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The National Immunization Programme (at the time known as the Expanded Programme on Immunization – EPI) was initiated in 1979 in three districts with only two antigens (BCG and DPT) and was rapidly expanded to include all 75 districts with all six recommended antigens (BCG, DTP, OPV, and ...Read More

Case story – A healthy 2 months old infant has episodes of crying for hours, usually in late afternoon. After the episode the baby is normal and feeds well. The baby passes stool and urine normally. This has been going on for 4 weeks ...Read More

When ever we talk about outcomes, we tend to only regard survival as the outcome. ” The patient survived, our ICU mortality has come down, We have saved extremely low birth weight baby…’ and so on. But survival is not the only outcome we ...Read More

(Image source: Shutterstock) In India, life Insurance is often misunderstood to be a straight-forward financial product. In reality; however, these plans can be far more complex and valuable. While life insurance policies are generally about insurers receiving premiums and paying out a death benefit ...Read More

Residency in any subject in Medical filed is not a piece of cake. There is no limit of knowledge you need to acquire and the tougher thing is you need to acquire knowledge and skills side by side. A mastery in only one field ...Read More

It was July 9th, 2005. Mr Joshi woke up at 4 am. He was feeling restless and did not know what to do. He had a bad dream. All the visuals and innuendos from the acrimonious discussions and meetings that had been happening in ...Read More