“Rehabilitation plays a major role in providing guidance towards treating mental illness. Medicines are not sufficient to bring a person back to mainstream society. In and around Kolkata there are many organisations being established towards serving this noble cause, yet the stigma related to mental
Case 1: A 40-year-old woman dependent on the income of her bus conductor husband received ‘Swasthya Sathi’ Card on 13th November, 2019. In 2020 she was diagnosed with Total Retinal Detachment and underwent Laser Surgery at Retinal Institute of Bengal (RIB), which is a Swasthya
A person’s functional recovery and restoration in society are incomplete without rehabilitation.” This was the keynote set by the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (I-NK) last week as the Department of Neuro-Rehabilitation, an integral part of I-NK, conducted its annual continuing medical education (CME) seminar on
In 2013 Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie created quite a stir when she announced her decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy. It means she had both of her breasts removed even though she hadn't been diagnosed with breast cancer. She said did this because she
Bengal had been the seat of Yoga even way back in 1930s, and yes, Bengalis were extremely fitness conscious, from Lathi Khela to Yoga to martial arts, boys of almost every Bengali household had to learn these forms of art. We often quote the name
India has several centres for neurosurgery, but none of them in the Eastern region. Patients from our part of the country travel long distances to be treated for neurological disorders, most of them unable to afford the costs involved. When the Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata
In 1911, psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the word ‘autism’ to describe a specific cluster of symptoms that were considered an extension of schizophrenia, manifested as an extreme form of social withdrawal. But it was not until 1980 that autism was classified as a distinct disorder
Special Guest of Honor, Tarun Kundu felicitated by the participants World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), 21 March, is a global awareness day that has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month was selected
To help villagers living in the remote hills get access to immediate medical help, the West Bengal Government with help of NGOs, have set up innovative Palanquin Ambulance Service. Such a service started recently in the Buxa hills of North Bengal. The palanquin ambulance service
Kolkata ushered in New Year with gusto and now the city is in the throes of a third wave of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which may last well into February. The situation looks grim as the infection is spreading like wildfire and infection from one