Flowers in health care and its philately
Index Home Yesterday, I was struggling to find a theme for a fresh blog. My daughter exclaimed "Why don't you write about flowers ?" Initially that was a weird thought, health…
To perform in a theater, sans its audience
Index Home A theater it is, with performances that are all a matter of life and death. It is not an act, but all that happens is real. Human lives are…
Mouth and foot painting: A special ability in postage stamps
Index Home When hands and arms fail, but determination reins supreme, we come across some special abilities. Mouth and foot painting is one such special ability, that is leaves us awestruck.…
Donate a healthy organ to mend another’s failed one
Index Home A desire, that we could replace a failed organ, is age-old. Hindu God Ganesha, had his head replaced by one of an elephant. So are numerous chimeric Greek gods,…
A familiar orthoses from the past: Leather and metal polio-brace
Index Home Orthoses are external supports attached to a limb or a body part. Today such devices are made of lighter materials, and are used to support knee, ankle, elbow or…
Bone and Joints: Keeping ’em close, yet a little apart
Index Home A few structures in our body, set us apart from our closest primates. Most animals need all fours, but we can balance, walk and run on our twos. This…
Bandage: A cloth cover to wrap, hold or press
Bandage is synonymous with healing and care. The word comes from "bind" or to hold together. It is a symbol of empathy and care. Some recent postage stamps designed to…
Anyone can drown, no one should
Index Home On 25th July every year, World Health Organisation (WHO) observes world drowning prevention day. Tag-line of this day is - anyone can drown, no one should. While, death…
Basic Life Support (BLS) makes dead alive again
Index Home Basic Life Support or BLS is a sequence of actions, that attempt to bring life back, after it has seemingly ceased. When heart stops, or lungs fail to…
Stretcher and its bearers over the years
Index Home Stretcher is an unassuming medical transportation device. It is unassuming, as it lays hidden between the patient and the stretcher-bearer. Stretcher bearers also are often unsung. Yet stretchers and…