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License to heal at last

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

At last I have the license to heal (practice) anywhere in India. Today I got my Permanent Registration Number 17002/2009 dated 9 November 2009. I need not apply to MCI separately. I can practice in all over India as an MBBS.

Let me describe the incident. Today i.e. on 12th November I went OCMR office near Pump House Square, BBSR. I went via Barang. Just after crossing Jayadev Vihar Square it rained. I managed to get to the OCMR Office. Got the license for which I have applied after my completion of internship on 28th October 2009. Actually it was due on 23rd of October 2009. But due to DMET, Dr PK Das’s orders we had to repeat 5days of duty as earlier this year we had gone on a strike to increase our stipend from a meager Rs5000 ($100) to Rs8640 ($175) per month.

Well then I went to I.M.S. & SUM Hospital to apply for the post of Junior Resident / Tutor. From there I returned via RasulGarh.

So that is how I became a Registered Medical Practitioner. My name is in the IMR (Indian Medical Register). But it is getting updated so you can not find my name in there. But from 1960 onwards one can find doctors from their name or registration number. Till now it has been updated up to 2007.

Hopefully when it updates 2009 we can see my name in the MCI Online database.

Have a God day

Dr Bikash

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Alo lo mo jeeban radha – Oriya song

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

orissaThis is a video of the very famous oriya devotional song Al lo mo jeeban radha. On youtube there is another song called Are re meri jaan hai radha. Basically the lyric and meaning are exactly the same. But the video quality is superior in the later. We do not know who copied who. Still then I love the oriya song a lot more. It is more lively and is more energetic.

How did you feel. Do  Comment below.

Source/Idea:  Oriya Video Songs

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Relevance and Acceptance of Artemisinin Combined Therapy against Malaria in Orissa, India

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Today I went to IMA House for a talk. It started 3 days back. Ipca a large pharmaceutical company of India invited specialists in Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynaecology and General practitioners of Orissa to IMA house at Cuttack for a talk on Atremisinin and Malaria. I got the invitation too. The event was on May 4th 2009. Some Peter J. Weina from US was going to give the talk. Now that was funny.

A single physician in India treats more malaria cases in a year than the total number of malaria cases in any US state. Well the talk turned out to be even more funny. The US FDA has yet not cleared Artesunate. This drug has been saving lives for thousand years in China. We in India have been using it for quite some year now. And here comes a pharmacologist from US who says we need to use artesunate. Come on give me a break. We already are using it.
So what is the point? Well the point was there of course. WHO has recently published a paper regarding ACT. Artemisinin Combined Therapy, according to WHO is the way to go in combating Malaria in near future. So in order to create awareness about the combined blister packages of ACT, Ipca has arranged these talks by Peter J. Weina. So at the end of the talk, we got the message of use of combined therapy of Artemisinins, but the question still remained. In Orissa and in India no resistance has developed against Artesunate. So is it justified to give so much burden to th patient to bear the extra cost of combined therapy?

So at the end of the day, we knew the guideline by WHO. But as doctors we might think otherwise as we have to do what is best for the patient.

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Sand Sculpture in Orissa

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

It has been a common site to find beautiful art works by famous oriya sand sculptures to display their works in the beautiful sea beaches of Orissa.  Puri the abode of Lord Jagannath sports the most famous of them all. The sand sculpture artists like Sudarshan Pattnaik and Ballav Pattnaik are displaying their works just because they love it without any moetary gains.

This is a video showing a sand sculpture by artist Ballav Pattnaik. Hope you enjoy.

Well as you can see the video is in Hindi. The artist explains that the video is about depicting good over evil. The symbolism is an excerpt from Hindu mythology. Goddess Durga has this Lion. Mahishasura was a very powerful deamon. Goddess Durga killed Mahishasura. So the face is that of Mahishasura and depicts evil whereas Lion is the depiction of Goddess’ power and good.
You can find more about this mythology by Clicking Here or searching for Dussehra, Durga Puja, Navaratri etc. in search engines.

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