Index Home One of my postage stamp albums is about personalities. Quite like a ‘Guess-who‘ game, you can never miss the flowing beards of many famous personalities, especially those who lived more than a 100 years ago. Probably a flowing beard was a sign of intellect, before it was trimmed, shortened and eventually disappeared. It seems… Continue reading About flowing beards, wisdom and medical men
Category: Misc
This category has healthcare blogs with other unclassified topics
Medical books and journals in postal stamps
Index Home Every budding doctor needs to read many books. These medical books are not only an integral part of training, but also a companion for life. Today, in this world of information explosion, books compete with journals. Journals are a collection of periodic updates, newer thoughts, and renewed experiences. With innumerable medical books and about… Continue reading Medical books and journals in postal stamps
One stamp story: Is history of medicine in need of a museum ?
Index Home One postage stamp in my collection has intrigued me for long. This is a fairly recent 2007 postage stamp issued by Latvia. This sepia coloured stamp pictures a thoughtful skeleton, an open book, and some ancient mortars and pestles. I have not been able to pair it with any other postage stamp . So,… Continue reading One stamp story: Is history of medicine in need of a museum ?
Count, analyze and interpret: Data for health
Index Home Latin word datum means ‘to give’. In english this word means a ‘single piece of information‘. As information grows from singular to pleural, it becomes ‘data’. We subconsciously collect and process data all the time. For instance, a mere look at the watch tells us minutes, which our brain processes as remaining time for… Continue reading Count, analyze and interpret: Data for health
“Hospital on a train” & its postage stamps
Index Home We have all heard the story of James Watt, who probably inspired by a fluttering lid of a kettle, invented steam engine in 1769. About 35 years later, Richard Trevithick, a British engineer developed first steam-engine powered locomotive. Thereafter, trains ruled surface transport, as automobiles were more than a century away. By 1850s, passenger… Continue reading “Hospital on a train” & its postage stamps
Refugee health: distraught and displaced
Index Home Refuge is to seek protection. Thus, a refugees is an individual who looses protection in their country, and is forced to flee. This loss of protection is usually a consequence of war, ethnic strife, or persecution. It may also be due to disasters such as famines or floods. However, current definition requires well founded… Continue reading Refugee health: distraught and displaced
Conflict, peace and health
Index Home Conflict affects health (and vice-versa) Conflicts disrupt health systems. They not only overwhelm health-facilities with wounds and injuries, they also disrupt supply chain of medical supplies. Further, health-care workers, who now fear for their lives, themselves migrate or are unable to report for work. Thus, peace is first requisite for an effective health system.… Continue reading Conflict, peace and health
World Health Organization: Philately @75
Birthday commemorations for WHO After the end of the second world war, victorious nations agreed to form an organisation, that could prevent a third-world war. When the ward ended in 1945, these countries formed United Nations. This was a beginning of global cooperation at an unprecedented scale As nations started their deliberations, there also was… Continue reading World Health Organization: Philately @75
Slithering serpents and health-care
Index Home Towards the end of 20th century, JK Rowling created Harry Potter. Slytherin was one of its four houses. This house had serpent as a symbol, and its inmates were cunning, resourceful, took leadership roles, and were ambitious. Some consider Slytherins as evil, and others as a necessity. As in Harry Potter, slimy, slithering and… Continue reading Slithering serpents and health-care
Family: a disease buster
Index Home Family is a social unit. Living together brings about interactions, caring, and also provides additional purpose in our lives. Our personalities depend on mentoring and sharing of thoughts. Almost all religious institutions promote family life as virtuous, and a tool to bind societies. There are various connotations to the word “family”. It is a… Continue reading Family: a disease buster