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I am a surgeon working in Lake shore Hospital in Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala at the southern tip of India. A stroke at the age of 39 left my left side considerably weakened, putting paid to my career as a surgeon. The scalpel, through which I communicated with the world, and expressed myself as an individual, being of no use to me since the stroke, I took to writing, as a means to express myself and to communicate with the world. this blog 'writerbychance' is part of my new-found passion.

Easing lockdown restrictions has to wait in India

Considering her population, and a third of them living in slums, India has had a reasonably less people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the lockdown imposed by the Prime Minister. But, it is still not time yet to lift lockdown restrictions

Nursing in India need to be nursed back to glory of old

Indian nurses, especially those from Kerala have always stood tall among healthcare providers. But, over time, quality of nurses which was world-renowned fell by the way side, that it needs to be nursed back to its original glory

War against ‘Corona Warriors’

Healthcare providers are increasingly being victims of public ire and angst, even at the height of COVID-19 pandemic. Will Prime Minister Modi’s new ordinance to limit this menace stem this unhealthy practice corroding healthcare dispensation?

Spare ‘Corona warriors’ of knee-jerk symbolism

As India joins the world in fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic, she’s faced with a paradox of sorts. On one hand, her healthcare providers are being assaulted physically and verbally, while on the other, the very same people attempt to salute them, goaded on by the Prime Minister, who frolics in symbolic rituals and kneejerk showmanship

regulate use of gloves against COVID-19

while there are clear cut directives on the use of masks for fight against COVID-19, the use of gloves lacks any such, that their use need some regulation to prevent it from spreading the virus

Mature Kerala distances from eye-for-an-eye policy

Kerala whose citizens were denied treatment by her neighboring states at the height of COVID crisis refuses to adopt eye-for-an-eye policy by permitting a child with congenital heart disease from Tamil Nadu to be operated in Kochi

A microbe rewinds time

It took just a tiny virus to have time retrace its path, and man to realize his frailties; to elbow him from self-imagined perch of invincibility, and to drive home the frailty of his self-assumed preeminence.

Theatrics and showmanship will not overwhelm this Virus

Ever since the Corona Virus has been holding the world to ransom, starting in Wuhan, China, India has managed to stay relatively less affected, despite being densely populated. The Prime Minister’s national lockdown as definitely helped. But, it’s not yet time to relax, or to indulge in theatrics and showmanship, like the Prime Minister has lately done.

Celebrating a nonexistent entity on February 14th

Considering the odds and the travails through which Indian women are fated to pass through, is there love left to celebrate the Valentine’s Day?

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