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INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

Interview schedule for technology worker in medical imaging section of healthcare facility

Respondent‘s name: Organisation:

email.id Tel no:

Date / place of interview:

INSTITUTIONAL DATA : DEMOGRAPHY

1. Name of organisation

2. Years in operation

0-5 years

5-10years

10-15 years

15-20 years

>20years

3. Nature of organisation

Government

Public-private partnership

Private ownership

4. Number of full time technologist in the facility-

0-5

5-10

10-15

15-20

>20

5. Equipment availability

X Ray machines

CT machine

MRI

Ultrasonography

Cathlab

DEXA

Mammography

Gamma camera

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Section :A

1. Did your organization install any imaging equipment ?

i) In last 1 year ii) In last 2 year iii) In last 3 year

2. Which of the equipments were installed in last 5- 10 – more than 10 years back ?

i) 5YR ii) 10YR iii) >10 YR

X ray

IITV

C Arm

Cathlab

DEXA

CT

MRI

3. There is increasing number of imaging procedures in your facility over last 3 years

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii)neutral iv)agree v)agree

strongly

4.Since you have got better imaging equipments like ultrasound , the number of X ray

procedures are going down in last 3 years

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii)neutral iv)agree v)agree

strongly

5.Patient for CT scan procedures have increased

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii)neutral iv)agree v)agree

strongly

6. More modern equipment in the centre increases level of patient care

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii)neutral iv)agree v) agree

strongly

7. Your input is important to procure or plan new equipment

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii)neutral iv)agree v)agree

strongly

8. Introducing newer equipments in the facility enhances growth of the organisation

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii) neutral iv)agree v)agree

strongly

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9.It is not possible to improve healthcare without installing modern equipments.

i)Disagree strongly ii)disagree iii)neutral iv)agree v)agree

strongly

Section B

1.What formal/ informal structures are in place for Radiological clinical audit?

Institutional board/ committee

Departmental staff meeting

Head of facility meeting

Informal meeting

None

2.In your institution a formal reporting structure is in place to manage all equipment related issues of

Malfunction, repair, accidents.

i)Fully agree ii)somewhat agree iii)neutral iv)somewhat disagree v) fully

disagree

3.Who is responsible for routine maintenance of equipment ?

Chief Technologist

Chief Radiologist

Biomedical engineer

Medical superintendent or healthcare

facility head

Owner

4.Who gets the first information if equipment malfunctions or there is an emergency breakdown

Chief Technologist

Chief Radiologist

Biomedical engineer

Medical superintendent or healthcare

facility head

Owner

5.All your equipments remain under contract by manufacturer or third party for routine repair ?

i)Fully agree ii)somewhat agree iii) neutral iv) somewhat disagree v) fully

disagree

6.There is a notified evacuation plan for patient in case of fire, earthquake, sudden severe illness of

patient .

i)Fully agree ii) somewhat agree iii)neutral iv) somewhat disagree v)fully

disagree

7. There is documentation of routine periodic checks / calibration of equipment

i)Fully agree ii) somewhat agree iii) neutral iv) somewhat disagree v) fully

disagree

8.There is documented check of emergency drug trolley for full functionality

i)Every duty shift ii) everyday iii)weekly iv) monthly

v) sometimes

9.There is regular training / updates organized by the institute or facility for staff to handle adverse

events arising from iodinated contrast use

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Regular (at least annual) updates available

occasional training (one in2- 3 years)

sometimes ( in 3-5 years)

rarely (one in 5-10 years or more)

never

10. In your department / facility there is a notified protocol for reporting adverse events from contrast use

i)Fully agree ii) somewhat agree iii)neutral iv) somewhat disagree v) fully

disagree

Section C

STATEMENT Disagree

strongly

i

Disagree

ii

Neutral

iii

Agree

iv

Agree

strongly

v

1. I would feel safe being treated here as a

patient/client.

i ii iii iv v

2 Errors are handled appropriately in my

clinical area

i ii iii iv v

3 I receive appropriate feedback about my

performance.

i ii iii iv v

4 In this area, it is difficult to discuss

errors.

i ii iii iv v

5 I am encouraged by my colleagues to

report any patient safety concerns I may

have.

i ii iii iv v

6 The culture in my clinical area makes it

easy to learn from the errors of others.

i ii iii iv v

7 I know the proper channels to direct

questions regarding patient/client safety

in my clinical area.

i ii iii iv v

8 All the necessary information for

diagnostic and therapeutic decisions is

routinely available to me.

i ii iii iv v

9 Trainees in my discipline are adequately

supervised.

i ii iii iv v

10 Management constructively deals with

problems of employees.

i ii iii iv v

11 There is good on job training for staff i ii iii iv v

12 Management does not knowingly

compromise the safety of

patients/clients.

i ii iii iv v

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13 Our administration supports my daily

efforts to deliver quality healthcare

safely.

i ii iii iv v

14 Current levels of staffing is sufficient to

handle the number of patients

i ii iii iv v

15 I am provided with adequate, timely

information about events in my health

service that might affect my work.

i ii iii iv v

16 Staff input is well received i ii iii iv v

17 It is difficult to speak up if a problem

related to patient safety is perceived

i ii iii iv v

18 Disagreements are appropriately

resolved (What is right for patient is

done NOT who is right is done)

i ii iii iv v

19 I Have the support of fellow worker in

whatever I have to do

i ii iii iv v

20 It is easy to ask questions for something I

do not understand

i ii iii iv v

Content analysis in understanding the most important factor for increasing use of equipments-----

o There are new uses

o There are more people falling sick or more and more sick people come to the

facility

o They are becoming more affordable

o Physicians are more dependent on them

o They are available in your facility

o Financial gain

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Annexure 2

Review of publications on Health in Economic and Political Weekly

(2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008)

Year: 2012

Volume and Issue

No and year

Author(s) Title Category

Vol. 47, Issue

No.02, January 14,

2012

Swati Grewal, Nachiket

Mor, Karthik Tiruvarur and

Bindu Ananth

How to Provide Healthcare Letter

Vol. 47, Issue

No.04, January 28,

2012

Sakthivel

Selvaraj, Others, Mira

Shiva, Maulik

Chokshi, Amitava Guha,

and Amit Sengupta

Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy:

A Critique

Commentary

Vol. 47, Issue

No.05, February 4,

2012

Mental Healthcare

Editorial

Vol. 47, Issue

No.06, February 11,

2012

Amarjeet Sinha Health Evidence from the States Commentary

Vol. 47, Issue

No.08, February 25,

2012

Universal Health Coverage Commentary

Vol. 47, Issue

No.10, March 10,

2012

Mathew George and Sujay

R Joshi

Healthcare through Community

Participation

Notes

Vol. 47, Issue

No.12, March 24,

2012

Anand Zachariah

Tertiary Healthcare within a

Universal System

Perspective

203

Vol. 47, Issue

No.15, April 14,

2012

Amit Misra Tuberculosis Control

Discussions

Vol. 47, Issue

No.17, April 28,

2012

Padma Bhate-Deosthali, T

K Sundari Ravindran, and

U Vindhya

Addressing Domestic Violence

within Healthcare Settings

Commentary

Vol. 47, Issue

No.19, May 12,

2012

Amitranjan Basu Preserving Medical Records Letter

Vol. 47, Issue

No.21, May 26,

2012

Anuradha De, C

Sathyamala, K B

Saxena, N J

Kurian, Others, and Ritu

Priya

Public Report on Health Special article

Vol. 47, Issue

No.25, June 23,

2012

Forum for Medical Ethics

society

S Srinivasan

T K Sundari

Ravindran and P

Balasubramanian

Ravi Duggal

Physicians, Heal Thy System

A Stinging Indictment of India's

Drug Regulation Authority

Pro-Poor Maternity Benefit

Schemes and Rural Women

Findings from Tamil Nadu

The Uncharitable Trust

Hospitals

Letter

Commentary

Commentary

Commentary

Vol. 47, Issue

No.28, July 14,

2012

Dr K R Antony

Regaining Credibility of the

Medical Profession

Letter

Vol. 47, Issue

No.35, September

1, 2012

Ravi Duggal

Sudhir Krishnaswamy

and Arjun Jayadev

1.Challenges in Financing

Healthcare

2. Healthcare Law in the US and

the RTE in India

Steps towards Universal

Provision of Social Goods

Commentary

204

Vol. 47, Issue

No.36, September

8, 2012

Sanjay Nagral Doctors in Entrepreneurial

Gowns

Commentary

Vol. 47, Issue

No.38, September

22, 2012

A 'Twisted' Health Scheme

Editorial

Vol. 47, Issue

No.43, November

3, 2012

N Purendra Prasad and P

Raghavendra Healthcare Models in the Era of

Medical Neo-liberalism

A Study of Aarogyasri in

Andhra Pradesh

Special article

Vol. 47, Issue

No.46, November

17, 2012

Sakthivel Selvaraj

and Habib Hasan Farooqui

Unaffordable Medicine Prices Commentary

Year: 2011

Vol. 46, Issue

No.01, January 1,

2011

Deepak Kumar and Vijay

Kumar Yadavendu

Bioethics, Medicine and Society:

A Provocative Trilogy

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.04, January 22,

2011

Zakir Husain Health of the National Rural

Health Mission

Special article

Vol. 46, Issue

No.05, January 29,

2011

Ajay Mahal, Andrew

Mitchell, and Thomas

Bossert

Healthcare Utilisation in Rural

Andhra Pradesh

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.08, February 19,

2011

Harini Narayanan Women's Health, Population

Control and Collective Action

Special article

Vol. 46, Issue

No.09, February 26,

2011

Benny George India's Public Health: A

Financial Aetiology

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.10, March 5,

2011

G Eswaraiah NRHM and Health Inequality Letter

205

Vol. 46, Issue

No.13, March 26,

2011

Preventable Deaths

Editorial

Vol. 46, Issue

No.14, April 2,

2011

Jacob M Puliyel Evidence Based Medicine:

Making It Better

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.15, April 9,

2011

N.S Prashanth,

Narayanan Devadasan,

and Upendra Bhojani

A Critique of the Draft National

Health Research Policy 2011

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.20, May 14,

2011

D Rajasekhar, Erlend Berg,

Maitreesh Ghatak, R

Manjuli and Sanchari Roy

Implementing Health Insurance:

The Rollout of Rashtriya

Swasthya Bima Yojana in

Karnataka

Special article

Vol. 46, Issue

No.21, May 21,

2011

Anant Phadke Planning Healthcare for All?

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.24, June 11,

2011

S Srinivasan 'Medicines for All', the Pharma

Industry and the Indian State

Special

article

Vol. 46, Issue

No.26-27, June 25,

2011

Anil Gupta and Others

Universal Access to Healthcare:

Threats and Opportunities

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.26-27, June 25,

2011

JMA Bruno Mascrenhas Underestimate of Tamil Nadu

Budget for Drugs

Letter

Vol. 46, Issue

No.30, July 23,

2011

C U Thresia and K S

Mohindra

Public Health Challenges in

Kerala and Sri Lanka

Notes

Vol. 46, Issue

No.33, August 13,

2011

Thomas Abraham Mobile Phones and Cancer:

More Evidence Needed

Commentary

206

Vol. 46, Issue

No.38, September

17, 2011

Bijoya Roy and Siddharta

Gupta

Public-Private Partnership and

User Fees in Healthcare:

Evidence from West Bengal

Special

article

Vol. 46, Issue

No.40, October 1,

2011

Madhvi Gupta

and Pushkar

Democracy and Health:

Evidence from Indian States

Perspectives

Vol. 46, Issue

No.42, October 15,

2011

N S Prashanth

Public-Private Partnerships and

Health Policies

Commentary

Vol. 46, Issue

No.48, November

26, 2011

T K Sundari Ravindran Public-Private Partnerships in

Maternal Health Services

Special

article

Vol. 46, Issue

No.49, December 3,

2011

R Srivatsan, Rajan Shukla,

and Veena Shatrugna

Aarogyasri Healthcare Model:

Advantage Private Sector

Insight

Vol. 46, Issue

No.50, December

10, 2011

Gopi Gopalakrishnan

Towards Healthcare for All

Providing Healthcare

Editorial

Letter

Year: 2010

Vol. 45, Issue

No.04, January 23,

2010

Evaluation of the Health Mission Editorial

Vol. 45, Issue

No.06, February 6,

2010

Rajib Dasgupta

and Ramila Bisht

Ashish Bose

The Missing Mission in Health

Whither NRHM?

Commentary

Letter

Vol. 45, Issue

No.08, February 20,

2010

Debabar Banerji Rural Ill Health Letter

Vol. 45, Issue

No.10, March 6,

2010

B R Desikachari, K K

Datta, Monica Das

Gupta, P. Padmanaban,

Rajendra Shukla, and T V

Somanathan

How Might India's Public Health

Systems Be Strengthened?

Lessons from Tamil Nadu

Special article

207

Vol. 45, Issue

No.11, March 13,

2010

Narinder Deep Singh

Rural Healthcare and

Indebtedness in Punjab

Commentary

Vol. 45, Issue

No.15, April 10,

2010

Patricia Jeffery and Roger

Jeffery Polio in North India: What

Next?

Commentary

Vol. 45, Issue

No.19, May 8, 2010

Brijesh C Purohit Efficiency Variation at the Sub-

State Level: The Healthcare

System in Karnataka

Special article

Vol. 45, Issue

No.20, May 15,

2010

T Jacob John

Imrana Qadeer and Sunita

Reddy

Is India Ready for an Overhaul

in Healthcare?

Medical Tourism in India:

Progress or Predicament?

Commentary

Special article

Vol. 45, Issue

No.38, September

18, 2010

A K Shiva Kumr, Arnab

Acharya, K Nagaraj, Rama

Baru and Sanghmitra

Acharya

Inequities in Access to Health

Services in India: Caste, Class

and Region:

Special article

Vol. 45, Issue

No.39, September

25, 2010

Compulsory Licensing of

Pharmaceutical Patents

Editorial

Vol. 45, Issue

No.43, October 23,

2010

Meeta and Rajivlochan

S Srinivasan,

Others, Narendra

Gupta, Gopal

Dabade, Anant Phadke,

and Amit Sengupta

Inequities in Health, Agrarian

Distress and a Policy of

Avoidance

Takeover of Indian Pharma

Companies:

Perspectives

Letter

Vol. 45, Issue

No.48, November

27, 2010

Anjali Shenoi,

Madhavi Y, Sandhya

Srinivasan, Sarojini N B,

and Srinivasan S

The HPV Vaccine:

Science,Ethics and Regulation

Insight

208

Year: 2009

Vol. 44, Issue

No.14, April 4,

2009

Amarjeet Sinha In Defence of the National Rural

Health Mission

Discussions

Vol. 44, Issue

No.16, April 18,

2009

Indigenous Systems of Medicine Commentary

Vol. 44, Issue

No.38, September

19, 2009

Sapna Desai

Keeping the 'Health' in Health

Insurance

Commentary

Vol. 44, Issue

No.40, October 3,

2009

Anup K Karan and

Sakthivel Selvaraj

Deepening Health Insecurity in

India: Evidence from National

Sample Surveys since 1980s

Special article

Vol. 44, Issue

No.47, November

21, 2009

Threat to Health and

Environment

Editorial

Year: 2008

Vol. 43, Issue

No.12-13, March

22, 2008

-----------------------

Epidemics in South Asian

History

Commentary

Vol. 43, Issue

No.17, April 26,

2008

Arun Gupta and Navdeep

Singh Khaira Flaws in Child Nutrition and

Health Governance

Commentary

Vol. 43, Issue

No.26-27, June 28,

2008

Peter Berman and Rajeev

Ahuja Government Health Spending in

India

Special

Article

Vol. 43, Issue

No.31, August 2,

2008

K Navaneetham, U S

Mishra, and William Joe Health Inequality in India:

Evidence from NFHS 3

Special

Article

209

Vol. 43, Issue

No.39, September

27, 2008

Vinod Vyasulu The Case against Health

Insurance

Commentary

Vol. 43, Issue

No.45, November

8, 2008

A K Rajasree and J

Devika Health, Democracy and Sickle-

cell Anaemia in Kerala

Commentary

Vol. 43, Issue

No.46, November

15, 2008

Anil N Mukherjee and

Krishnu Karmarkar Untreated Morbidity and

Demand for Healthcare in India:

An Analysis of National Sample

Survey Data

Special

Article

Vol. 43, Issue

No.48, November

29, 2008

--------------------------

National Family Health Survey-

3

Commentary

Vol. 43, Issue

No.49, December 6,

2008

Santosh Mehrotra Public Health System in UP:

What Can Be Done?

Perspective

Groupings

Commentary- 31; Special Article- 16; Editorial- 7; Letters – 10; Insight-2;

Perspectives- 4; Discussions-2; Notes- 3

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Annexure 3

Review of Publications on Health in The Assam Tribune

(28th

February 2013 to 1st January 2009)

Date and Year Title Author(s) Category

Year: 2013

26-2-2013 Health for all Editorial

8-2-2013 Generic vs branded drugs:

the battle continues

Dr Bikash Rai Das Article

1-2-2013 Neonatal deaths Editorial

31-1-2013 Generic drugs : more

harm than good

Heart failure

Aftab Hussain

Dr Anup Dutta, Ghy

Article

Letter

21-1-2013 Generic Drugs : still a

dilemma

Dipankar Barthakur Letter

10-1-2013 Generic Drugs

Editorial

6-1-2013 Illegal drug trials

Editorial

Year: 2012

16-12-2012 Metronomic

Chemotherapy

Samita Chauhdury

Article

7-12-2012 Negligence in Healthcare Dr Dhruba Hajai,

Director of Health

Service, Assam

Letter

14-11-2012 Understanding Diabetes Dr Dhubojyoti Das

Article

8-11-2012 Fake Medicines Editorial

211

6-11-2012 Medical Hazards: need of

awareness

Homeopathic treatment

for dengue

Dr M.C .Mahanta

Dr Hadi H Islam,

Guwahati

Article

Letter

1-11-2012 Encephalitis threat

Editorial

29-10-2012 Cancer and the society

Dr Giratha Raymedhi Article

28-10-2012 A polio free world

R.P. Changkakoti Article

27-10-2012 Dengue outbreak

Editorial

12-10-2012 Prevention of joint

diseases

Dr Madhumita

Priyadarshini Das

Article

7-10-2012

Munchausen syndrome /

hospital addiction

syndrome

Dengue threat

ChandanChaudhury

Baruah

Article

Editorial

30-9-2012 Munchausen syndrome Chandana Chaudhury

Barua

Article

29-9-2012 Nutritional needs:

Editorial

23-9-2012

Lifestyle diseases

Editorial

21-9-2012 Understanding dementia Dr Ajaya Mahanta Article

12-8-2012 AIDS threat

Editorial

4-8-2012 Orthopedic surgery –past,

present and future

Dr Utpal Kr Tamuli Article

28-7-2012 Health hazards

Generic drugs

Satish Kr Sarma,

Biswanath Chariali

Editorial

Letter

11-7-2012 Japanese encephalitis:

causes and prevention

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

8-7-2012 Cysticercosis: its cause

and prevention

Dr A. G. Barua Article

212

17-6-2012 Say no to tobacco Dr Aurabindo

Mazumdar

Article

3-6-2012 Cholera menace

Editorial

28-4-2012 Drug resistance of

tuberculosis

Dr Achunta Gohain

Barua

Article

25-4-2012 Tobacco menace in NE

region

Dr P.P Chaliha Letter

19-4-2012 Hahnemann‘s Scientific

Homeopathy

Prof( Dr) Hadi Husnul

Islam

Article

13-4-2012 Tuberculosis among

children

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

10-4-2012 Malaria threat

Aromatherapy as an

alternative medical

practice

Dr Akhil Baruah

Editorial

Article

7-4-2012 Socio-biological aspects

of autism

------------ Article

15-3-2012 Total sanitation: a long

way to go

Dr H. K. Goswami Article

3-3-2012 Tackling Japanese

encephalitis

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

29-2-2012 Polio eradication

Child malnutrition

Doctor- patient

relationship -

Dr H .K .Goswami

Pratik Baruah

Editorial

Article

Letter

22-2-2012 Infant mortality

Editorial

11-2-2012 Quality healthcare and

attack on doctors

Dr Susmita

Priyadarshini

Article

9-2-2012 Health hazards

Editorial

213

4-2-2012 Eradication of polio

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

2-2-2012 Some factors about cancer

Dr R .N .Dutta Article

29-1-2012 Healthcare audit:

Dr Dinesh Ch.

Goswami

Article

25-1-2012 Cancer awareness

Editorial

20-1-2012 Healthcare in India: lesson

from China

Dr D .K. Goswami Article

18-1-2012 Indigenous System of

Medicine

Dr. Suman Bharali

Letter

11-1-2012 Health for all

Editorial

2-1-2012 Kidney disease

HIV/AIDS among

adolescent girls

Dr H K Goswami

Editorial

Article

Year: 2011

26-12-2011 Health hazards from cell

phone towers

A K Hazarika, Jail

Road, Jorhat

Letter

21-12-2011 Reducing newborn deaths

in China

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

20-12-2011 Healthcare and welfare

state

D .N. Bezboruah Article

18-12-2011 Prevention in healthcare

Dr D .C .Mahanta Article

16-12-2011 Medical scheme

Editorial

1-12-2011 The fight against

HIV/AIDS

Dr Anjeeta Adhikary Article

19-11-2011

Cancer awareness

Editorial

8-11-2011 Reducing infant mortality Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

22-10-2011 Medical practice in the

new millennium

Dr Monprativ Barooah Article

214

21-10-2011 Congenital heart disease

in North- East

Dr D K Patgiri Article

12-10-2011 Early onset of cataract can

be prevented

Dr Harsha

Bhattacharjee

Article

11-10-2011 Arthritis: myth and

realities

Dr Madhhumita

Priyadarshini Das

Article

30-9-2011 Health as an entitlement

for all

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

14-9-2011

Preventing cancer

Minoti Barthakur

Article

21-8-2011 Cancer cure

Dr Dinesh Ch.

Goswami

Article

10-8-2011 War against Coronary

Heart Disease:

Dr Anjan Kr

bhattacharjee

Article

2-8-2011

Japanese encephalitis and

homoeopathy

Dr Hadil Husnul Islam Letter

24-7-2011 100 years of Laparoscopy Dr Dhurabojyoti Das Article

20-7-2011 AIDS threat Editorial

13-7-2011 Don‘t let young mothers

die

Sanjoy Hazarika

Article

3-7-2011 Health policy G P Baroowah Article

14-6-2011 AIHS threat

Transfusion medicine and

blood therapy

Dr Dwijendra Nath

Sarma

Editorial

Article

24-5-2011 Reducing maternal

mortality

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

17-5-2011 Controlling blood

pressure

Dr Atindra Ahdikari

Article

30-3-2011 Health for all in China and

India

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

24-3-2011 Tuberculosis – a major

public health hazard

Dr Mihir Kr Goswami Article

17-3-2011 Health tax T .C Das, Guwahati Letter

215

10-3-2011 Protecting the kidney and

the heart

Dr Arup Kr Dutta

Article

24-2-2011 Plight of patients

Editorial

22-2-2011 Health care in rural areas

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

7-2-2011 Cell phone hazards

Editorial

6-2-2011 Cancer threat

Editorial

4-2-2011 Cancer :awareness and

benefits

Gazi G .Ahmed Article

2-2-2011 Health care

Editorial

24-1-2011 HIV/AIDS epidemic in

India

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

5-1-2011 Health for all Editorial

2-1-2011 Palliative care Dr D.C Goswami Article

Year: 2010

28-12-2010 NUHM: a boon for urban

poor

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Article

27-12-2010 Child malnutrition : a

disquieting concern

Dr H K Goswami

Article

26-12-2010 Vandalism in hospitals Dr D C Mahanta

Article

14-12-2010 Hurdle in Health

Editorial

12-12-2010 Mitochondrial Eve Nayanmani Das

Article

9-12-2010 Doctor –patient

relationship

Dr Monprativ

Barooah

Letter

7-12-2010 Malaria menace

Editorial

4-12-2010 AIDS threat

Editorial

1-12-2010 Combating the fear of

AIDS

Dr H C Barman Article

25-11-2010 Health care facilities Ajit Das,

Manckachar

Letter

216

8-11-2010 Dengue and its control Dr Siraj A Khan

Article

7-11-2010 Fighting AIDS

Editorial

2-11-2010 Child health care

Editorial

16-10-2010 An epoch making event in

medicine

Dr Maitrayee

Chkroverty

Article

9-10-2010 Palliative care and its

importance

Dwaipen Kalita

Article

2-10-2010 Alcohol- a major health

problem in India

Achyut Prasad Sarma Article

26-9-2010 Dengue threat

Editorial

21-9-2010 Dementia – a major

problem of the age

Chandana Chaudhury

Barua

Article

15-9-2010 Japanese encephalitis

Malaria in India

Dr Alakananda

Goswami

Editorial

Article

6-9-2010 Health as an economic

indicator

Moon Moon Sharma Article

29-8-2010 Health insurance for the

poor

Pranit Agarwala Article

24-9-2010 Steps to beat disease in

Assam

Dr Kamaljit Deka,

taxes, USA

Letter

22-7-2010 Health care

Editorial

2-7-2010 NRHM : midterm review

Vaccination against

cancer in Assam

Dr H K Goswami

Dr Kamaljit Deka,

taxes, USA

Article

Letter

22-6-2010 Health care Editorial

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imminent

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