tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24284418390792426842011-04-21T16:36:06.006-04:00Dhaval Patelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982304293173573702noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428441839079242684.post-20357693429451644682008-01-12T19:54:00.000-05:002008-01-12T20:15:51.967-05:00

Between the first and second year of med school, during summer time, I had done a medical rotation in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was mostly in Ob/Gyn with some sprinkling of General Medicine and what an outstanding experience it was. I got to deliver a baby under supervision of the resident to a very malnourished woman, do physical exams on pregnant women who had come to that hospital's

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There are times I wish I was able to do more in this world. I wish I was able to help all those people who succumb to diseases they can beat for lack of resources. Life isnt fair, we know that. Try telling that to the 7-year-old child of a slum dweller who will lose his life to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. A beautiful life lost for what? These are times when the world seems all the more unfair.

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Please read the following: this is a transcript of an interview on PBS between environmental activist Dr. Vandana Shiva and Bill Moyers. I have posted the link below:http://www.hindustan.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59BILL MOYERS: What do you mean by globalization?DR. VANDANA SHIVA: It is rules written into the World Trade Organization. It is rules that say you cannot decide the agriculture policy.

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The first case of AIDS was identified in India in 1986. Since then India has come a long way in figuring out how to deal with this silent epidemic. It is not so silent anymore, but nonetheless a little research into this topic and you start realizing how complicated it can get to curb this growing epidemic in India. Imagine trying to teach a poor farmer in south the value of condom every time he

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Hello dear! Welcome to my blog! My hope is that I use this blog to share my own perspectives in simple words, use this space on internet to say something of substance and update it atleast once a month. Here's to that eternal hope.

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