Governments should give tax exemptions to produce and sell vaccines at low cost. Aleem M A. Hakkim A M. BMJ 2016;355:i6173

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Fair vaccine pricing please, not random acts of charity

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6173 (Published 23 November 2016)

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Re: Fair vaccine pricing please, not random acts of charity

 

Governments should give tax exemptions to produce and sell vaccines at low cost

Cost effective vaccines products are needed at present fir everyone everywhere in the world. In India, the government is supplying all vaccines free of cost in all government hospitals. So pharmaceutical companies, governments and non governmental organisations should contribute to reducing the cost of vaccines and make arrangements to sell those vaccines at low cost. Governments should give tax exemptions to reduce the cost of vaccine productions and sales to promote supply of low cost effective vaccines.

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24 November 2016

M A Aleem

Neurologist

A M Hakkim

ABC Hospital. DSMCH

Annamalainagar Trichy 620018 . Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital Perambalure 621122 Tamilnadu India

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Drug Abuse In India. Aleem M A. Hakkim A M. BMJ 2016;355:i6067

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The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead calls for drug policy reform

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6067 (Published 14 November 2016)

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Drug Abuse In India

Addictive drug abuse is a growing problem in all countries among children, adolescents, adults and elders. In developing countries, particularly India, over the counter sales of these drugs are the main cause of this problem. In India, cough syrups, antipsychiatric drugs, antihistamines and nargotic analgesics are the most commonly abused drugs. These drugs are used alone or with alcoholic beverages. Thus awareness and strict law enforcement to regulate over the counter sales of these drugs are important in preventing drug abuse.

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19 November 2016

M A Aleem

Neurologist

A M Hakkim

ABC Hospital.Dhanalashmi Srinivasan Medical college and Hospital.Apollo Hospital

ABC Hispital Annamalainagar Trichy 620018. Apollo Hospital Trichy 620010. Dhanalashmi Srinivasan Medical college and Hospital Perambalure 621112. Tamilnadu India

Dr.M. A Aleem

National Press Day – The 16th of November

National Press Day – The 16th of November – is symbolic of a free and responsible press in India. This was the day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog to ensure that not only did the press maintain the high standards expected from this powerful medium but also that it was not fettered by the influence or threats of any extraneous factors. Though there are several Press or Media Councils world over, the Press Council of India is a unique entity in as-much-as this is the only body to exercise an authority even over the instruments of the state in its duty to safeguard the independence of the press.

Medical services are always based on the ethics of Humanity . Aleem M A. Hakkim A M. BMJ 2016;355:i5705

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Essay

How medicine has exploited rationality at the expense of humanity: an essay by Iona Heath

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5705 (Published 01 November 2016)

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Medical services are always based on the ethics of Humanity

Humanity is the basic principle of our medical education. We medical professionals are not doing services for money but doing our duties on humanitarian grounds everywhere in the universe. Irrespective of age, sex, race, religion and people's habits behaviors and activities, our medical services are the same and without any discrimination against anyone.

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04 November 2016

M A Aleem

Neurologist

A M Hakkim

ABC Hospital

Annamalainagar Trichy 620018

@drmaaleem

Cracker waste clogs city drains.The Hindu Tiruchi 31.10 .2016

The Hindu
TIRUCHI, October 31, 2016

Cracker waste clogs city drains

C. JAISANKAR

Overnight rain had also compounded the problem to an extent
An eyesore:Garbage piled up near Angalamman Street in Tiruchi on Sunday.— Photo: B.Velankanni Raj

An eyesore:Garbage piled up near Angalamman Street in Tiruchi on Sunday.— Photo: B.Velankanni Raj

With the huge amount of festival waste, mainly burnt fire crackers strewn across, the Tiruchirappalli City Corporation is struggling to keep the city clean.

Garbage has been piled up in many places including Gandhi Market, a whole sale and retail vegetable market in the city, Big Bazaar, N.S.B. Road, Nandi Koil Street and Singarathope, where a number of commercial establishments are located, leading residential areas such as Thillai Nagar, Woraiyur, Cantonment, Palakkarai, Srirangam, Thiruvanaikoil and others. To make things worse, garbage bins were piled up with excess festival waste right from sweet boxes to plantain leaves and puja items.

Though the Corporation engages conservancy workers the very next day after Deepavali to clean the garbage, not many workers were seen on the streets on Sunday. It was said that the civic body could not employ sufficient workers as the next day of Deepavali happened to be a holiday this year. Moreover, the conservancy workers were yet to come out from the festive mood.

Overnight rain also compounded the problem to an extent. The flowing rain water had carried the garbage, particularly firecracker papers and plastics, to the drainage canals, chocking the free flow of drainage canals.

“Shopkeepers indiscriminately dump the waste on streets. The dust bins are overflowing for the last four days with excessive waste, making life difficult for the residents and shoppers,” says K. Venkaresan, a shop keeper at Angalamman temple on Big Bazaar street, pointing to an overflowing garbage bin.

Stressing the importance of expediting the cleaning operation, M.A. Aleem, former Vice Principal of K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, said that the meteorological department has predicted more rain for the next few days.

Hence, it was necessary to carry out cleaning work on a war footing. The entire waste generated during the festival season should be cleaned within a day. Clean and neat city would keep the citizens disease-free during the rainy season.

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No Health care service without a Humanitarian Approach. Aleem M A . BMJ 2016;355:i5412

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Refugee crisis presents a humanitarian paradox

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5412 (Published 10 October 2016)

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No Health care service without a Humanitarian Approach.

Health care for refugees/migrants will definitely protect all the other people living in the country. Humanitarian approaches are the basis for each and every health professional in their day to day practices. So there won't be any neglect or discrimination dependent on the status of individuals by health professionals.

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13 October 2016

M A Aleem

Neurologist

ABC Hospital

Annamalainagar Trichy 620018 Tamilnadu India

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