Choosing the Right Doctor: The Futility and Uselessness of Google Search and Reviews, Online Aggregators and Social Media Platforms Members Public

Google search and reviews, online aggregator platforms and social media platforms are quite useless and futile when you have to choose the right doctor

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Medical Musings

Koi Andar Aaya Tha Kya? Members Public

This is one of those inside medical college jokes. A slightly mad Parsi, let’s call him Zubin, was giving his final IIIrd MBBS practical exams. His long case patient was a 55-years old woman, originally from Uttar Pradesh. In those days (late 1980s), all practical exams were always held

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Medical Musings

Lessons Learnt from The Translumbar Aortogram Members Public

Any image guided biopsy can cause two major complications. The first is bleeding, which can happen from within a vascular organ (liver, spleen, kidney) or when you injure or traverse a vessel (lung, liver, abdomen, head & neck, mediastinum). The second is a pneumothorax. Many radiologists balk at the idea

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Radiology Musings

Crosstalk Members Public

A message popped up on Rahul’s Slack telling him that Samir, a patient wanted to speak with him. Samir had recently undergone an MRI of the lumbar spine, which Rahul, a radiologist, had reported. Samir had a left posterolateral intervertebral disc hernia, a slipped disc that was pressing on

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Radiology Musings

Above King's Circle Members Public

Background: This write-up is an amalgamation of two pieces, the first published in October 2005 (How Green in My Matunga) and the second in September 2006 (Aamchi Mumbai), before and after I had acquired a copy of Jehangir Sorabjee’s book, “Above Bombay”, which, according to me, is a book

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Matunga

Random Saurashtra Notes Members Public

Traveling through Saurashtra during Diwali

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Mumbai Mirror

The Problem is Me, Not Them…(Or…Every Place in India is Not Mumbai) Members Public

You should not expect great service that you take for granted in fast-food chains in Mumbai, outside Mumbai

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Mumbai Mirror

What is Your Third Thing? Members Public

The importance of a third thing in life

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Mumbai Mirror