Focus-21 Contest winners trip to Dubai

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a comprehensive report on Superbugs, highlighting the problem of AntiMicrobial Resistance (AMR). Significant points: 1. No major types of antibiotics discovered in the last 30 years 2. This report covers data from 114 countries – high levels of resistance found in all parts of the world 2. Without…

Drug resistance, especially to antibiotics, is becoming a serious problem for public health policy makers the world over, both in developed as well as developing countries. Common causes of increasing antibiotic resistance are: 1. Self-medication by patients for a variety of common diseases 2. Using antibiotics as a first line of defence, instead of as…

Dynamic Techno Medicals’ brand Comprezon was a leading participant in the 19th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India (VSICON) at Jaipur from Sept 26 – 29th. Dr V S Bedi was the Organizing Secretary. Dr Bedi spoke of the need to increase the number of vascular surgeons in the country. Currently, only about…

The government has lifted the ban on Analgin (a brand of Metamizole Sodium) on March 19th 2014. Analgin is a a pain-killer and anti-pyretic introduced in 1920. It is banned in more than 30 developed countries including the US which banned it in 1977. Even developing countries like Nepal have banned this product. India had…

The Government is trying to pass the Disabilities Bill in the winter session of Parliament. In 1997, India became the 7th nation to ratify the UNCRPD  (United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities). This shifts disability from a medical perspective to a human-rights approach. This includes disability in seeing, hearing, movement and mental…

We participated in the Vascular Society of India Conference (VSICON) at Kodaikanal. The conference Organizing Secretary was Dr S. Jeyakumar.