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World Family Doctor Day (FDD) – 19th May: was first declared by WONCA in 2010 and it has become a day to highlight the role and contribution of family doctors and primary care teams in healthcare systems around the world. WONCA is an unusual, yet convenient acronym comprising the first five initials of the WorldContinue reading “World Family Doctor Day | 19 May”

On 17 May, we celebrate World Hypertension Day (WHD), a day dedicated to highlighting the importance of monitoring blood pressure and bringing global awareness to over 1 billion people living with high blood pressure worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood against the walls ofContinue reading “World Hypertension Day | 17 May”

It was in the year 2018 when I just completed my MBBS internship and had the honour to be invited to a National Seminar held on Hemorrhagic and Ischemic stroke on the campus of Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS) in Gangtok, Sikkim by the chief organizer of the event – Dr. Gorkhi Medhi,Continue reading “Awareness Means Life | Life is Precious”