By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD [Continued from Nov. 10] While I’m writing this in continuation of my last Friday’s article, the Draconian provisions enshrined in the proposed amendment to the already infamous KPME Act have been very well portrayed by my good friend Dr. K.S. Kumar in his article published in the SOM yesterday….
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The proposed amendment to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act is on the anvil and the issue has indeed become very hot with all private doctors across the State protesting against it. While all people know that there is trouble brewing between the government and private doctors most…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem The Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Vidhana Soudha, our Secretariat building, have just gone by. It is the seat of power and pelf from where our elected and nominated netas dictate terms even to the highest and the mightiest among us. It is also the place from where they dole…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My last week’s article about how life was before telephony really became lightning-fast has drawn many responses from readers, both young and old. Prof. R. Chandraprakash, in a very interesting letter to the editor three days ago, has recalled how we used to molly-coddle our landline telephone instruments as…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last night I happened to attend a CME. Now, this acronym which may seem a little unknown to most people, stands for ‘Continuing Medical Education’ and it denotes an educational activity that involves lectures, seminars or workshops which give doctors an opportunity to refresh and update their knowledge in…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My recent article about the play ‘Barff’ which I attended at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru and my own experience while attending a medical conference, which was similar to that of the main character in the play, has drawn many responses from readers. While all of them have written…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Today morning when I picked up my newspaper I was pained to read that there had been three train accidents yesterday in our country in just nine hours. Although there had been no deaths this time, it was still a pretty bad score in the already dismal track record…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last fortnight I happened to be in Bengaluru with my family on a weekend visit. We were there with a two-fold purpose. While I was there to attend an International Conference on Diabetes, my family was there to get its weekend dose of relaxation and rest! My daughter, Sarah…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD With our annual Dasara round the corner, our city is waking up to its usual makeover. Most noticeably, all the traffic signal lights which had either gone to sleep or even off on a trip to some unknown and far off land have started coming back to life and…
By Dr.K. Javeed Nayeem Our Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the government will soon set up wayside amenities at every fifty kilometres on all our National Highways. Considering the fact that we have only been hearing such announcements from successive governments since time immemorial without their implementation, the question that naturally…
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