Vikas Vaidya

By Vikas Vaidya Stroke affects more women in India than we realize it. The stroke occurs in 60% men and 40% women from 140 new cases out of 100,000 Lakh patients. A brain stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted suddenly by a blocked or a burst blood vessel. The brain needs constant support of oxygen, glucose and other nutrients. Dr. Ajay Kurve, Sr. Consultant – Neuro Surgery with Wockhardt Hospital said, “Remember Stroke symptoms are mostly painless but very dangerous. Once Stroke sets in, the damage will be lifelong. Majority of patients end up being paralytic, some of them will die because of various complications.” Dr. Shrikant Kothekar, Sr. Consultant – Interventional Radiology pointed out, “To spot Stroke patient quickly, International Bodies suggested knowing FAST. FAST stands for FACE drooping while smiling or showing teeth, not able to raise the ARM properly, Slurred SPEECH. It is high TIME to rush to a stroke centre.” Dr. Ketan Chaturvedi, Consultant - N...

By Vikas Vaidya A few decades back, breast cancer was much more common after fifty years of age, and the number of young women suffering from this disease were lesser; almost 65% to 70% patients were above 50 years and only 30 to 35% women were below fifty years of age. However, presently, breast cancer is more common in the younger age group and 50% of all cases are in the 25 to 50 years age group. Women should perform a self breast-exam each month and any changes or abnormalities should be discussed with a doctor or physician. Dr Ajay Mehta, well-known Oncologist said, “A mammogram is an x-ray that allows a qualified specialist to examine the breast tissue for any suspicious areas. An early detection plan enables you to be proactive about your health by reminding you to do monthly breast self-exams and schedule clinical breast exams and mammograms. The most common form of treatment for breast cancer is surgery. This involves removing the tumor and nearby margins. Surgical optio...

By Vikas Vaidya The Higher and Technical Education Department of Maharashtra Government has constituted task force that would assess how the students’ response would be for Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Nagpur and Pune. The task force has to submit the report by January 16, 2016 to Central Government. The task force also search for third private partner for both IIITs. For Nagpur IIIT, Divisional Commissioner Anoop Kumar will lead Task Force with District Collector Sachin Kurvey, Joint Director of Technical Education G R Thakare will be the members. Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) had taken decision to increase the number of IIITs in the country. Those should be set up through ‘Not for profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP). Accordingly in Maharashtra it Nagpur and Pune became two destinations for IIIT. As per the guidelines of Central Government, the partnership will be of Central Government (50%), State Government (35%) and Private Ind...

                                                           Dr Nandini Gokulchandran By Vikas Vaidya Two children from city who are autistic started talking in a proper way, doing activities like normal ones. Thanks to Stem cell therapy. The parents of the children became helpless but the treatment gave them new hopes. Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute helped these two kids-- Avaneesh and Krishna to get charged. “Stem Cells Therapy combined with neurorehabilitation approach is a new holistic comprehensive approach & hope for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” says Dr Nandini Gokulchandran, Deputy Director, NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute Till date, NeuroGen has already offered treatment...

By Vikas Vaidya The high sensitivity blood test to know troponin level which helps in detecting heart attack early if ECG fails to show signs will be available in Nagpur soon. The test is affordable as its cost will be same as that of present test. Explaining about this high sensitivity blood test, well-known Cardiologist Dr Jaspal Arneja said, “As per the protocols fixed by American Heart Association (AHA), we see whether patients have chest pain, accordingly we do ECG, if ECG do not show any indications but still there are symptoms then we check cardiac enzymes through blood test which shows troponin level. The report of this test usually takes 6 hours. It was a routine practice.” Dr Prashant Jagtap, noted Interventional Cardiologist with Wockhardt Hospital said, “Usually, within six hours of having a heart attack, most people will have increased Troponin levels and after 12 hours, almost all the heart attack patients will have raised Troponin levels. If Troponin levels are low,...

By Vikas Vaidya Jaipur Udassi who did his MBBS in 1983 from a medical college in Baluchistan, Pakistan had migrated to India due to some social problems. He had to face several problems. First he had to struggle to get nationality. He could not do practice as his name was not registered with medical council. Medical Council of India (MCI) has kept the application pending. Udassi had lost the hopes but this year Maharashtra Medical Council has come forward to help him and his name got registered. Another example is of Lalchand Lassi who also did medical graduation in Baluchistan in 1985. He also had to migrate to India in 1996. “We faced threats of kidnapping, rape etc. Hindu community was in trouble. We had to come here. Initially it took time to get settled. Since we did not get registration we had to abandon practice. I am helping my son at his shop. Our efforts finally borned the fruits, Dr Kishor Taori helped us and finally now we have become registered medical doctors,” said ...

By Vikas Vaidya Finally Medical Council of India (MCI) has sent the proposal of Uniform Common Entrance Test to be conducted for admissions to MBBS and Post Graduate courses to Central Government. It is awaiting the approval. Though it is yet not fixed whether this CET would be conducted in 2016 or 2017, MCI top bosses have made up their minds that it would be conducted two years after it gets declared. It was first introduced by MCI Academic Council Chairman Dr Vedprakash Mishra in 2009 and he had made it clear that the CET should be declared when the student was studying in Class XI. It means students would be well aware about the CET and he or she can start preparation for CET accordingly. When it was reminded to Dr Mishra he said that he was never against student-centric approach and would see to it that it should benefit students at large. He would stick to the stand, he had taken in 2009 and now also CET would be held two years after its declaration. In the context of the gro...

By Vikas Vaidya After unsuccessful attempt from Medical Council of India (MCI) of introducing Common Entrance Test in the form of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) four years ago, the regulator has once again proposed Uniform CET for MBBS as well as for admissions to Post Graduate medical courses. The MCI is all set to send the proposal to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a day or two. MCI wants CET to be conducted in the academic year 2016-17 so that nationwide admissions should be done as per this uniform test. Last time MCI’s efforts were shot down by Apex Court. This time the body has come out with the provisions so that the test would be conducted without any barrier. MCI while exercising its powers under section 33 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and after obtaining precious sanction of the Central Government has come out with fresh set of regulations. MCI has proposed an amendment to Section 32 of MCI Act allowing them to decide on the issue...