A Commentary on Perceived Need from Indian Perspective

The current Indian health –care scenario is overwhelmed not only with burden of diseases but also with quality of care and expenditures.  The structure of this paper is interwoven around a storyline about a patient and narrations of the active actors involved in the journey of illness including patient himself. The narrations are followed by a commentary as an attempt to decipher the deeper meaning of narration from the population perspectives. The essential aim of this exercise is to establish the necessity of generalist care from a qualitative view-point in Indian context

Deciphering conversational complexity around a diabetic patient in a web based forum

Web based conversational forums have gained momentum as an aid to clinical decision making. This paper, written in an empirical explanatory manner, attempts to understand the flow of information and the process of sense-making in one such forum (Tabula-rasa) through considering a prototype discussion among participants

Cholera like expression of Escherichia coli: An outbreak investigation from Central India

Background: This paper investigates a swift gastrointestinal outbreak in central India and further explores environmental, agent, and host interactions culminating into outbreak. Materials and Methods: Epidemic investigation was launched as per the standard protocol laid by Center for Disease Control to capture the clinico-microbiological pattern of disease. Descriptive and observational epidemiological analysis was performed. Results: This cholera like watery diarrheal episode presented along with vomiting and abdominal cramps had an attack rate of 45.11%. The mean duration of illness was 61 h with a predilection to pediatric age group. Clinico-microbiological picture probed the enterotoxicogenic Escherichia coli contaminated well-water as a source for the outbreak initiated by geo-environmental stimulation. Conclusion: The findings endorse the need of serviceable environmental sanitation strategies in order to prevent the disease transmission through water.\u