By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last article I said that I would be writing about my meeting with a regular reader of my column, D. Madanraj Urs who wrote to me saying that he wanted to gift me some vintage gramophone records, after reading about my interest in the music of the…
MAHAN President calls upon citizens to join hands in fight against COVID
April 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, President, MAHAN (Mysore Association of Hospitals And Nursing Homes), has said that the Association and the District Administration have joined hands to increase vaccination coverage by increasing the number of vaccination centres to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release here, he said that the Private Hospitals,…
More Music comes looking for Me !
April 4, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Starting from the days of my early childhood, till as late as the late seventies, we had this tradition of listening to our collection of records, first on our hand wound gramophone and later on the much newer electric record players that we acquired as time went by. Whenever…
More Musical Musings from the Golden Era !
March 28, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD After I wrote my last article about the two antique gramophone records that I received as a gift from my schoolmate Mukesh and his wife Madhu, I have been inundated by letters, messages and phone calls from friends, acquaintances and complete strangers too. Some articles that I write have…
A Golden Gift from a Golden Era !
March 14, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday, as I was sitting in my clinic doing my routine work of seeing patients, Mukesh Leelaram my close friend from my school-days and his wife Madhu, dropped in most unexpectedly. As the lady struggled to retrieve something from her handbag, I thought that she had brought some lab…
Choosing the Right Doctor !
February 28, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD After I wrote my last article about the many fake doctors who were exposed and apprehended by the Police at Kolkata, I have received a spate of letters and phone calls from my readers asking me to write a follow up article guiding people about how they can ensure…
Checking on your Doctor’s health!
February 21, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A recent news report says that a drive in Kolkata and its suburbs that was started last June has revealed the existence of dozens of fake doctors, armed with fake medical degrees and diplomas who were merrily practicing and making tons of money by treating unsuspecting patients. And, if…
Making Road Safety a Priority !
January 31, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A news video is doing the rounds of the social media circuit over the past few days which says that the Karnataka Government has introduced a new rule that all vehicles that are found with their insurance lapsed would be immediately seized and impounded permanently without any means of…
Of Privacy and Good Old Postcards !
January 24, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD These days, all around us we are hearing a great deal of hue and cry about what is happening to, or what is going to happen to WhatsApp, the social media platform, in the near future and what it will do to our own lives. People seem to be…
An amazing era of digital doctors !
January 17, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week Dr. J.A.K. Tareen, a Geologist, writer, painter and a former Vice-Chancellor of three Universities, all rolled into one, sent me a very amazing and interesting video clip which tells us of all the amazing possibilities that medicine is going to see in the very near future, considering…
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