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AN ENCOUNTER WITH COUNT DRACULA The experience of boarding of the ATR aircraft of Serbian Airways at the  Belgrade airport reminded one of the confusion that prevails in a small Indian  airport. However, the flight left quickly enough and the efficient cabin crew helped us kill time with a shot of Rakia bar and a pack of peanuts. We landed in Bucharest , Romania, in about an hour and 20 minutes and managed to exit the airport after paying a fortune to the cabbie. The traffic in the city crawled but our patience  exhausted faster and after exchanging few expletives between the five of us , more to give vent to our frustration , we reached our hotel.  As you grow older you get naughtier , so they say. We too felt that and so decided to visit the old city for a sting of club hopping. Well!, the place kept us spellbound for over four hours with streets of wayside restaurants serving some not so likable( for a vege) food  , faboulous music  ,...

DOCTORS AND VIOLENCE  People restoring to violence is now becoming common place. In most walks of life. The medical field is no exception. We need to look at the problem holistically.  Restoring to violence is obviously condemnable . No two opinions about it. However, we all know the situation in hospitals. The whole system including the administrators, nurses, doctors and technicians     is not patient  friendly. Either they are over worked, not sufficiently skilled or negligent . The degree varies between corporate hospitals and govt ones but is definitely  present. Add to this the problem of " profit motive resulting in fleecing"   or corruption and  inferior products. The instances where medical education has been severely compromised only adds fuel to the already deficient system. Net result is that a certain percent of patients receive poor treatment and/ or incur  excess expenditure. Most of the times this sit...