Velayudhan

Physician in an academic institution

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Passengers are usually told to switch off all electronic devices during landing and take-off because of the fear that these may interfere with aircraft navigation systems. Did this happen here?

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Indian passenger's video caught Nepal plane's last moments https://t.co/ybAuNdpvm1

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Your life had a positive impact on many,including mine. You were often a source of good cheer and laughter. You were a blessing to the world.

[IMU Malaysia @IMUMalaysia]

In loving memory of Prof Dr Philip George. The late Prof Philip was a Clinical Professor for Psychiatry and a Consultant Psychiatrist and Addiction Specialist at the IMU Healthcare.

Our deepest condolences to Prof Philip's beloved family.

#IMU

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

@ShashiTharoor fought the good fight in this election. Reminds me of the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling https://t.co/73pVhihADL

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

I think self-preservation comes instinctively to all. Ethics (defined as appropriate behaviour in differing contexts) needs learning.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

@just_aman_singh Yes, of course. But it shouldn't be necessary; ethics should come with the job, instinctively.

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

A thought-provoking podcast. Made me aware that the value of accepting death as a necessary endpoint is in (paradoxically) enriching life. A good death needs as much thought and consideration as a good birth.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

@libby_sallnow @mrraj47 What is a "good death"?

Hear from #ValueofDeath Commissioners, @Richard56, @libby_sallnow, & @mrraj47 on The #LancetVoice: reframing how we conceive of dying & death in 43 minutes. https://t.co/tA4hd5TC0u

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

"In medicine, we’re so often afraid to ask about problems when we know they have no tangible solution. We have a low tolerance for sitting with sadness." How beautifully expressed!

[NEJM @NEJM]

After her grandmother attempts suicide, a physician finds that the medical team’s avoidance of honest conversation about her grandmother’s reality and desires creates a chasm between the clinicians and the family that is counterproductive and painful. https://t.co/txeHyxDJAa

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

A powerful commentary. Where there is potential for great good objectively, there is also potential for great harm subjectively.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

"As long as biomedicine delivers its promise—diagnostics, medicines, vaccines—what have critics to complain about? The answer is that something has been lost and “the word 'care' sums it up”."

@richardhorton1's Offline: How others see us https://t.co/hB5h4yaftl

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Well written and thought provoking. Explains why good doctors may sometimes behave in what appears to be an unprofessional way. Tells us that self care and self awareness are part of being a medical professional.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

"...the perceived good doctor prioritises the care of their patient over all else."

Our Editorial on the consequences of medical professionalism for physician wellbeing and why its reconceptualisation is in everyone's best interests. https://t.co/Ghg2jiWNKM

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

With someone so young, I assume mortality is from untamed immunity or cytokine storm. There is a small window period between normal and monstrous immune reaction in Covid infection. Recognising that window is so important.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Heartbreaking news to start the day with: a topper at my school, studying my subject in my college, helping others, dies of #Covid at 18 years of age. My heart grieves for his parents. Tragedies assail us daily but there’s a poignancy to the loss of one with so much potential.

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

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[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

What India is now facing with COVID is horrifying.

But this is smart, invaluable, evidence-based information for any home with COVID-19 where hospital care becomes unavailable. Thank you @krutikakuppali, @paimadhu, and @zachgla.

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

This study emphasis the importance of obesity in diabetes. Good control of diabetes needs weight reduction in those who are overweight or obese. And, metabolic surgery, appears to be better in reducing weight in obesity.

[Mohamed Mohideen @rifdeen]

“Metabolic surgery is more effective than conventional medical therapy in the long-term control of type 2 diabetes”

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Sometimes, the gods are kind and make us do the right thing!

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

India was on a trajectory to have the worst COVID epidemic in the world. But with far less resources for combatting COVID than US or Europe, it has turned the tide — with a determined focus on masks. https://t.co/oPQN5BbVFL

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

@ShashiTharoor's clarity of thought and expression, his politeness and patience, his ability to avoid being provoked, speak of a man who is grounded in a greater Truth.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

You can’t miss this “serious” confrontation! ⁦@BhaktBanerjee⁩ versus @ShashiTharoor, Hindutva versus Hinduism, & more! https://t.co/72IvoVhbU7

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

The author says addiction to smartphones can make us react impulsively and emotionally. And that, is not a good thing. https://t.co/DXRO7sebva

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

A moving account of the suffering that can happen when we are “done living” and when “life is over but existence remains”.... https://t.co/ZLuhczMPju

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Hopefully, thru the suffering of this pandemic will come greater understanding.

[Simi_Garewal @Simi_Garewal]

Life is like a woman...in COVID19..

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Great piece on lessons learned globally. You don’t need continual lockdowns. You need robust testing and isolation; public health guidance pushing mask wearing and avoidance of closed, crowded spaces; strict border measures. Still can be done. @devisridhar https://t.co/L0lsTokWSD

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Handwriting improves memory say the authors. This means it impacts the hippocampus in a good way. I wonder if handwriting will help delay Alzheimer’s (a disease that reduces hippocampal volume). https://t.co/8xdyYAoTb4

[Velayudhan @velamenon]

Yes, we must learn to learn with this virus (while protecting ourselves)in the same way we have learnt to live amidst mosquitoes without suffering from the diseases they carry. https://t.co/03sK9g7iMq