Dr. Arun Mitra

AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IS KEY TO THE FIGHT AGAINST PANDEMIC Continuous increase in number of COVID 19 cases in the country is a pointer to its community spread. Even though the ICMR does not agree with this, but several Epidemiologists have…

EXPERTS, NOT BUREAUCRATS, MUST LEAD THE BATTLE As per predictions by the experts, India is in for peak in the COVID-19. The rate of increase of new cases has already started showing up. We stand at 4th position in the world as far as…

CENTRE’S BELATED STEPS MUST INCLUDE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH Like many parts of the world our country too is grappling to prevent spread of Covid -19 to the third stage. This is a precarious situation wherein every step has to be taken…

MAKE UNIFORM CODE OF PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING PRACTICES MANDATORY As per the reports, the Prime Minister in a meeting with the Pharma giants, Zydus Cadila, Torrent, Sun Pharma and Wockhardt has warned that they should strictly adhere to…

NITI AAYOG PROPOSAL HAS ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES ON POOR The NITI Aayog has come out with a plan to hand over district hospitals to the private sector. According to them this has been done ‘to fill the gaps in the medical education as the…

EMERGENCY MEASURES NEEDED TO CONTROL SITUATION Like the past several years, we are once again faced with a situation where air quality index has crossed dangerous level. Those already suffering from respiratory illnesses are at the worst…

The nuclear powers have conducted more than 2,000 nuclear test explosions. Out of this 1054 have been done by the United States of America. The last US nuclear weapons test took place 26 years ago on Sept. 23, 1992, at the Nevada Test Site.…

The prestigious medical journal Lancet in its latest publication dated 17 August 2019 ‘Fear and uncertainty around Kashmir's future’ has highlightened the health impact of ongoing conditions in Kashmir. Similar situations occur anywhere…