Pankaj Desai's Blogs

  Not being high-risk does not necessarily mean one is low-risk. It is well known that amongst many parameters to identify potential subjects for developing preeclampsia, nearly all are for identifying high-risk subjects. However there is hardly any research work published that can guide us to low-risk subjects. These are the days of not stopping at identifying high-risk but actually identifying low-risk subjects of preeclampsia. Why do we need to identify the low-risk subjects also? It has been found in clinical practice long since that not being high-risk does not necessarily mean one is low-risk. There are majority of subjects who are not high-risk but are also not necessarily low-risk. As a result we all are over using prophylactic measures. Also we are scared to stop prophylaxis once a subject is labelled high-risk and is never tested again. While pregnancy is a dynamic state, it surely happens that some subjects who may be high risk initially may cease to be so as pregnan...

A Guru - A teacher There was a complete chaos in the classroom. It was our second MBBS undergraduate lecture room. As we waited for the teacher to arrive and start the lecture expected disorder, fun, frolic, noise and mischief ruled. Absolutely neglecting the fact that there was a classroom adjoining ours, the entire class of more than hundred students was having a free for all.  Chaos in the class Suddenly all this turned into a hushed silence. Everything suddenly became orderly. Students sitting on the desks suddenly re-positioned themselves no one was uttering a sound and all seemed to be so disciplined. No the lecturer had not yet arrived – but there at the entrance stood a forty-plus, nearly 6 feet tall Professor, very handsome and immaculately dressed but with a stern and disciplined demeanor. He was just standing there without a single word uttered, in a commanding silence. His presence was enough. No word was spoken, no rebuke, no warning. He was appare...