I got into medical school on "merit" - 60th on general category list in Mumbai 1982. Have a Gold Medal at MD exams Mumbai University. Let me tell you something: Merit is a myth. It's all about privilege, social capital, access to resources & hence opportunity.

Individuals in the country, that too less than 3% of the population, pay more taxes than all the companies in India combined. Amrit Kaal for Indian tax payers. Thank you Prime Minister and Finance Minister.

Indian Doctor🇮🇳 Wear a black band, complain on twitter, get frustrated, get back to work, repeat.

One investigation which is hardly ever necessary is Arterial Blood gas . It is overrated and mostly avoidable A Venous Blood Gas ( VBG ) in combination with good pulse oximetry and clinical examination, will give all answers you need with lesser pain and distress to patient.

Dengue time of the year . 1)Avoid NSAIDS. Tab Paracetamol is safest to reduce fever. 2)Hydrate. 3)Papaya leaf juice does zilch . 4) Platelet transfusion is not needed until Platelets drop<15/20k . 5)Tests for Dengue: NS1 Antigen on Day 2,Dengue IgM test on Day 5.

How are people managing to post long write ups on linked in, upload reels on Instagram while continuing to practice full time? Do they have more than 24 hrs? I upload 2 reels in a week and I go into oblivion for months😅

Screening echo and CPK mb levels for all patients of dengue? Not at all please! Unnecessary burden and waste of resources in a resource limited country like India. It should directed as per patient profile and symptoms! Sad to see this in API medicine update. #MedX #MedTwitter

3 Aug 2010. Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh on stage. Sen criticizes MMS’s foreign policy. Bureaucrat next to me shocked that PM is criticized publicly. In closing remarks MMS defends his policy & they walk out, shaking hands & chatting. India’s democracy, once.

🚨R G Kar, we are with you! 🚨We continue to protest against the brutal assault & rape of our colleague in West Bengal. 🚨All Residents of Delhi will be gathering today in solidarity near CP! 🚨Tomorrow, all doctors of Delhi will gather at Jantar Mantar for a massive Protest!

Most Indians are just 1 hospitalisation away from bankruptcy. A good health insurance plan is mandatory.

‘We need more data on it’

Ye Sunday bhi nikal gaya

List of toxic medical colleges and their toxic departments. Feel free to share your experiences as well. Save future doctors from these colleges and departments. Do your part. Share it as much as possible. #MedTwitter #NEETPG #neetug

How long can you be on #steroids and then stop them altogether (regardless of dose) without the risk of an adrenal crisis? Well this guidance from the 2024 European Endocrine society may shed some light👇 #Rheumatology #MedTwitter

Intracerebral Hemorrhage & Surgical Management Trials - thanks Nicholas Morris ! neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…

Don’t look at the platelets, look at the Hematocrit and WBC in a patient of dengue! The obsession with platelet numbers needs to stop! #Dengue #MedTwitter #MedX

Reminds me of other specialities giving high dose steroids and then asking medicine for fitness. I wish they just ask for optimisation of meds rather than fitness!

There was this Pune college which mandated its JRs to daily post photo / selfie from wards at 7 am in the morning. Crazy!

i don't say it enough but I really LOVE MEDICINE

Just 9-10? Must be more Sion hospital alone did OPD of 18 lakhs many years ago when we looked at the data, must be much higher now. And barely an acre or two of space.