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Health

Public health, policy, health infrastructure and the challenges of healthcare workers in our cities.

ICU beds in a hospital
Health

A living will that can save hardships

March 14, 2023 Dr Nikhil Datar

What to do in situations where you or someone you know are kept alive on life support? The solution is to have living will. Here’s what it is

A few people at OPD counter getting their case paper ready. Some are sitting on the benches.
Health

The arduous journey of TB treatment: Conversations from a Mumbai hospital

March 1, 2023 Eshan Kalyanikar

Recent data from Sewri’s TB hospital shows a large number of patients quitting treatment midway. We visited the hospital to explore why.

Women waiting for OPD case paper.
Health

Why flawed planning may have a role in annual outbreak of diseases in Mumbai

January 27, 2023 Eshan Kalyanikar

Mumbai is troubled by certain diseases in high numbers every year. Can better urban planning ensure good health for Mumbaikars?

Entrance of KEM hospital
Health

KEM hospital gets approval for 24×7 cath lab, what about other hospitals?

December 12, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

KEM hospital recently got approval for a 24×7 cath lab, learnings from which will eventually be applied to other hospitals in the city.

Health worker administering a vaccine to an infant.
Health

Missed vaccines, misinformation and other gaps highlighted by Mumbai’s measles outbreak

November 29, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

It has been more than a month since the measles outbreak in Mumbai and so far 14 have died. A look at the complex interplay of various factors behind this.

A board for non-communicable disease centre at Parel's KEM hospital.
Health

A look inside BMC’s non-communicable disease screening centres

November 2, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

Here’s how the city’s walk-in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Centres — set up in hospitals under BMC, to arrest lifestyle diseases — are operating.

Leprosy patients in a hospital
Health

How community health workers conduct annual TB, leprosy survey

October 17, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

The state government, in collaboration with BMC, carries out a TB and leprosy survey on an annual basis. Here’s how it happens on the ground.

A small shop selling tobacco products on the side of a footpath. There is an old man standing with his back to the camera. He is a customer.
Health

Why India’s tobacco control policies are not really helping tobacco users in Mumbai

October 6, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

India’s National Tobacco Control Programme aims at helping a tobacco user quit. How effective is this policy in Mumbai?

FDA Official sealing oil cartons at a godown
Health

Explainer: Dos and don’ts about food adulteration

September 27, 2022 Hepzi Anthony

What can you do if you find that the food product you have purchased is adulterated or spoilt? How do authorities check food adulteration?

Sketch of a human head with portions of the brain pixelating to indicate memory loss
Health

This World Alzheimer’s Day, let us also spare some thought for caregivers

September 21, 2022 Veena Narayanan

Much has been written about Alzheimer’s, but it’s also important to discuss the impact of care giving on family members and professionals.

Deepak Khilare sitting in a wheelchair, he is wearing a surgical mask. Beside him is his wife, her face is covered with a scarf. Their son is sitting next to her and beside him is Kishore Khilare looking at the camera. The picture is shot inside KEM hospital.
Health

KEM hospital experience shows what unplanned medical expenses mean for the masses

September 12, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

Scarcity of resources in Mumbai’s public hospitals like KEM Hospital results in heavy out-of-pocket expenditure for many seeking treatment here.

healthcare workers in BMC
Health

RTI data with NGO casts a cloud over cause-of-death reporting in Mumbai

August 10, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

Age-wise classification of cause of death in Praja Foundation’s health report for Mumbai throws up alarming figures. What could be the reasons?

A man running to escape the heavy rain in Mumbai
Health

How BMC takes care of public health when it rains

July 26, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

Every monsoon, public health is threatened by water-borne diseases in Mumbai. BMC starts preparing for it two to three months in advance.

a masked patient at a COVID hospital in mumbai sits with a receptionist for enquiries
Health

COVID in Mumbai at a rise, but hospitalisations low

June 29, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

As cases of COVID in Mumbai rise, data suggests that there might not be cause for worry. However, experts warn against unmasking.

medical teachers at strike in the JJ Hospital
Health

Strikes in government hospitals may be over, but demands of medical teachers unmet

May 27, 2022 Radha Puranik

In the backdrop of the state medical teachers’ strikes, doctors at JJ Hospital in Mumbai claim that their demands remain unfulfilled.

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