Medicine

A life-threatening accident left Dr Sakshi Maheshwari immobile with multiple broken bones. She didn't let the trauma and pain come in the way of her dream of serving as an orthopedic surgeon. This is how she used sheer will and determination to turn her life around.

Dr Palaniappan Manickam, known as Dr Pal, effectively conveys important medical information using humour or 'medcom' (medical comedy). What began as a means to ease patients’ discomfort has now led him to amass over two million followers on various social media platforms and embark on a global stand-up tour.

The present-day progress in modern medicine is based on the contributions of many great men and women who tirelessly worked to make India a hub for research, discovery and ingenuity. Here are nine such trailblazers.

An innovation by DeepTek, a startup co-founded by Dr Amit Kharat and Ajit Patil, Genki utilises 10 million data points to analyse a suspected patient's X-ray and detect any abnormalities within just 60 seconds.

Dr Ashwin Naik, Maanoj Shah, and Dr Edmond Fernandes initiated ‘Mission ICU’ to bring critical healthcare services to rural India. They achieve this by equipping hospitals with essential equipment so patients don't have to travel long distances for medical care.

Dr Tathagato Rai Dastidar explains the inspiration behind his medtech startup SigTuple, which has built an AI-enabled device to “revolutionise pathology” and help diagnose diseases earlier and with minimal human errors.

When Pune-based Dr Deepak Kulkarni went on a cycling tour to Assam, he met 10-year-old Muskan and noticed her neck deformity. Here’s how he, along with Dr Parag Sahasrabudhe, gave her a new lease of life for free.

Dr Bindu Menon’s foundation runs an initiative called Neurology-on-Wheels, offering free healthcare services to remote areas since 2013. She is also noted for her research in the field of epilepsy, strokes, and other neurological diseases.

Refuting a viral video that said chewing ginger and garlic till you cry helps alleviate pain during a heart attack, cardiologist Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy tells why this is "utter nonsense".

In 2004, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient Kolavennu Venkatesh filed a plea to be euthanised, which created a nationwide debate around the practice. His struggle inspired the film Salaam Venky starring Kajol.