Which corporate hospital in Hyderabad has the best Facebook Cover image? “Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead Most of you thought it is Apollo Health City's Facebook cover image but it's not. Surprised? Read on. Though Apollo Health City Facebook page has 65k followers, using a generic campaign creative on its cardiac treatment expertise looks vague. My feeling is that either a patient or a star heart transplant surgeon should have been at the heart of the cover image. In case of the latter, my bet is on Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale, Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, who could have been featured instead but the management may be wary of a doctor becoming bigger than the hospital. This creative goes well with the violet color of Care Hospitals but the designer should have run a spell-check on November! By the way, lung cancer being the most common cancer in Indian men could be factually incorrect. It s...
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Why Colgate Should Apologize to A Generation of Indians?
One generation of Indians owe an apology from Colgate Palmolive for misleading them through their dental hygiene narrative. My hatred for Colgate's hypocrisy gets accentuated every time I notice Priyanka Chopra grinning wide, flaunting a salt-based toothpaste with power of neem that were traditionally the common sources of dental cleaning agents of the rural Indian masses. I still wonder why the Indian Dental Association leadership did not raise even a whisper when Colgate Palmolive went hammer and tongs at Indian traditional dental hygiene products in the 80s. May be that was the time when Colgate-IDA scholarship programme was launched for young dental students or the timing was just a coincidence? For over three decades Colgate & Indian Dental Association acknowledge the achievements of dental students who have demonstrated academic excellence through the IDA-Colgate Scholarships. Eligibility The student desirous of getting the S...
All NHAI run toll plazas soon to have food and beverage kiosks
Toll plazas run by National Highway Authority of India will soon have kiosks selling drinking water, tea/coffee, and packaged food for the convenience of highways users. Termed as Highway Nest (Mini), these kiosks are under construction on both up-side and down-side at all 372 NH run toll plazas. These kiosks are being built on 10mx20 m paved platforms about 200-250 m from the toll plaza. Toilet facilities for ladies/gents and physically challenged persons are also available at these sites. Two Highway Nests (Mini) have been inaugurated already - one at Narayanpura toll plaza on NH-76 on Udaipur-Chittorgarh-Kota route under Regional Office, Jaipur and another at Hyderabad-Vijaywada section of NH-65, Korlapahad toll plazas at km 118.250 (TP-2) under RO Hyderabad. Efforts are being made to have the Highway Nest (Mini) in place on all the remaining toll plazas by the end of March 2018, said source.
US under grip of H3N2
The US based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared H3N2 flu as an epidemic. There were seven pediatric flu deaths last week, bringing the total to 20 for the flu season that started October 1 . Key US states affected by flu include New York City as well as Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. The outbreaks of the flu have resulted in closure of schools in states including Alabama, Idaho, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. H3N2 more common than H1N1 More than H1N1, Influenza H3N2 has been the most common strain in this cycle, which is usually more severe than the former and leads to definite hospitalisation. Preventive vaccination too is said to be of no use after a recent Australian study claimed that vacc...
Social Media Bats For Chelation Therapy
"Recently, one person was admitted to a Wellknown nursing home at pune, due to severe chest pain. He had an earlier attack in 2012 and was un der treatment. The doctors now suggested Angiography." Thus begins a Facebook Post that's being circulated to advocate use of a new treatment known as-"Chelox therapy, Laser therapy & Chelation Therapy", as an alternative to "Bypass Surgery". This treatment is being used clandestinely by some doctors, without being backed by any scientific evidence or approving authorities like the US FDA or any other agency in the world. Theory Behind The New Treatment In chelation therapy, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is delivered into the bloodstream through an intravenously. It is said that the medicine attaches itself to plaques in the arteries before they are removed through the bloodstream. However, American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and U.S. Food and Dru...
Adopt & Forget: Telangana adopted Clinical Establishments Act, 2010 but it remains on Paper
If Shakespeare were alive today, he would have tried find a living example for his phrase 'Much Ado About Nothing' in Telangana government's formal adoption of Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. The Central Act was adopted by Telangana state government without much fanfare but nobody has given a thought to apply its provisions in letter and spirit yet. Under its new rules, hospitals are required to follow minimum standard facilities and services should be necessary in every hospital. Those starting new hospitals are required to apply for registration and even it's done through online. The original Act came into effect directly in 10 states - Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan Uttarakhand and Assam and all Union Territories except Delhi - but gradually other states started adopting the central Act by invoking clause (1) of Article 252 of the...
Dozens of New Drugs permitted without trial even as unregulated Drug Trials Killed 47 Indians in three years
The union health ministry has permitted entry to dozens of new drugs in the Indian market without the mandatory drug trials at the local level even as poorly regulated drug trials killed 47 Indians in last three years. Official data released by the union health ministry shows that these deaths occured between 2014-16, all attributed to 'Adverse Events' r elated to clinical trials. The break-up of deaths show that 2014 led to maximum number of causalities at 23, followed by 13 deaths in 2013 and 11 in 2016. These deaths happened out of 1202 reported 'Adverse Events' during these three years. Explaining the cause of these clinical trials related deaths, union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda told Parliament in a statement on 2 January, 2018 that 'death may occur during clinical trial due to various reasons such as the disease from which the patient may be suffering or due to the investigational product or any other reason.'. But is it t...