Dr Sujata Misra MD FICOG Chairperson, Medical Disorders in Pregnancy Committee, FOGSI Pregnancy induces progressive changes in maternal carbohydrate metabolism. As pregnancy advances insulin resistance and diabetogenic stress due to placental hormones necessitate compensatory increase in insulin secretion. When this compensation is inadequate gestational diabetes develops. ‘Gestational Diabetes Mellitus’ [GDM] is defined as carbohydrate intolerance… Read more »
Dilip Kumar Dutta M.D., PHD, FICOG Secretary Kalyani Obst. & Gyn. Society INTRODUCTION: India is the second most populous country of the world and has fast changing socio-political-demographic patterns that have been drawing global attention in recent years. Worldwide an estimated five lakh woman die as a result of pregnancy each year. Approximately one… Read more »
Dr. Meenakshi Bharath Bangalore Member of Bangalore Obstetric & Gynaecological Society E-mail: meenakshibharath@gmail.com Voter Apathy The apathy in the Urban Indian population is because they do not see any benefit in voting and in participating in the local issues of governance. Voting in the villages for the third tier of governance is very high for… Read more »
Dr. Meenakshi Bharath Bangalore Member of Bangalore Obstetric & Gynaecological Society E-mail: meenakshibharath@gmail.com What do you know about the City Corporation? Do you know who is responsible for the roads, parks, public health, drains, and garbage clearance in your neighbourhood? It is not the Central or the State Governments- the correct answer is the… Read more »
Dr Shirish Patwardhan Pune Past Vice President, FOGSI Member of Pune Obstetric & Gynaecological Society E-mail : shirish.patwardhan@gmail.com Choice – Whatever you and I are to-day is due to the Choices we make. This applies to our health too. Being in good physical shape is the first step towards ‘Get Set Glow.’ If I were… Read more »
Dr Shirish Patwardhan Pune Past Vice President, FOGSI Member of Pune Obstetric & Gynaecological Society E-mail : shirish.patwardhan@gmail.com Choices: Whatever you and I are to-day is due to the Choices we make. This applies to our health too. If I were weighing 83 kg in 2006 it was because of the choices I was then… Read more »
Story – 37 Sunderbans – The gift of the river Ganga Legend tells us that the descent of the mighty river Ganga from the heavens would have split the earth. However, lord Shiva averted such a calamity by taming the river by tying her torrents into his matted ash-smeared locks of hair, thus dissipating her… Read more »
Dr. Shirish Daftary Mumbai Past President, FOGSI Past Chairperson, MTP Committee, FOGSI Past President, MOGS Email: daftaryshirish@gmail.com Sonal’s Pet Dog The Patwardhan couple had waited for a child for 5 years. They had finally reconciled to their fate. Prashant, a computer engineer had a promising career ahead, he plunged himself headlong into his work, this… Read more »
Dr. Shirish Daftary Mumbai Past President, FOGSI Past Chairperson, MTP Committee, FOGSI Past President, MOGS Email: daftaryshirish@gmail.com The Flower-Pot One July morning in the year 1982, I had a visitor waiting for me in my consulting rooms. It was one of those days in the year when the crazy downpour had brought the city to… Read more »
Dr. Shirish Daftary Mumbai Past President, FOGSI Past Chairperson, MTP Committee, FOGSI Past President, MOGS Email: daftaryshirish@gmail.com Animal visitors to the Maternity Nursing Home When I set up my private maternity hospital in the upcoming suburb of Juhu, I felt confidant that my earlier 7 year experience in clinical practice at some of our leading… Read more »