Friday, August 29, 2008

Medicine in India.

It is unfortunate that medical care in India is mostly beyond the reach of the poor. Even in urban settings, medical care is really only available to people who can pay. Big surprise, you say? But this was not the way things were originally planned. Given that many medical students study at the taxpayer's cost, the few months of service they are supposed to put in at a government health centre is hardly compensation enough. In the midst of this dismal outlook there are, however, stories of hope. Here is one: where doctors in UP have managed to perform bronchial surgery on a child.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

yes, me back

From a five week break from science, blogging, youtubing, all of those things which make up a busy graduate student's life. I went to Germany, Italy and India. India.. finally, after two long years. it was wonderful. But now that I am here again, there "are experiments to run, there is research to be done". So, let me start off with this awesome link which tells us the secret behind Arnold's cinema career. View and laugh.