Medicine

“The seeds of this device were sown during a conversation with my father. He had mentioned his concern for patients who died on their way to the hospital just because the ambulance took time to respond.”

She was especially disheartened to see that these children were all oblivious to the fact that the consumption of gutka could cause the dreaded disease.

She dreamt of becoming a doctor since childhood. Looking back, she says, “I played a doctor in all my pretend play games. I used to go around giving everyone fake injections.”

“I come from a small village in Tirunelveli district, so I know what it’s like for students from these parts," says Dr Mari Raj - who is fighting for equality and justice.

While most hospitals in bigger cities have this facility, hospitals in tier-2 and tier-3 cities do not, hence putting the newborns at risk.

The village lad from Bengal had little education and no money but he was propelled by a passion that made him take a leap of faith that few would dare! #TrueGrit #BeatingTheOdds

“While what has happened is very tragic, unfortunately, it is not the first time. The Government of India, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Aids Control Organisation in 2017, came out with strict guidelines to be followed by both the donor and the recipient.”

"I did not want to commercialise what I learnt. The happiness and satisfaction one receives while saving a life cannot be compared to anything else in the world," he once said. #RIP #Respect

This ruling by a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao, came after a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by Delhi-based dermatologist Zaheer Ahmed.

Many pharmacies offer their customers discounts between 5 and 10 per cent; a tip-off about antibiotics being sold at a discount of almost 30 per cent is what alerted the officials.