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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”

Increasing numbers of patients are surviving critical illnesses, but survival may be associated with a constellation of physical and psychological sequelae that can cause ongoing disability and reduced health-related quality of life. Limited evidence currently exists to guide the optimum structure, timing, and content of rehabilitation programmes. There is a need to both develop andContinue reading “Rehabilitation Interventions”

People often think home healthcare and home care are the same things. The terms sound similar and both types of care are delivered in the home. But there are important differences between home care and home health care. Home Health Care The home health care definition is medical services provided at home to treat aContinue reading “Home Care Isn’t Home Healthcare”

Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI). People with a spinal cord injury are two to five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and middle-income countries. At our Neurosurgery department at Bhagwan MahavirContinue reading “NEUROPROSTHETICS | BIG HOPE FOR PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED BRAINS”

Long COVID a.k.a. post-COVID-19 syndrome, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), chronic COVID syndrome (CCS) and long-haul COVID is a condition characterized by long-term sequelae — appearing or persisting after the typical convalescence period — of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Earlier in the pandemic, it appeared that the majority of people infected with the coronavirus experiencedContinue reading “Long COVID | Lasting Illness After Recovery”

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”

Ayurdad (आयुर्दद्) word is borrowed from Sanskrit language meaning giving life or extending longevity. Āyurdad (आयुर्दद्) is derived from [=āyur-dad] [from āyur > āyu] and Dad (दद्).—(like dadate) meaning To give, offer, present. At Ayurdad, we bring back the concept of the family physician with in-home doctor service in and around Ranchi, Jharkhand. We areContinue reading “Home doctor service in Ranchi”