Smoking & Your Kidneys: The Silent Damage 🚭
When we think about smoking, we usually worry about the lungs or heart. But there’s another organ quietly taking a hit, your kidneys. Your kidneys are like your body’s natural filters. They clean your blood, remove waste, and keep everything balanced. And they do all this without making a fuss. But smoking? It makes their […]
When Minutes Matter: A Case of Ventricular Tachycardia in the Emergency Room
It was a routine shift in the emergency department when a 73-year-old man was brought in with retrosternal chest pain and sweating that had started earlier in the afternoon. At first glance, he appeared similar to many cardiac patients we encounter daily. But in emergency medicine, experience teaches you an important lesson—some cases are deceptively […]
Orthopedic Emergencies: When to Seek Immediate Medical Attention
Dr Akshay T.M Consultant Orthopaedics and Arthroscopy surgeon We’ve all experienced our fair share of bumps, bruises, and sprains. Usually, a little rest, ice, and elevation are all it takes to get back on track. But when it comes to your bones, joints, and muscles, some injuries cross the line from a painful inconvenience to […]
Autism : Seeing the World Through a Different Lens
Today, April 2nd, is World Autism Awareness Day. In India, we often hear the word “Autism” whispered in doctors’ waiting rooms or discussed with a “sense of dread”. There is a heavy cloud of stigma, denial, and “what will people say?” hanging over it. But here’s the truth – “Autism is not a tragedy”. It […]
“Alternative” vs. “Complementary Medicine”
A Vision for the Future: One Team, One Hospital By: Dr. Somnath Chatterjee, Medical Director, Prakriya Hospitals, Bengaluru For over 25 years, my world has been defined by the high-stakes environment of the ICU. In Critical Care, we rely on the precision, speed, and evidence-based protocols of Allopathy. It is a system that saves lives […]
Why This Ram Navami Must Be Our Wake-Up Call!
The Other IQ: Today is March 26, 2026. Across the nation, we are celebrating Ram Navami. We offer prayers to Lord Rama, the embodiment of Satya(Truth) and Dharma(Righteousness). We call him Maryada Purusha – the man who stayed within the bounds of morality even when it cost him a kingdom. But as we ring the […]
BENGALURU 2026: THE MIRAGE OF A GARDEN CITY
Where Water Flows, Equality Grows—But What Happens When the Taps Run Dry? March 21, 2026 — Tomorrow is World Water Day. The global theme is “Water and Gender: Where Water flows, Equality grows.” It is a beautiful sentiment, yet as I drive through the parched arteries of Bengaluru, the irony is stifling. In our city, […]
DAMA: Discharge against Medical Advice
A Choice of Necessity, Not Neglect Doctors are Victims of a Broken System The recent Supreme Court judgment in the Harish Rana case (2026 INSC 222) has sent ripples through the Indian healthcare community. In a landmark ruling, the bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan expressed deep concern over the practice of “Discharge […]
ANTIBIOTIC SMART HOSPITALS
A Historic Milestone in the Fight against Anti-microbial resistance: Saluting Kerala’s Visionary Initiative As a doctor I have spent decades in the wards and ICUs. I have watched with growing alarm and helplessness as our most potent weapons against infection – antibiotics – are failing us and our patients. Every day, I see patients in […]
Why the Harish Rana Judgment is a New Dawn for Dignity in India
END OF LIFE CARE (EOLC) IN INDIA Dr. Somnath Chatterjee, Medical Director, Prakriya Hospitals, Bengaluru For the last several decades, families of patients have sat at the bedsides of their loved ones where medicine had reached its limit. For them, the hardest part wasn’t the physical pain of the patient; it was the “legal and […]