishing these TB types, which is 0.2 labs per million people. China, with its equivalent population, has 249 labs.”

While leprosy is highly prevalent in India, 99 per cent of the people do not get it.

We have come a long way over the last 60 years during which Dr Menon has been practising medicine.