Author: Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

Obituary — We had learnt that Dr Ng Kee Kwong had been taken ill and that the prognosis was not good. But the news of his passing on

As the Indian diaspora has spread across the world, it has carried along many of its customs and cultural practices. Certainly one of the most significant characteristics of

We can all make an effort at our individual level to help according to our capacity, but keeping in mind that this is a thankless task

In 1965 a few of us were fortunate enough to win scholarships awarded by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Prior to leaving for India, we were invited

Unless humans take a hard, dispassionate look at themselves and their society, the degradation will continue and, as someone said, who knows that the planet may well be

After writing about loving and caring children last week, I thought that I should follow up with an article about loving, caring and responsible parents so as to

The practice of medicine is like a social barometer, giving one not only inklings but also insights into the whole spectrum of human behaviours. Just as we diagnose

There are plenty of life’s tiny delights for all of us. Delights that are tiny miracles in their own way. What more can one ask if one has

‘All too often, I think people confuse the noun “miracle” with the adjective “miraculous”. That which is miraculous need not be a miracle’

There is a ‘supply’ of hundreds of doctors every year, and there is a need to revisit the whole problem (of pre-reg training) in greater depth and width

A teacher friend of mine was fond of the saying that ‘money is a good servant but a bad master’, and remarked that this could be said of

Combiflam is one of the most widely used painkiller medications in India. It is manufactured and marketed by the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s Indian branch, being one of

‘Swamini Shraddhananda was here for two weeks, and left on Tuesday last. Hopefully we will have the opportunity of welcoming her again in about a year’s time if

One of the important measures found in Budget 2016 is a substantial hike in the price of cigarettes. In view of our burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), this

Words have power, the power to do both harm and good. And this is more so when they are uttered by those, either individuals or organizations that are