Black Elephants, White Elephants

Our Accident Relief Medical Vans ARMV need a paradigm shift. ( pic- Elephants in accident restoration works) ARMEs are legacy of Colonial Rail like the Steam Engine, Telegraph machines, Token porters, wooden planks, and railway phones . British people have constructed railway network throughout their colonies (India, Malay, China) to quickly transport local raw materialsContinue reading “Black Elephants, White Elephants”

The Case of Heart attack inside a running train

At 56, half of my life on this Earth has been spent as a railway doctor. Every thing that can happen in a Railway hospital has already happened to me in those 28 long years. There’s no more expectation, nothing new. The standard Tom, Dick, Harry and Harry, Dick, Tom things. At least that’s whatContinue reading “The Case of Heart attack inside a running train”

The Four Ashrams of a Doctor’s Life

What constitutes a Good Life ?Our scriptures divide our life into 4 stages: The four Ashrams. They are the Brahmacharya, Garhasthya, Vanaprasth and Sanyas. Ancient Indians will complete their life cycle religiously in these four life stages. I have been fortunate enough to be born in Cuttack, the educational hub of this part of IndiaContinue reading “The Four Ashrams of a Doctor’s Life”

The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora

Rishi Sunak’s paternal grandfather was a British Indian African from Kenya. His grandparents from mother’s side were British Indian African from Tanzania. Both of these grandparents had to leave Africa to UK in the 1970s so that Yashvir a doctor of Punjabi British Indian African Citizen originally migrated from Kenya met Usha a qualified pharmacistContinue reading “The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora”

The Koch-Pasteur Rivalry

Robert Koch is credited with the discovery of the Koch’s Postulate. Then he went on to discover the Anthrax bacillus, Vibrio Cholera and of course the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. It should be taken as the greatest medical achievement of all time. He was awarded the 1905 Nobel prize for his seminal work. What is so greatContinue reading “The Koch-Pasteur Rivalry”