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A local court in Kerala recently sentenced an obstetrician to 1 year of jail for failure to deliver a baby in time resulting in the death of the child in 2007. Whereas, the merits of the case can always be debated, it is very clear that society and courts are becoming increasingly hostile to perceived medical errors. Whereas, many such situations may arise due to errors of judgement, it is necessary that the medical professional documents the exercise of due diligence while taking the decision. One such act of due diligence could be a timely second opinion.

PyraMed enables doctors to get a second opinion by discussing the case with peers/ specialists on a joint video-consultation platform from the comfort of their clinics, using a smartphone.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/death-of-newborn-doctor-gets-1-year-jail/article34824499.ece#:~:text=A%20gynaecologist%20of%20the%20Ernakulam,First%20Class%20Magistrate%20Court%2C%20Ernakulam.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2021/jun/16/gynaec-gets-one-year-jail-for-foetal-demise-2316828.html

COVID-19 lockdown has brought a shutdown of physical interaction with school friends, increase screen time and change in sleep patterns of Indian school-going teenagers.

Despite the increase in virtual interactions students still miss meeting their friends and this is affecting their academic performance and sleep patterns.

Here is an interesting study of this ‘virtual reality’.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ycGKnLUTd5ixXdgJq2mCRZSGy5IQzco/view?usp=sharing

The Union Health Ministry has come out with a protocol for management of COVID-19 in the Paediatric Age Group. The protocol gives guidelines as to how to categorize and manage children who maybe asymptomatic,mildly symptomatic, moderately sick or having severe illness.

Children are not ‘little adults’. They need to be cared for by specialists trained to take care of their unique and critical needs.
PyraMed offers all primary doctors across India a unique opportunity to consult with Paediatric Covid Care specialists.Download and install the PyraMed App from the Google Play Store for FREE and consult with PyraMed Specialists.

The links here gives you access to the MOHFW guidelines:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15gTbOsUhzOXL-W75faVmsDZHSffIoguj/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKNz6uJY6DD78fcty5fGjdNoUcGvBVeo/view?usp=sharing

News reports about a possible connection between COVID-19 and a rare but serious health condition in children called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are the latest fear factor.

Scientists from around the world, including pediatric specialists, are working together to understand MIS-C and how best to diagnose and treat it.

What is known about MIS-C :

Children with MIS-C are very ill and have a fever and inflammation in their body that gets confirmed from lab tests. While different, MIS-C has some of the same symptoms as other rare childhood conditions such as Kawasaki Disease and toxic shock syndrome. Children with MIS-C may also have thrombosis (blood clots), poor heart function and problems with many organs, such as the intestines, heart, brain, lungs, skin, and kidneys.

These children need help from paediatricians and other paediatric specialists like Paediatric Cardiologist, Paediatric Nephrologist etc.

Acces the links below to read more about MIS-C.

News Story about MIS-C :

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/parenting/moments/coronavirus-my-child-tested-negative-for-covid-19-but-he-got-mis-c/articleshow/82432693.cms?utm_source=mis-c&from=mdr

Research paper about MIS -C

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sqPsP5AfDxgEc1moDpf-n-SEVtrx4_1W/view?usp=sharing

Managing any disaster – man-made or natural, needs resources and accessibility to those resources. Healthcare delivery is steeped in inequities; especially in India. The urban and rural gap is accessibility and availability of healthcare resources is unbridged as yet.

In such a scenario it is a ginormous task to face the current healthcare disaster, let alone battle it.

Read on to know what the public health experts have to say about this.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/reduce-health-inequities-to-tackle-pandemic-challenges/article34292844.ece

Is that possible? Just get a chip inserted in your brain and you do not need to pay thousands of green notes to buy motivation to stay fit? What if the chip could tell the kids to study and clean their rooms – would there be no need for mommy??

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has come up with a chip which prompts the chimp to play a video game without a joystick – just by thinking of his next moves.

The horizon is open to a flood of possibilities – we can can think and make war or peace just happen!

Read on to know more about this exciting new discovery –https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-neuralink-monkey-idUSKBN2BW2H2

Accused of data manipulation by the US, AstraZeneca has faced unprecedented scrutiny over the past six months. What is the reality behind the trials and the data related to these trials? Is it just ‘proxy’ defamation due to political leanings or a truly mismanaged trial?

Read on to find out how a ‘communication’ disaster has created a web of misconceptions.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/26/how-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-became-a-political-football-and-a-pr-disaster

Continuous learning is essential for doctors all throughout their clinical practice.

Here we share with you an interesting study which proves:

In low resource settings, tele-mentoring (tele-consultation between doctors) was able to significantly change the diagnosis especially in non-communicable diseases (NCD). In a clinical setting: this can improve health care outcomes, reduce cost of health-care (by avoiding wasteful investigations and therapy) besides protecting the primary doctor from unnecessary litigious assaults.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWCG2URnmh0RsuRpeK_ZLZnOqa4huT0L/view?usp=sharing

“Living Well with Kidney Diseases

On the 2nd Thursday in the month of March we celebrate World Kidney Day to create awareness in our colleagues and society about kidney diseases.

This year the theme was ” Living Well with Kidney diseases”.

We are well aware of Pediatric kidney diseases being different from Adult kidney diseases like structural congenital anomalies, nephrotic syndrome, UTI, hemolytic uremic syndrome etc.

Timely diagnosis, treatment, prevention and follow up is all that we need to have healthy kidneys in kids.

Let us strive together to motivate children to live well with kidney diseases.”

-Dr. Amish Udani Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai

Why do eligible recipients fail to get vaccinated even when a community wide vaccine drive is organized? What are the drivers and variables that impact the coverage of a vaccination drive? Are the differences in coverage in a community avoidable?

Read an interesting article by Joseph L. Mathew, MD, PhD, and Santosh K. Mittal, MD which explores the vaccine inequity in the Indian scenario.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m1JFBA3i6pdiif3Ld9wB76nhjBu_Iu81/view?usp=sharing

Court Sentences Doctor for Medico Legal Negligence

PyraMed enables doctors to get a second opinion by discussing the case with peers/ specialists on a joint video-consultation platform from the comfort of their clinics, using a smartphone.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/death-of-newborn-doctor-gets-1-year-jail/article34824499.ece#:~:text=A%20gynaecologist%20of%20the%20Ernakulam,First%20Class%20Magistrate%20Court%2C%20Ernakulam.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2021/jun/16/gynaec-gets-one-year-jail-for-foetal-demise-2316828.html

Effect of Covid 19 on Screen Time and Sleep of Indian School Going Teenagers

COVID-19 lockdown has brought a shutdown of physical interaction with school friends, increase screen time and change in sleep patterns of Indian school-going teenagers.

Despite the increase in virtual interactions students still miss meeting their friends and this is affecting their academic performance and sleep patterns.

Here is an interesting study of this ‘virtual reality’.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ycGKnLUTd5ixXdgJq2mCRZSGy5IQzco/view?usp=sharing

Management of Covid 19 in Children

The Union Health Ministry has come out with a protocol for management of COVID-19 in the Paediatric Age Group. The protocol gives guidelines as to how to categorize and manage children who maybe asymptomatic,mildly symptomatic, moderately sick or having severe illness.

The links here gives you access to the MOHFW guidelines:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15gTbOsUhzOXL-W75faVmsDZHSffIoguj/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKNz6uJY6DD78fcty5fGjdNoUcGvBVeo/view?usp=sharing

Post-Covid Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

Health Inequities and managing Health Disasters

What if a chip in your brain could ensure that you exercise?

Global politics surrounding Oxford vaccine (Covishield)- Is it really unsafe?

Telementoring : An Important Tool in Low Resource Settings

Living Well with Kidney Diseases (Paediatric Perspective)

Inequities in Vaccination : Indian Perspective

DIGI-POWERING DOCTORS

DIGI-POWERING DOCTORS

PyraMed enables doctors to get a second opinion by discussing the case with peers/ specialists on a joint video-consultation platform from the comfort of their clinics, using a smartphone.

COVID-19 lockdown has brought a shutdown of physical interaction with school friends, increase screen time and change in sleep patterns of Indian school-going teenagers.

Despite the increase in virtual interactions students still miss meeting their friends and this is affecting their academic performance and sleep patterns.

Here is an interesting study of this ‘virtual reality’.

The Union Health Ministry has come out with a protocol for management of COVID-19 in the Paediatric Age Group. The protocol gives guidelines as to how to categorize and manage children who maybe asymptomatic,mildly symptomatic, moderately sick or having severe illness.

The links here gives you access to the MOHFW guidelines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15gTbOsUhzOXL-W75faVmsDZHSffIoguj/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKNz6uJY6DD78fcty5fGjdNoUcGvBVeo/view?usp=sharing

The links here gives you access to the MOHFW guidelines:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15gTbOsUhzOXL-W75faVmsDZHSffIoguj/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKNz6uJY6DD78fcty5fGjdNoUcGvBVeo/view?usp=sharing