Every cloud has a silver lining. Covid-19 is no exception. This pandemic has done wonders to the medical science both at international level as well as in our backyard. Only yesterday, a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test was a mirage for us. Today, tens of thousands PCR tests are conducted in Bhubaneswar and all overContinue reading “The Second most valuable discovery in medical science.”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
The Secrets of Life
On February 28, 1953, Sir Francis Crick and Dr James Watson stumbled upon a double helix in their lab which can save the Secrets of Life in the Ribo Nucleic Acid codes. They called it DNA. Today we know that every secret of our life is stored in the triplet codes of DNA in theContinue reading “The Secrets of Life”
How much does a MIRACLE cost?
( Stories I liked) Collected & Retold Tess was eight years old when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money. They were moving to a cheap apartment next month because Daddy didn’t have theContinue reading “How much does a MIRACLE cost?”
The Silver Lining of this Pandemic.
Every Cloud has a Silver lining. So also this dreadful Pandemic has one. This Pandemic has compressed the period of making a vaccine from the usual 10 years to a mere 10 months. The Virus story Why at all a virus has to infect us ? Because a virus doesn’t have any asset except aContinue reading “The Silver Lining of this Pandemic.”
The Blalock_Taussig story
( In memory of all the Male Nurses : fondly called Sura Dada, Madu Dada etc. of my Alma mater who have taught me venous access ) In medical college, our paramedical staff are our first Guru. So was Vivian Thomas in the Johns Hopkins. You can have enough trouble if there’s a hole inContinue reading “The Blalock_Taussig story”
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