Insurance for health and Universal Health Care
In 2018, India launched its state sponsored health Insurance scheme, with the name "Ayushman Bharat" which means "longevity for India". It is a fully government sponsored scheme aimed to ensure…
Ilizarov and his apparatus for healing of bone defects
Ilizarov is a name most doctors, and especially those who practice orthopedics are well aware of. However, his journey from obscurity to global fame, is not much known. He invented,…
Bohler: A surgeon who gave science and method to bone setting
Individuals with fractured leg bones, often need pins, pulleys, and plaster to hold the two ends of the broken bone, close-together. As patients with this intricate system are made to…
Dental Chair and its journey in stamps
Recently I visited a Dentist, and within minutes I was lying on a Dental Chair. With lights from the top, motorized probes and instruments jetting from the sides, and even…