MUSINGS -OF-DOCTOR-SAIPAHI

  IT IS THE HOTTEST AND MOST FRIGHTENING TOPIC NOW.THE DEATH DANCE OF THE NIPAH VIRUS. MORE THAN 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN KERALA. AND SCATTERED PARTS ELSEWHERE. IT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED  AT KAMPUNG SUNGAI NIPAH VILLAGE IN MALAYSIA IN 1998.THE VIRUS GETS IT'S NAME FROM THIS VILLAGE. THE INFECTION HAS BEEN KNOWN TO OCCUR IN 2001,2007 ALSO. TRANSMISSION CAN OCCUR FROM FRUIT EATING  BATS AND ALSO FROM PIGS.EITHER FROM DIRECT CONTACT OR THROUGH THE EXCRETIONS LIKE SALIVA,URINE AND FAECES WHICH REMAIN ON THE FRUITS THE BATS HAVE EATEN. AND FROM EATING BATS AS THEY DO IN AFRICA AND SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD!!RAW DATE PALM SAP ALSO IS A SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE, IT APPEARS HUMANS WERE INFECTED FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH INFECTED PIGS. THE TRANSMISSION OCCURRED PROBABLY FROM BATS TO PIGS.IN MY NATIVE VILLAGE I HAVE SEEN PIGS EATING HUMAN FAECES.SO PROBABLY THEY EAT BAT FAECES TOO!!! .IN BANGLADESH CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THAT THE INFECTION OCCURS FR

HI ALL THE DHONI BABY WAS FALLING ASLEEP DURING THE LAST EXCITING MOMENTS OF THE IPL MATCH BETWEEN CSK AND PUNJAB1X AND SO WAS I .THANK GOD THE QUALIFIERS BEGIN AT 7 P.M. BUT THIS WAS AN EXCEPTION. USUALLY I SUFFER FROM INSOMNIA AND REMAIN SLEEPLESS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND THAT MAKES ME SICK. IT WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS.,I USED TO SLEEP QUITE SOUNDLY. DESPITE EVENTS CAUSING ANGER,FEELING BAD FOR SOMETHING I HAVE SAID OR DONE,OR PONDERING OVER SOME INSULTING AND JEALOUS REMARKS BY SOMEBODY ETC,WHICH HAPPENS TO EVERYONE,SOMETIMES IN WORK PLACES AND SOMETIMES AT HOME AND SOMETIMES AMONGST FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. NOW I AM GETTING OLDER AND I AM BECOMING OVER SENSITIVE TO EVEN SMALL NEGLIGIBLE THINGS .LIKE A RUDE REMARK BY MY DRIVER WHO IS ACTUALLY A NICE BOY BEING YOUNG VERY HOT HEADED.LIKE MY COOK-CUM-MAID THREATENING TO LEAVE NOW AND THEN. BUT SHE ONLY WANTS TO MAKE ME TENSE SO SHE CAN AVAIL OF MORE LEAVE.BUT AT NIGHTS I HAVE THIS INSOMNIA PROBLEM.AND I HAVE TO TAKE SLEEPING PILLS

HI NEARS AND DEARS ALL OUT OVER THERE.WELL THE MUCH EXPECTED IPL FINAL DAY ARRIVED YESTERDAY AND CHENNAI SUPER KINGS WON THE CUP.SUCH A PROUD MOMENT TO US CHENNAIITES AND ALL DHONI,RAINA SUPPORTERS. THE EVENT IS OVER NOW AND WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ONE LONG YEAR FOR THE EXITEMENT AGAIN.PEOPLE LIKE ME WAIT FOR THE IPL MATCH EVERY YEAR .I DONOT SEE EACH AND UMPTEEN MATCHES.BUT IPL IS A MUST SEE EVENT. ANYWAY THE EXCITEMENT WILL GRADUALLY DIE DOWN AND WE WILL SETTLE DOWN TO NORMAL LIFE.BUT THIS ONE YEAR IS OURS. TILL THE NEXT IPL WE CAN PROUDLY CLING TO THE TROPHY. WELL THE MEN IN YELLOW DID IT..

HI NEARS AND DEARS AND ALL OUT THERE.TODAY IN THE HINDU NEWSPAPER I READ ABOUT A VET SURGEON REPAIRING THE SPINE AND STOMACH OF A TINY YOUNG WELL IMAGINE......SNAKE.IT SEEMS THERE ARE MANY SNAKE LOVERS IN THE WORLD.WELL I HEAR THAT THE SNAKE DOESNOT HARM YOU IF YOU DONOT COME IN IT'S WAY OR IT GETS FRIGHTENED.THERE  ARE SEVERAL PICTURES AND VIDEOS IN THE NET ABOUT PEOPLE PETTING OR FEEDING SNAKES.COMING BACK TO THE SURGEON I KNOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT JOB TO REPAIR STRUCTURES LIKE SPINE IN A TINY CREATURE.I KNOW SINCE I AM A SURGEON MYSELF.NOT A VET SURGEON BUT A SURGEON FOR HUMAN BEINGS.ANYWAY KUDOS TO THAT SURGEON. WELL THAT IS VERY NICE ESPECIALLY THE CARTOON DEPICTING THE TRANSPORT OF THE SNAKE BY AMBULANCE.BUT PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE SO MUCH NOWADAYS.SOMETIMES WITHOUT A CREDIBLE REASON LIKE ALL THE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND SHOPPING MALL MASS KILLINGS MAINLY IN AMERICA.MAINLY BECAUSE THE KILLER HAS SOME PETTY GREIVANCES IN HIS OR HER UNSTABLE MIND.RECENTLY I READ ABOUT A

HI ALL..I WAS BLOGGING ABOUT MY HOLTER MONITOR YESTERDAY.WELL....IT HAD A PREMATURE DELIVERY IN 18 HRS INSTEAD OF THE EXPECTED TIME  3.16 P.M. .THE BATTERY DIED PITIFULLY  LEAVING ME IN THE LURCH AND I HAD TO RUSH TO APOLLO HOSPITAL PREMATURELY WELL BEFORE THE SCHEDULED 3.16 P.M.WELL THEY REMOVED THE MONITOR AND AFTER ANALYSING THE RECORDS THEY WILL   TELL ME ON MONDAY IF I NEED A NEW HOLTER MONITOR AGAIN.SO BACK TO THE PAVILION.I STILL DONOT KNOW ABOUT THE SEVERITY OF OF MY ECTOPIC BEATS. THE FAMOUS DURACELL BATTERY WHICH IS KNOWN AS"LAMBI DIN CHALNE WALA" MUST DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN DUPLICATE.IMAGINE DUPLICATE BATTERIES IN A FAMOUS HOSPITAL LIKE APOLLO. FOR THAT MATTER THEY DUPLICATE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING FROM BABY MILK TO MEDICINES TO ELECTRICAL FITTINGS AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.I AM AFRAID TO BUY A WATER MELON BECAUSE OF I SEE IN WHATSAPP HOW RED LIQUID IS BEING INJECTED INTO IT.I AM AFRAID TO BUY RICE BECAUSE WE HEAR ABOUT PLASTIC RICE IMPORTED FROM CHINA.THE

HI ALL I AM HAVING SOME ECTOPIC HEART BEATS. SO MY CARDIOLOGIST ADVISED HOLTER MONITORING.SO I AM WEARING THE MONITOR NOW.AFTER 24 HRS THEY WILL REMOVE THE MONITOR AND ANALYSE THE RECORDINGS.  AN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST OR A CARDIAC INTENSIVIST AS THEY ARE NOWADAYS CALLED CLEARS THE BLOCKED ARTERIES OF THE HEART AND INSERTS STENTS WHICH USUALLY ELUTE DRUGS SO THE ARTERIES REMAIN UNCLOGGED FOR A LONG TIME.THESE PEOPLE ARE LIFE SAVERS. AND IF YOU REMAIN CAREFUL,LEAD A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND WATCH YOUR DIET YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE STENTS LONG ENOUGH.LIKE ME.I HAD TWO DRUG ELUTING STENTS PUT IN MY HEART IN 2004 AND THE OLD TICKER IS STILL GOING STRONG.WELL MY CARDIOLOGIST PADMASREE DR.I.SATHYAMOORTHY FROM APOLLO HOSPITAL,GRAEMES ROAD,CHENNAI SAVED MY LIFE.BUT FOR HIM I WOULD HAVE LEFT FOR HEAVEN(I HOPE NOT HELL) LONG TIME BACK. RECENTLY MY BROTHER TOLD ME HE DIDNOT LIKE MY CARDIOLOGIST AND ASKED ME TO TAKE A SECOND OPINION.WHAT SECOND OPINION CAN I TAKE AND FROM WHOM! I HAD S

HI NEARS AND DEARS AND ALL OUT THERE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS  THE WORST MOVING MENACE ON THE ROADS IN INDIA.THE COMMON THREE WHEELER AUTORICKSHAW. IT IS A  FOUR SEATER VEHICLE INCLUDING THE DRIVER. THE AUTO DRIVERS ARE ARROGANT,TAKE THE MOST DANGEROUS RISKS AND DONOT CARE A HOOT FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING THE POLICE.I AM PERSONALLY A GREAT AVOIDER OF AUTO RICKSHAWS.I AM SIMPLY FRIGHTENED OF THEM. I HAVE PALPITATIONS WHEN I SEE AN AUTO SWERVING DANGEROUSLY IN FRONT OF MY CAR.BUT ANYONE AND EVERYONE NEEDS A CHEAP QUICK TRANSPORT IN EMERGENCIES.THAT IS WHERE THE POPULARITY OF THE AUTO COMES IN. IN KOLKATA THERE ARE "SHARE"AUTOS WHICH TAKE SEVEN PASSENGERS EXCLUDING THE DRIVER IN ORDER TO MAKE QUICK MONEY.SEE THE SMALL EXTENSION ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER SEAT?THAT IS FOR TWO PASSENGERS.THE DRIVER SITS IN THE MIDDLE AND THERE WILL BE TWO MORE PASSENGERS ON THE OTHER SIDE.AND THREE IN THE BACK!!! BY LUCK I HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH A THING IN CHENNAI.BUT THIS SORT OF THING MUST BE PREV