It's our pleasure that one of the largest research project on Altitude Medicine and Critical Care has been successfully conducted in our Nepal Himalayas (in Khumbu valley and in Mt Everest). This is only second largest research expedition after 1961/2's "Silver Hut Expedition" of John B West, Griffith Pugh, Jim Milledge etc with the inspiration of Sir Edmund Hilary in Mingbo Valley (at the base of jewel of Khumbu Valley: Ama Dablam). It's also a landmark expedition simply because a bunch...

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When I went to see him, he was in a propped up position and EKG (Electrocardiogram) monitoring in situ in Sahid Gangalal Heart Centre (Nepal).

He, a 40 year old male, had been admitted in a hospital with increasing distension of abdomen and with multiple hard lumps all around the stomach since two weeks. He had constant dull pain all over the abdomen. Later investigations revealed that he had NHL (Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma). When he was referred to the Cancer Hospital for Chemotherapy...

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During the rotation of final year, we have to do night duty and admit a case under close supervision of on-duty residents and duty officers. Then we have to present the case next day in morning conference in detail. There we have to defend our diagnosis and answer relevant questions.

In one of my turns, I admitted a 21 year old lady who already had two children. When I received the case in Emergency (7.00PM), her Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was 8/15 whereas it was written 13/15 in emergency...

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It's almost one year that I have forgotten, virtually, about my Blog in Xenomed! This is not because I wanted nor was due to lack of time I couldn't visit the site where I'm in a responsible position. There are certain things that are personal, social and sometimes just they matter and make you little puzzled and hinder in your work performance. May be, I could blame them and take satisfaction. I just wanted to say I'm back.

It's about three months ago one of my friends from Wisconsin...

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Yes, after more than two months field,
I have resumed my busy schedule of the college/Hospital. I have started from Gynae/Obs and it is 24 hour duty on every fourth day (ie including overnight!). Today, right now I just came out of OPD and lunch because it is lunch hour 1-2PM and checking our site. At 2 PM I will have to be in evening round. I did overnight duty last night in Labour Room which was so hectic that we couldnot have tea. There were so may C/S and referred (extremely complicated)...

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