Blogs by Dr. Nikhil Datar

Biomedical waste disposal Law and patient requests

A patient and her father came up with an interesting request putting me in tight spot. She is a decently educated girl but the father is a not so educated businessman from village in Gujrat. The plea was that  father wanted to take away the afterbirth (placenta and the cord)...

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How to select a doctor?

Before i start this blog, let me pray that no reader should need a doctor and no one should  fall ill ever. Of course one may need a doctor even when  there is no sickness! We gynaecologists  are the lucky ones. People need us even when they are not ill......

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Vaccines and Pregnancy

Vaccines & pregnancy   Vaccines are helpful in preventing infections. Vaccines boost your immunity against an infection… thus keep you and your growing family safe. All vaccines are not safe during pregnancy. As a general rule vaccines made up from live viruses should not be taken in pregnancy. Vaccines made from dead...

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