The quality of care at govern-ment hospitals is impeded only by the lack of financial
resources. Diagnostic tests are not available unless the patient can afford to part with a large …

T hepalm trees lining the road that leads to Colva Beach in Goa, India, mask the modest
office of Dr. Umesh Panandiker. He is a private general practitioner, the onlyphysician for …

I thank Dr. Panton for his kind commentary on my piece on cats. The quotation from Hugh
Keenleyside's book is priceless-I shall quote itoften. Mistral, Blizzard and Zephyr are clearly …

I read with interest and dismay the article written by Dr AC Anand on private practice in India.
1 The main error made by Dr Anand is to assume that in India there is only one dimension of …

I grew up in a remote village, which in 1962 came under an SHC manned by a doctor (rules
in West Bengal were different at that time). He used to make a monthly visit to my village …

So little by so many To the Editor: I agree with Dr. HD Roberts (Can Med Assoc J 105: 991,
1971) that foreign physicians are not being re-cruited to come to Canada; however, the …

Certain classes of people believe that foreigners are suspect pushy people who stick
together and plot to take away their women and their jobs. Likewise that foreign doctors must …

Doctors should work in the third world: The World Medical Association (WMA) is urging its 80
medical association members to encourage medical students and doctors in training to work …

The population of India is grossly underserved by healthcare professionals. This is
compounded by their inequitable distribution—70% of MBBS doctors are from urban areas …

THE number of opportunities for physicians to work abroad in private, governmental and
international agencies has soared in recent years, and American medical schools are …