Buddha Basnyat MD

New Stoves and Toilets

In the Ganges in Varanasi where many pilgrims bathe, a stream of 20 million gallons of sewage flows directly every day into the river just above the bathing ghats

By Buddha Basnyat MD Jan 16, 2015

Compassion in Medicine

Compassion comes from Latin from around the 14 th century. Com means “with” and passion is “suffering”. So basically “compassion” means “suffering with” or a” co-sufferer”.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Dec 26, 2014

Antibiotic Resistance: A reality.

Resistance to antibiotics develops when pathogenic organisms mutate into a more dangerous form which the regular antibiotic is unable to kill.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Dec 05, 2014

Vertigo

Dizziness is a common complaint, especially during the summer months when people may be dehydrated with excessive sweating and inadequate fluid replenishment.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Nov 22, 2014

Ebola

Ebola virus first appeared in 1976 and one of the countries to be affected then was the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Nov 07, 2014

CMC, Vellore.

Hospitals like the well-appointed Hinduja hospital in Mumbai too boast a reliable microbiology laboratory, but the costs are exorbitant.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Oct 18, 2014

Neglected Illness

The deadly snake bite, an absolutely neglected problem rampant in the Terai is for sure going to re-appear this summer

By Buddha Basnyat MD Sep 26, 2014

Doctors: Staying in Nepal.

The authors tracked 710 graduate doctors from the first 22 classes (1983-2004) of IOM to their current practice locations. They analysed seven factors including sex, age entering medical school, place of birth, place of high school, type of pre-medic

By Buddha Basnyat MD Sep 11, 2014

The World’s Worst Lungs

Air Pollution which may be both indoor and outdoor in South Asia is obviously the no-brainer answer

By Buddha Basnyat MD Aug 29, 2014

Gosainkunda Festival

Mount Mandara was selected as the churning stick, Vasuki the king of serpents, would be the churning rope, and Vishnu himself in the form of a tortoise dove into the ocean to support with his back the base of the mountain.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Aug 15, 2014

Chikungunya

Chikungunya viral illness came to the world’s attention in 2005-2006 after 5 decades of obscurity

By Buddha Basnyat MD Jul 13, 2014

"Blood Telegram"

The duo clearly supported West Pakistan’s military dictatorship that brutally quashed the results of the historic free election in East Pakistan at that time.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Jun 25, 2014

Vector-Borne Diseases

Mosquitoes that transmit dengue are called aedes versus the femaleanopheles that transmits malaria.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Jun 06, 2014

The Thorang La Pass Incident

Many young Nepali adventurers arrive by jeep to Chame in Manang, they then keep ascending by riding behind on hired motorbikes to the main town of Manang at about 3500 m where they arrive in two days from Kathmandu.

By Buddha Basnyat MD May 23, 2014

Avalanche Protection

The air we breathe in ( inspired air) is 21 % oxygen and has no carbon dioxide. The air we breathe out (expired air) is only 16 % oxygen and 5 % carbon dioxide.

By Buddha Basnyat MD May 09, 2014

A Plumbing Job For The Heart Doctor

The cardiologist uses a deflated balloon at the end of a thin tube ( catheter) which is threaded into a peripheral blood vessel and made to reach the coronary artery where the blockage is located.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Apr 18, 2014

Indoor and Outdoor Pollution

The frightening news about these smaller aerosols is that even cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes may be caused by them.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Apr 05, 2014

Dick Cheney’s heart

Cheney suffered his first heart attack in 1978 at the age of 37 when he was campaigning for the US Congress

By Buddha Basnyat MD Mar 23, 2014

The Death Penalty

The murder rate has plummeted in the US. Scientifically, eyewitness accounts which formed the basis of many of these convictions have now been found to be increasingly unreliable.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Mar 07, 2014

Diseases of the Bottom Billion

Globally about 600 to 800 million people, mostly children are infected with the soil-transmitted helminth infections. Hookworm infection causes childhood and maternal anemia and results in the greatest disability.

By Buddha Basnyat MD Feb 14, 2014

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