Tobacco kills! Isn’t it something you have heard and seen innumerable times? Still it is impossible to get rid of this miasma and stop it from killing. Let’s have a brief introduction of this killer before talking about the facts. Tobacco comes in various forms broadly classified into smokeless tobacco and smoking products like cigarette, cigars, bidis, etc. Smokeless … [Read more...]
‘Stop Smoking’ Commercials Are Still On For Cinema Halls. But Does It Make Any Sense?
Gone are the days, when people used to walk into the movie halls and watch their films from the start till the end in a peaceful manner. At that time, the routines and processes were simple. They just had to settle down in their seats, lights would be dimmed, few commercials and mainly public service advertisements used to flash on the cinema screens, including the film teasers … [Read more...]
Growing India And Its Deteriorating Health: These Are Some Shocking Figures!
I come from a place where many people happily prefer to visit a sorcerer or a god-man whenever they fall ill. You may argue that people are uneducated or ignorant, but partially it is not correct. The main reason behind it is the poor and yet expensive healthcare in India. People tend to avoid medical facilities until things get critical, just to save bucks ‘wasted’ on … [Read more...]
The Indian Health Care System is completely flawed and AIIMS is the best example for it
When we got our independence, the first thing our planners did was to build heavy industries. The Health and education sections were sadly neglected. The result is, still we have poor HDI. The human capital was never developed. As a practicing intern at AIIMS, the weak health system of India is starkly visible to me. Even for minor illness like PID (Pelvic Inflammatory … [Read more...]