Don't panic...

Friends, you need not panic about Corona, you can be serious about it but for God's sake, don't panic, it won't serve any purpose. Most people infected with Corona would have mild symptoms and are likely to recover within two weeks. Only 14 percent might develop severe symptoms viz laboured breathing or increased rate of breathing with decreased oxygen saturation but they may not die. Only five percent might develop respiratory failure, septic shock and multiple organ failure and out of which only two percent might die. Hence please stop being obsessed by this Corona round the clock ...try to smile and enjoy your life at home...stay home, stay safe... Col Pradeep Pendyala Anaesthesiologist.

Few reminders

Break your face touching habit, use sanitizer often, clean your mobile phone everyday with isopropyl alcohol, preferably use headphones or speakers on the mobile phone so that you don't touch your face often with your phone, make sure, you've a thermometer to know any increase in your temperature, don't neglect good nutrition, whenever you sneeze, try to sneeze into your elbows and lastly, don't miss daily five minutes workout at home. Col Pradeep Pendyala, Professor, Anaesthesiology, ASRAM.

A record on LinkedIn

Enjoy reading my post which has two lakh views , three thousand likes on LinkedIn 🙂🙂

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6547667823999717376-JJn0

Happy Ugadi

Posing with the bust of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at the central library of ASRAM just now on the day of Ugadi 25 March 2020.
Incidentally, I was the RMO of DRDL Hyderabad in 1982-83 when Dr Abdul Kalam was the director of DRDL and also lived next to his small room where he stayed in the officers' mess of DRDL.

Latest about Covid19

Scientists have suggested dozens of existing compounds for testing but WHO is focusing on what it says are the four most promising therapies: an experimental antiviral compound called remdesivir; the malaria medications chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine; a combination of two HIV drugs, lopinavir and ritonavir; and that same combination plus interferon-beta, an immune system messenger that can help cripple viruses. Some data on their use in COVID-19 patients has already emerged—the HIV combo failed in a small study in China-but WHO believes a large trial with a greater variety of patients is warranted

Strange dreams...

Strange but true, if you keep thinking about something to happen, it actually happens. If you keep telling yourself repeatedly that you're great, you actually become one. Similarly, if you keep telling yourself repeatedly that you are useless, you do become one for sure. Now for God's sake don't ask me whether you'd grow six foot tall if you constantly think that you would...nor you'd become rich like Mukesh ambani if you keep on thinking about becoming rich. But trust me, there's something called fulfilment of a desire by the power of constant thinking. When you think constantly of something strongly desirable,  your dream would definitely come true.

Become a writer

There's a writer in all of us, we just need to start writing in black and white about our feelings and thoughts, that's all. I was very keen to get my write ups published in newspapers. In 2009,  I must have sent thousands of my write ups to various newspapers including Hindustan times, Times of India and Deccan chronicle. But there's no response from the editor for more than eight months. My son told me that my write ups may not be published ever. But I didn't stop my attempts of sending my write ups to various newspapers especially for the column of  letters to the editor. Believe it not,  after few more months my letters started appearing very frequently in most of the newspapers. More than seventy five write-ups of mine were published in Hindustan times...which must be a record.

What's your name ??

What's your name ? Chamundeswari sir !! Do you know the meaning of chamundeswari ? No sir !
It's nothing but goddess Durga.
This interesting conversation took place at our hospital just now and I was talking to my hospital sweeper services staff !!
Well, it's ok if this illiterate lady doesn't know the meaning of her name, but, I find it funny when an educated person sometimes refuses to tell me the meaning of his own name because he doesn't know.
Why do names have meanings? Simply because it was traditionally common to name people after certain concepts, to bless them, to indicate something about them, to let them appear different and so on and so forth. That were probably the original meaning. BTW, even a meaningless name has some meaning because it means that specific person whose name it is 😉😁

Teacher of Anaesthesiology

I always wanted to be a good teacher in Anaesthesiology. Unfortunately, I was not able to accomplish my dream due to my postings to various peripheral hospitals during my thirty three years of army life. But I never left my optimistic attitude...I knew someday I will be able to achieve my goal. Immediately after my retirement I joined Malla Reddy institute of medical sciences Hyderabad but they didn't have MD post graduate students in Anaesthesiology those days...I had only few DNB students with me and I started my sincere efforts. I could accomplish my first dream of becoming a good teacher while I was working at Mediciti institute of medical sciences Hyderabad when I was permitted to speak at ISACON Telangana. There's been no looking back thereafter ..I was chosen as faculty speaker at ISACON National at Agra. Later, I was a panel speaker at Hycom and speaker at South zone ISACON and of course at ISACON National at Bangalore. Finally, I'm the happiest person in the world as a Professor at Alluri Sitarama Raju Academy of Medical Sciences.

Facebook and me

Strange but true, when I joined Facebook in 2009,  I was computer illiterate and a very slow reader ...rather, I used to hate reading much. I never had shown much interest to be well informed by reading newspapers thoroughly nor watching news channels and ever doing in depth analysis of world happenings. Facebook changed my outlook and my entire personality...I started reading various happenings of the world and various topics and regularly reading excellent write-ups and poetry and reviews of movies and politics on Facebook...that broadened by horizon. Suddenly, I noticed that I became a speed reader and a voracious reader too. My computer skills increased to a great extent. Well, that's my story...

Life's journey

Strange but true, everyone is fighting his/her own battle in this world. We can't say that we're having more challenges in life than others. Others may be having more problems than us ..they may not be sharing or else, they may not be as lucky as us in getting over their problems. Interestingly, everyone has got some complex or personal demons which they keep fighting all through their life. Life's a very interesting journey...the twists and turns are truly amazing. Sometimes we feel as if it's our worst phase of our life but frankly that's the turning point and the same problem and obstacle makes us extremely strong and successful.

Happy Man

I think, I'm a very happy person
I don't know, if I'm the happiest person in the world, but yes, it could be  😊😊
Well, you can be a very happy person yourself all the time... trust me.
It's very simple...
Just focus on your positives
And strong points
Believe me, God has made each one of us very very beautiful, it's how you perceive yourself
And each one of us have been bestowed with some unique talents
You just need to identify your calling
That's all  😊😊

Dr D Raghunadharao Rao

It's a an honor and privilege to be a classmate of Dr Digumarti Raghunadharao, a BC Roy award recipient and director of Homi Bhabha cancer and reasearch centre visakhapatnam. He's my classmate at Andhra medical College between 1975-80. He's the person who developed comprehensive cancer centre including tumour registry at Nizam's institute of medical sciences, Hyderabad.  He pioneered cancer clinical trials in India. These days, he's busy in preventing cervical cancer in India by mass HPV vaccination. He's celebrating his birthday today and I would wish him all the best for his endeavours and pray God for a long life to this noble person.

ASRAM

Throughout our lives, we look for peace and happiness. We want to live a happy life and want to know the purpose of our living. I'm no exception... finally, I got answers to all my queries... I'm at ASRAM, Alluri Sitarama Raju Academy of Medical sciences and I'm very much staying at the campus in a

n apartment provided by the medical College. Right away, time seems to have stopped ... I'm surrounded by nature and beautiful trees and plants... dotting the vast stretch of campus are flowering trees and shrubs which is beyond description. Chirping of thousands of birds especially during sunset is something very pleasant and I find it very soothing and melodious. Few restaurants within the campus are additional delights. And not to forget the amazing learning center Dr APJ Abdul Kalam central library...which could be the best library in the entire country.