HUNGER!

A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN.

The only question asked was:

"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food
shortage in the rest of the world?"
The survey was a huge failure................


> In Africa they didn't know what 'food' meant,
> In India they didn't know what ' honest' meant,
> In Europe they didn't know what ' shortage' meant,
> In China they didn't know what ' opinion' meant,
> In the Middle East they didn't know what ' solution' meant,
> In South America they didn't know what ' please' meant,
>In the USA they didn't know what 'the rest of the world' meant!!!

adams equity theory

adams equity theory: " "

The wilderness of public health

An old saying goes like this: “When walking into a forest you will see more and more trees”. These are simple words asking for reflection and reconsideration. Penetrating a problem always implies that you discover ever more to think of all the time, so also within the field of public health. New demands, new questions and even new criticism appear constantly. In which way should public health sciences and practices develop? How to handle? Is there a key, a sort of common denominator which can be of help?

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The tasks of the representatives of public health are to see, to study, to learn from and to include in their scope the ever new trees coming into sight.
But still a path is needed.

Andheri at Dusk~Sun after Sundown!

This is a picture of Andheri from the flyover facing Juhu Lane, its the heart of Andheri!
The best part is that the "ball of fire" which looks like the Sun, but is actually a street light, while the sun has long gone!

The rails make for perfect geometry & the traffic lights add to the chaos & motion!
Wish i had taken this one!
(the vision was Vinay's)

Happy Independence Day!

World Breastfeeding Week! 1-7th August.

Slogan: " Beginning Breastfeeding within ONE Hour of Birth: Can Save 2,50,000 Indian Babies every year!"

BREASTFEEDING: THE 1ST HOUR
SAVE ONE MILLION BABIES

The first week of August is celebrated as ‘World Breastfeeding Week’ with an objective of
focusing the attention on some important aspect of breastfeeding.

This year’s theme emphasises the importance of initiating breastfeeding early (within an hour of birth).

Scientific research has shown that every year around 25 lakh under-fives die in India and
malnutrition is directly or indirectly responsible for about half of them. Exclusive
breastfeeding alone can save 13% of these deaths. It is estimated that initiating breastfeeding
within an hour can save one million (10 lakh) babies every year.

Where do we stand in implementing this simple life saving measure? The recent (2005-2006)
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) reports the national early breastfeeding rate (EBR)
as 23.4% while for Gujarat, it is only marginally better (27.1%). In the cultural capital of
Gujarat (Vadodara) it is 55.1%. In contrast, Oman is reported to have an EBR of 84.8%! We
have a long way to go.

In Vadodara:
86% deliveries are institutional
80% mothers are literate
6.1% only have 3or less antenatal visits but
30% are not informed about breastfeeding

It is obvious that the maternity services have an important role to play in early initiation of
breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding promotion needs four ‘C’s –

Conviction, Commitment, Confidence and Counselling skills.

All these are gained by training and practice.
Way back in 1989, the WHO/UNICEF joint statement listed 10 steps for promoting,
protecting and supporting breastfeeding. Two of these are very relevant to early initiation of
breastfeeding: ‘train all health care staff in the necessary skills’ and ‘inform all mothers (and
the elders in the family) the benefits and management of breastfeeding.

The health providers are only next to the elders in the family in guiding infant and young
child feeding practices. It is time that educational institutions and maternity hospitals have an
ongoing programme for training the health care staff at all levels – the traditional birth
attendants, health workers, nurses and doctors and to ensure that counselling about
breastfeeding is an integral part of antenatal care.

Source: BPNI-Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India

Shilai Devi !

I'd like to think of this pic as the "aura" of Shilai Devi! but its jus a fuzzy pic!
















Helps you appreciate the fine defination of the stone statuette! Beautiful carving! (il try n also put up the before restoration pictures of Shilai Devi)















side view: 1
















side view:2

The road to Beze used to be much much worse! But its gettin better!
in a few years im guessin we will be landing there by flight?? more likely helicopter?! :)
















The entrance to the temple is a flight of stairs!
















Side view of the kalash.

Rains in Mumbai on 30/06/07!

It had rained heavily the entire week..........

and was raining continously since the night before.....







Look at the splash my feet are making!

My Water Foot PRINT!!
The water level is not much now..........just started to build up!































By now the road is completely covered by water! and since the water is gushing downhill, the force is tremendous!

All that water coming from above is gonna collect out here...............
































here u can still see the pavements.........
































which are slowing dissappearing under the water.......











































going, going ........Gone!

Notice -the water hasnt yet entered the bldg premises!

u can still see the tile floor!

This car tried to "brave" the rains and water logging!
The owner had to ultimately abandon the car...............

And in time too..........coz the car got auto-locked and the locks got jammed!

Lesson to be learnt~in case of waterlogging=dump the car, save yourself!

People wading thru'































The meter box precariously perched right in the middle of it all!
Water inside the compound and rising........

















Water level still rising, if the rains dont stop........it will soon enter the electric box and the lift!

Found this really funny! :)

"As she lay there dozing next to me, one voice inside my head kept saying, 'Relax, you're not the first doctor to sleep with one of his patients', but the another kept reminding me, 'Howard, you are a veterinarian!' " D. Wilson.

A Short History of Medicine & Others!

A Short History of Medicine

2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root."

1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer."

1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion."

1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill."

1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic."

2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

~Author Unknown

As it takes two to make a quarrel, so it takes two to make a disease, the microbe and its host.

~Charles V. Chapin

The public blabbers about preventative medicine, but will neither appreciate nor pay for it. You get paid for what you cure. ~Martin H. Fischer

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill. ~Martin H. Fischer

The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage. ~William Stewart Halsted

Man is a creature composed of countless millions of cells: a microbe is composed of only one, yet throughout the ages the two have been in ceaseless conflict. ~A.B. Christie

Our profession is the only one which works unceasingly to annihilate itself. ~Martin H. Fischer

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines. ~Benjamin Franklin

A drug is that substance which, when injected into a rat, will produce a scientific report.

~Author Unknown

Cancer is a word, not a sentence. ~John Diamond

The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health-care but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an acolyte to his doctor. He learns to depend on the physician in sickness and in health. He turns into a life-long patient. ~Ivan Illich

Symptoms are the body's mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language.

~John Brown

The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~Thomas Edison

Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.

~William Osler

Working for a Healthy Life!

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. - Henry Ford

The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic--in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea--known to medical science is work. - Thomas Szasz, M.D.

You've achieved success in your field when you dont know whether what youre doing is work or play. - Warren Beatty

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it Autograph your work with excellence. - Unknown

..........keep on tryin-it jus aint happened yet~Star

What cha wanna be - when you grow up

What cha gonna do - when your time is up

What cha gonna say - when things go wrong

What cha wanna do - when youre on your own

Theres a road - long and winding

The lights are blindin - but it gets there

Dont give up - dont look back

Theres a silver linin - its out there somewhere

Everybody wants an answer - everybody needs a friend

We all need a shinin star on which we can depend

N so tonight were gonna wish upon a star

We never wished upon before - (to find what youreLooking for)

Therell be times - in your life

Ya when you be dancin n shit - but you aint gettin it

But dont get disillusioned - no, dont expect too much

Cuz if what you have is all you can get - just keep onTryin - it just aint happened yet

Everybody wants ta be winner - everybody has a dream

We all need a shinin star when things aint what they seem

So tonight were gonna wish upon a star

We never wished upon before - (gotta get where youreHeaded for)

Everybody wants some kindness - everybody needs a break

We all need a shinin star when things get hard to take

So tonight were gonna wish upon a starWe never wished upon before...........!

Friends Theme Song!

So no one told you life was going to be this way.

Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,

Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.

You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.

Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,

But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.

That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.

Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.

Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,

Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,

Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.