Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳

Doctor, entrepreneur. MedCom Agency mastermind. Writing life & health tales. Wanderer at heart. Proud Rotarian. #ServiceAboveSelf

[Dr Ambrish Mithal @DrAmbrishMithal]

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM DR AMBRISH MITHAL

I have learnt from friends and patients that an advertisement for a drug Diofin for "curing" diabetes is being widely circulated, supposedly endorsed by me. The claim is accompanied with detailed descriptions about my research saying that I discovered and developed this drug.
I wish to say that this is completely false. I do not know of this drug and I have not been involved in its development. I have never even heard of this drug prior to this episode.
The post also refers to minute details of my life, education and qualifications to seem authentic. All these personal details are also false.
I would like to reiterate that this advertisement is a complete fabrication. Please do not get misled.
Meanwhile appropriate steps have been initiated to address this false advertising.

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@mybmc @mybmchealth past 15 days in our society at Omkar Altamonte we are seeing dead pigeon constantly do investigate.

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@kiranshaw That is a good one 😆😂

[Dr.Sivaranjini @dr_sivaranjani]

Blatant violation of FSSAI order and Delhi High Court order.

You do not reply to my mails. So, tagging you here Sir. CEO Shri Rajit Punhani ji @fssaiindia @JPNadda @MoHFW_INDIA @narendramodi @NITIAayog

[Soumyotonoy Das @Som_DH1]

@raviprakash_rtv Some people think VIP culture will finally end.
What is more likely to happen is that the famed IT cell will go after her.
Label her an opposition agent and troll her mercilessly.
Might even face harassment on the streets.
Andhbhakts will never change.
And neta worship will go on

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@raviprakash_rtv Need more people to do it - only a mother can do this - kudos to her

[Divya Gandotra Tandon @divya_gandotra]

Absolutely gut-wrenching news from Satna, Madhya Pradesh.

A mother alleges that during a surgery for kidney stones, doctors (named as Dr. Pushpendra Singh & Dr. Pathak) removed both of her child's kidneys.

The family claims the doctors called it a "mistake," but this is a life-altering catastrophe.

How does a stone removal turn into a double nephrectomy?

This is beyond negligence… it is a horror.

We demand an immediate, high-level probe into this medical facility and the surgeons involved.

Justice for the child and his mother is non-negotiable.

@MoHFW_INDIA @MPHealthDept @Collector_Satna @DrMohanYadav51 @JPNadda @PMOIndia

[Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM @hyderabaddoctor]

“Most Indians are either overtreated… or walking into a heart attack.”
Yes, I said it.

▶️We have reduced heart disease to:
“Is cholesterol high? Start statin.”
“Are reports normal? You are fine.”
Both are wrong.

Here is the uncomfortable truth
🔸The traditional way of assessing Cardiovascular Disease risk is broken for Indians.
🔸The biggest flaw is that we obsess over 10-year risk
🔸But a 40–55 year old can have “low risk” and still be on a high-risk trajectory
🔸By the time risk becomes “high”…the disease is already there.

▶️Enter the game changer
The American Heart Association PREVENT™ calculator
It tells you 10-year risk, as well as 30-year risk (the real story).

▶️My own numbers (Aged 55)
10-year risk: 2.9% →“Relax”
30-year risk: 16.6% →“Not so fast”
Now most doctors would stop here. Some might even push a statin.

✅But here is what actually matters
I got a Coronary Artery Calcium Score.
Result: ZERO. No plaque or calcification and no evidence of silent disease. This changes everything.

▶️A CAC = 0 can be more powerful than any blood test.
🔸What is your real short-term risk? Extremely low
🔸Do you need statin? Probably unnecessary
🔸What do you need? Time + lifestyle consistency

▶️The harsh reality in India
🔸We are seeing young people with heart attacks (missed early risk).
🔸We are also seeing healthy people on lifelong statins (unnecessary fear).

This is because we ignore long-term risk and do not measure actual disease.

The new way to think
❌Stop asking:“ Is my cholesterol normal?”
✅Start asking:
🔸“What is my lifetime risk?”
🔸“Do I already have plaque?”

Bottom line
Risk calculators predict the risk, whereas CAC reveals the risk. Sometimes, the simplest test can prevent a lifetime of overthinking… or a future heart attack.

✅If you are 40+ and serious about prevention:
Don’t guess. Don’t blindly medicate. Measure the disease.

Share this.
Because the difference between “low risk” and “no plaque”…can save a life.

▶️Link to American Heart Association PREVENT Online Calculator: https://t.co/V0zebKepfD

Dr Sudhir Kumar @hyderabaddoctor

(Disclaimer: The information provided here is only for education and not a medical consultation. Consult your physician/cardiologist for individual medical opinion)

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Standing up for accurate medical information should never invite intimidation. Absolutely. I applaud Dr. Sivaranjini for her fight against misleading ORS branding, and every doctor who rallied behind her. This is what the medical community should look like.

But let me be honest. Painfully honest.

The medical community in India develops courage selectively - when the stakes are low and the enemy is convenient.

Fighting fake ORS is important. But it is also safe. No ancient tradition protects it. No ministry backs it. No political ideology wraps itself around electrolyte branding.

Now try standing up against Ayurveda and Homeopathy causing liver failure, kidney injury, lead poisoning, and death. Try publishing that data. Try saying it out loud on a public platform.

I have been doing this for years. What has it earned me? Fifteen-plus legal notices. Criminal cases. FIRs. Defamation suits filed across multiple states. Harassment, bullying, and coordinated attacks from an industry that enjoys state protection and cultural immunity.

And where has the medical community been?
Largely silent. Comfortably silent.

By-and-large, the medical community especially the medical student community, the specialists clinical societies or national and regional level doctors group never come out and fought for the rights of the patients and their safety against Ayush in India in the open - not even endorsing evidence after evidence of harms published.

The gastroenterology and hepatology societies in India - my own specialty - do not hold sessions on alternative medicine at their national meetings. They do not publish guidance for patients. They reject manuscripts documenting AYUSH adverse events. Their consensus statements pretend the problem does not exist. They have decided that this particular cancer growing inside Indian public health is someone else's problem.

For years, the medical establishment believed that if they ignored AYUSH harms, if they simply didn't talk about it, the problem would disappear. It didn't. It metastasized. And now have infiltrated Institutions of repute. And while it grew, the people who stood by me, who amplified the evidence, who fought alongside me — were not doctors. They were not specialist societies. They were not medical colleges.

They were the public. Ordinary citizens who understood that patient safety is not a niche academic concern - it is their lives, their families, their right. And I want them to know, that I appreciate you. You are my sanctuary here.

I love what I do. I have no complaints. I will keep doing it as long as I can. But imagine, just imagine, what we could have achieved if the entire medical community had treated AYUSH harms with the same urgency they now show for fake ORS. If every clinical society had said: our patients are being poisoned by unregulated products sold as medicine, and we will not stay quiet.

We would have had better regulation. Better research. Better outcomes. Fewer destroyed organs. Fewer dead patients. Fewer transplants.

"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."

That is what AYUSH toxicity is to the Indian medical establishment - a distant rumble they can ignore while they enjoy their conferences. Until the storm arrives at their own table.

It shouldn't take one doctor being dragged to court for the community to notice. It shouldn't take a patient dying for a society to issue a statement. Stand up for all of patient safety. Not just the parts that don't cost you anything.

Dismantle the narrative Ayush is building. This is, the only beast, medical community in India must handle effectively to improve healthcare outcomes and public and patient safety.

[Dr.Sivaranjini @dr_sivaranjani]

I am Dr. Sivaranjani, a pediatrician , raising concerns about how ERZL is being marketed and positioned in pharmacies, and the risk it creates for consumers making critical decisions during dehydration.
This issue is not about whether ERZL is safe in isolation.
It is about how it is presented, perceived, and potentially misunderstood in real-world settings.

ERZL is a commercially marketed electrolyte drink. However, its branding and advertising raise serious concerns.
*It should not be using ORSL in its communication.*
Why?
Because:
* ORSL itself is not the original medically recommended ORS
* Referencing ORSL in any form creates brand recall in the minds of consumers
* Instead of reducing confusion, it continues and reinforces it
When ERZL is positioned as a continuation or replacement of ORSL, it keeps that same association alive — especially among parents who may already believe ORSL was equivalent to ORS.
👉 This defeats the very purpose of regulatory action.

In pharmacy settings:
* People are often making quick decisions under stress
* They rely on familiar names and visual cues
* Branding can directly influence what they choose
If ERZL continues to build on ORSL recall, it risks being perceived as a medical solution for dehydration, even when it is not the same as ORS (the medically recommended solution).

There are also concerns around ingredients like sucralose, especially in children and with prolonged use, based on global health guidance.
This makes clear communication even more important.

After raising these concerns, I have received a legal notice from Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue.
This petition is not about conflict.
It is about:
* Clarity in healthcare communication
* Preventing consumer confusion
* Ensuring responsible branding and advertising
* Allowing doctors to raise public health concerns without hesitation

We urge the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to:
1 *. Ensure that, since ERZL closely resembles ORSL, Kenvue is directed to rebrand it in a way that does not create recall or association with ORSL.*
2. Prevent misleading positioning that may confuse consumers
3. Strengthen enforcement at the pharmacy level
4. Ensure clear differentiation from medically recommended ORS
5. Protect healthcare professionals raising genuine concerns

In healthcare, even small confusion can have big consequences. Clear choices save lives.

@fssai @JPNadda
@MoHFW_INDIA @narendramodi
Stand for public health. Sign and share this petition to help protect every family from confusion in critical moments.
https://t.co/EzGFbVddDU

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

Dr. Sivaranjani got a court case!

For 8 years, Dr Sivaranjani has been raising concerns about fake ORS! Last week she got a court case from one such company.

Companies in India spend crores on lawyers and Bollywood celebrities. Imagine if they instead spent on good quality ingredients as well?

This is not just a court case on Dr. Sivaranjani, this is also an attack on freedom of speech. Companies should remember that Freedom of Speech allows Freedom to Criticize.

Share this video to support @dr_sivaranjani and help this reach more Indians.

[Kavita Bajeli-Datt @KavitaDatt]

Antibiotic resistance accounts for 87% of India's typhoid economic burden: Lancet 

@NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @MoHFW_INDIA @TheLancet @JPNadda @OfficeofJPNadda

[Aman Rai @amankrai28]

My wife (Ria) went to AIIMS. I went to IIT Delhi.

We watched 'Hello Bachhon' on Netflix this weekend. One kid in the show breaks down walls in his village to sell bricks so he can afford coaching fees. A girl hides her textbooks because her parents want her married off.

Throughout the show, Ria and I realized that we never had to fight for any of that.

We had access to coaching. Good coaching. Neither of us ever worried about whether we'd get to prepare.

The IIT-AIIMS crowd loves talking about the grind. # of hours of self-study per day, the pressure, and sleepless nights. I've done it too. But that grind starts after you already have access. Most of us skipped the actual hard part and don't even know it because the people who are capable but can't afford access are invisible. They're not in your coaching batch. They're not in your college. You never compete against them because they never got the chance to show up.

We credit hard work more than it deserves. Sometimes the biggest advantage was just being born in the right city to the right family.

'Hello Bachhon' made this truth hard to ignore. Great watch.

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@virsanghvi @IndiGo6E They are money making machine and don’t care at all about passengers, the food, seats, entire experience is pathetic- but this arrogance can only come from support from politicians.

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

We need to thank @mybmc for new definitions of clean air, great roads, clean governance— please add to the list

[मुंबई Matters™🇮🇳 @mumbaimatterz]

Meanwhile Some CONtractor gonna become a Millionare..

Breaking up a newly laid #CONcrete road nr Vidyavihar Station & then possibly redo it.

📸 © @@xksund

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@AJENews What is wrong with UAE and Saudi allowing it to be hit

[svs 🇮🇳 @_svs_]

Mumbai it is time to hold your government accountable.

We've seen what they can do when foreign heads of state visit not once but twice. This is entirely artificial.

Stop the construction. We are dying here. This is not a joke.

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@ShivAroor @ndtv Is this India we all wanted for our next generation - no accountability, no respect for human life, all money spent on posters, banners, corrupt to the core.

[Dr Mamta Jain🇮🇳 @drmamtajain]

@thekiranbedi She recognised a diamond

[Balu Gorade @BaluGorade]

India is a $4T economy. China is $20T.

India spends $12B on education, China spends $800B.

There's simply no comparison.
Powerful insight by Vijay Kedia ji.