Dr. Vikram .R. Lotwala

A very Good article appeared in the Hindu Newspaper which I would like to share with you. Basic medical education and training should be tailored to (i) develop appropriate manpower to meet common health needs, (ii) recognize and manage common health problems, (iii) teach critical appraisal of new information to keep abreast of advances, and (iv) ensure ethical practice. The current system falls far short of these objectives. The lack of relevance of medical education in India has been highlighted in medical literature. The World Health Organisation published its recommendations of “Reorienting medical education” (ROME) in 1991, arguing for major shifts in the educational model. Yet, two decades after the proposal, the changes made have been minimal and superficial; training continues to be inappropriate and inadequate for meeting the health needs of the country. The standards and setting: The pyramid of health-seeking has its base in informal household remedies, traditional medicine...

MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA AMENDMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th December, 2009 No.MCI-12(2)/2009-Med.Misc./56925. - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 33 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), the Medical Council of India with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the “Minimum Qualifications for Teachers in Medical Institutions Regulations 1998”, namely: - 1. (i) These Regulations may be called the “Minimum Qualifications for Teachers in Medical Institutions (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 - Part-III”. (ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the “Minimum Qualification for Teachers in Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998”, the following additions/modifications/deletions/ substitutions, shall be, as indicated therein: - 3(a). In Clause 4(A) under the heading “Professor” as amended vide “Minimum Qualification for Teachers in Medical I...

3 Qualities of Leaders Without a Title: 1. Obsessive focus 2. Relentless Passion 3. a Refusal to Lose

A very good article from Robin Sharma so I felt that I should share it with you. It goes like this... So easy to dismiss the success of The Great Ones in business, sports, science or the arts as "lucky". But success doesn't just show up. It's always earned. High achievement isn't the result of "destiny" but desire - and acute determination. From Branson to Bono and from Mandela to Michael Dell, dive deep into the stories of the best of the best and you'll see they're are all thinking the same thoughts and doing strikingly similar things (all of which I write about in my new book "The Leader Who Had No Title" which comes out in March from Simon and Schuster). Don't buy into the following 5 Lies of Lucky: 1. Successful people don't work hard - they just happen to be at the right place at the right time . Sure, timing makes a difference (just ask Jobs or Brin). But business superstars not only outthink their competition - they out...

Just came across few good lines, wanted to share with you. " No one likes to feel like they don’t matter. Just because you have final say doesn’t mean that you can’t get some help with important decision making. People enjoy feeling like they’re making a difference. Always keep an open ear and you’ll be motivating your team to come up with solutions and creative ideas."

The mood at KEM Hospital on Thursday, which has been home to Nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug for the past 36 years, was that of anger after the employees learnt about the plea moved in the Supreme Court, asking to stop her force-feeding. Aruna, who was a nurse at the hospital, was attacked by a ward boy on the night o f November 27, 1973. He sodomised the then 25-year-old Aruna after strangling her with a dog chain, which left her blind, paralysed and speechless. Today, she lies in a vegetative state at the hospital. Nurses and ayahs, who have been relentlessly looking after the 61-year-old woman, felt that no one, except Aruna, had the right to take decisions about her life. The same sentiment was echoed by KEM dean Dr Sanjay Oak who said the hospital was absolutely resolute to take care of her as they have been doing all these years. "All of us at the hospital will look after her,'' he said. Oak added that he had faith in the judiciary. "We are sure that the Suprem...

Anger is a completely normal human emotion – and a powerful one. When allowed to boil over, it can seriously damage relationships and hurt your professional credibility. But when completely suppressed, anger can turn inward, causing high blood pressure, depression or passive-aggressive behaviour. When you find yourself struggling with anger, or are the target of someone else’s wrath, there are a few coping strategies you can use to help defuse and deal with the situation in a healthy way. 1. Try to calm down inside During a difficult conversation, make sure you breathe deeply and evenly, from the diaphragm. Picture your breath coming up from the very middle of your body. Talk to yourself, slowly repeating something like “relax, keep calm”. You can also close your eyes for a few seconds and visualise a relaxing image, something that calms you down or makes you happy. While you are speaking, slow down, don’t interrupt, and consider carefully what you are saying. 2. Remove yourself from t...