Dr R K Sanghavi

# RKS: WHY 'VIRAL' IS THE BUZZWORD TODAY? - WHY IS INFORMATION NEVER BACTERIAL?  1st October 2022 VIRUSES vs BACTERIA THE EQUATION AND REASONS FOR LIMELIGHT Dear Reader, Coronavirus has opened a new hot topic regarding viruses. Never before were the general public concerned so much about viruses impacting human health and neither the medical profession had taken day-to-day viruses, even if endemic, so seriously.  What was always talked in common parlance was the computer viruses and the news or messages /  videos have become viral. Viruses are more a perceived threat to health but when linked to information the word ‘viral’ is anything but related to human health.  Why is this so? An endeavour is being made to analyze the root cause of why the word 'viral' has been linked to spread of information on internet and Social Media and has overshadowed the more popular infecting ‘bug’ called bacteria.  VIRUS vs BACTERIA We have all heard the terminology 'bug'. It means...

# RKS: MEDICAL FRATERNITY'S JARGON - DISEASES EXPLAINABLE TO LULLABY PATIENTS' QUERIES  1st September 2022 PATIENT GLEEFUL - HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ELATED A TRUE WIN - WIN Dear Reader, How many of us, our near and dear ones, needed serious medical attention which only a Medical Professional can provide? Statistics reveal that averagely 2.7% of Indians are hospitalised in a year i.e. over 3.5 crore Indians require critical medical attention each year. 430 crore medical consultations are sought by Indians on a yearly basis - roughly 3 medical doctor interface per year by every Indian averagely! Indians are ranked the highest visitors of medical information sites on internet and if their score is 100, the closest are Pakistanis and UAE nationals at 40! Thus, the medical profession is now, as never before, on a continuous state of high alert since they are expected to convincingly answer all patients' queries emanating out of googled medical condition and its management options. I...

# RKS: COVID-19 VACCINE PROTECTION - AN ELUSIVE BOON? 1st August 2022 THE VACCINE MANIA YET MARCHES ON ... ANSWERS TO QUESTIONABLE PROTECTION ARE STRANGELY NOT BEING PURSUED!! Dear Reader, Has the coronavirus wave abated? Yes and surely so. But it has far from vanished. Nearly 230 countries are yet reporting daily COVID-19 cases and God has been considerate that the infection at present is due to a kinder Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus [novel coronavirus type 2 (nCoV-2)]. Statistics reveal presence of near 25 lakh (2.5 mn) active cases globally, and 50k are critically ill, as of last week of July 2022.  (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) If the Indian perspective is to be elaborated then there are less than 2 lakh active COVID-19 positive cases, and lesser than 1000 patients have severe disease - as per data reported in July 2022. (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) The 'corona' victim today meekly states, rather than inquires, from his friendly family ...