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North -South divide ?!

Indian population is growing much faster in the north – and the south is paying the price.   why because,  as per the indian constitution,the number of MP seats are in direct proportionate to the size of the population. Not only that as per the economic commission,the allocation of funds and grants to the states are also in direct proportionate to the population.  Due to dire conditions and poor infra development and lesser job opportunities in high populous states of north india,the exodus of migration towards southern states has been rising year by year. India is one nation.why inter-state immigration is an issue?  Though India is a multi-ethnic, uber-polyglot country of 1.3 billion people, migration across the region caused tensions sharp enough to break the confederation.  why southern states are less populous? because they know,that large people means resources be shared. Thats why majority of southern people strictly limited their offs...

An Appeal to medical fraternity

Dear colleagues, presidents and secretaries of local IMA branches, Medical profession along with medical education& Medicare are in crisis. To save the profession from the clutches of retrograde undemocratic acts, IMA decided to wage war against faulty &draconian acts and impending bills like NMC. In this war,we,the IMA has won First Battle but you know the War must  Continue to reach our target.   Out of many draconian acts, NMC Bill is the greatest catastrophe to our medical profession. But for the strong intervention of IMA the bill would have been a reality by now. The massive lobbying and the decisive National IMA Surgical Strike on 02.01.2018 could only buy a reprieve of few weeks. Only the sustained resistance from the alert medical fraternity and the medical students can save the profession from the onslaught of the bill. IMA anticipates that the Parliamentary standing committee report on NMC will be tabled in Loksabha...

Big corporate hospitals making up to 1,737% profit on drugs, finds NPPA Study.

this is the sample corporate hospital bill: An analysis of bills from four reputed private hospitals in Delhi  by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority  has revealed that they are making profits of up to 1,737% on  drugs , consumables and diagnostics and that these three accounts for about 46% of a patient’s bill. The study shows that hospitals, and not drug makers, are the major beneficiaries of profits from drugs and consumables According to the analysis, hospitals were pushing the industry to print higher MRPs to get bulk supply orders This expenditure constitutes almost half the billed amount and is not part of the ‘estimate’ given by hospitals'