Daily Archive: April 9, 2019

Someone said it so correctly that there is nothing more beautiful than good health and a bad memory. Good health is not achieved by just wishing. One has to work really hard to achieve his ideal body and become free from the risk of dangerous illnesses. The health risk is the chance that a person might carry a certain disease...

When a patient is admitted to the hospital, concerned doctors and paramedical staff must keep examining the patient to know his current status. We want to know the health status of the patient, and ideally, he is examined every shift. What kind of examination is required depends on where he is admitted and for what reasons. All the relevant systemic...

What is a DNR form? DNR is the abbreviation for Do Not Resuscitate. This is also called a no-code, or a form in which one asks for a natural death. It is a form of legal importance in which one requests natural death and doesn’t want to get cardiopulmonary resuscitation or any other sort of life support. DNR is based...

In medical practice, it is quite common that patients are shifted from one medical facility to another. This especially depends on the nature of the health facility and the doctor’s level of expertise. When does a patient need to be referred? For example, suppose a midwife sitting in a far-off, remote area of the country encounters a laboring patient with...