Specialists

Virtual consultations valuable to families living in remote areas or lacking paediatric specialists’ access – ET HealthWorld

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Virtual consultations valuable to families living in remote areas or lacking paediatric specialists’ access – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Dr Nihar Parekh, Lead Paediatrician, Second Opinion Online Consultation For Children (SOCC), interacted with ETHealthworld’s Prabhat Prakash on how technology is helping to bridge the gap in improving paediatric care regardless of geography. He also shares how early detection of ailments allows parents and doctors to provide needed care to children. Edited Excerpts: How … Read more

Senior medical specialists to teach IIT-Madras students

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Senior medical specialists to teach IIT-Madras students

Well-known surgeons have been appointed as professors of practice to teach bachelor of science programme in medical sciences and technology department at IIT-Madras. The list includes Rajan Ravichandran, director of MIOT Institute of Nephrology; cardiac surgeon Ajit Mullasari from Madras Medical Mission; cardio-thoracic surgeon K.R. Balakrishnan, chairman of the Institute of Cardiac Sciences and director … Read more

The Wrong Side of 70: How I Found Myself Surrounded by Specialists

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The Wrong Side of 70: How I Found Myself Surrounded by Specialists

Ernest Hemingway famously wrote in The Sun Also Rises that one goes bankrupt gradually, then suddenly. Of course, Hemingway was referring not only to how money is lost, but to the way many things work and how humans fail to perceive those things until they’re done deals. Which brings me to this burning question: How … Read more

End-of-Life Care Specialists Get Creative During COVID-19

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End-of-Life Care Specialists Get Creative During COVID-19

Nov. 1, 2021 — In pre-pandemic times, end-of-life care professionals tried to make sure loved ones were at the bedside when a patient had only hours or days to live. Like many aspects of medicine, COVID-19 upended that ritual, leaving many people to die alone in isolation, restricted to one visitor for an hour or … Read more